Yep. Brand new, released October 13. Here's Ken Tucker's review from NPR, with audio. Here's Christmas in the Heart at Amazon.
From what I've heard of the music, I think I agree with Tucker that the man has his tongue in his cheek and an eye half-closed in a wink while singing these songs.
Dylan, producing himself under the name "Jack Frost," is surrounding himself with sweet choral voices and arrangements straight out of a 1960s middle-of-the-road or "countrypolitan" album. It's just that instead of hearing Johnny Mathis or Eddy Arnold crooning, you have Dylan croaking
It's certainly different hearing "Adeste Fideles" sung in that distinctive Dylan voice.
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