Gary Barlow drops two new festive covers from upcoming Album. Katie Watkins - 23-11-2021 Gary Barlow has teamed up with the likes of Sheridan Smith, Aled Jones and Sheku Kanneh-Mason to make his first-ever festive Christmas album, and Gary recently revealed how the project "started off as a bit of a dalliance in the studio". He said: "We were all trying to make Christmas feel good last year due to the pandemic , It was a really hard Christmas for so many people because of the scenario we all found ourselves in. So to try and make things a bit special, I started writing these songs. "I have never listened to those classic Christmas songs with the idea of singing them myself, but as this album evolved, so did my appreciation for these beautifully written songs. It all started off as a bit of a dalliance in the studio and before I knew it, I had a whole album!" An insider recently said: "Gary has seen the likes of Michael Buble and Robbie Williams enjoy s...