Leona Lewis' new album inspired by old songs

Singer Leona Lewis' festive album, 'Christmas, with Love', was inspired by the soulful records she used to listen to as a child.
The 'One More Sleep' singer says she wanted to have a heavy old school influence on the songs on 'Christmas, with Love' as she grew up listening to soulful, R&B records, reported Contactmusic.
"The inspiration for this is very much Motown. When I was first going to record the Christmas album, immediately that's what came to my mind because those are the kinds of Christmas records that I listened to. We wanted to go Motown, and we did ... We went there. It was really fun," Lewis said.

While the festive-themed album is sure to provide the perfect Christmas soundtrack, Lewis, 28, has revealed she recorded the album under less than festive conditions over the summer.
"We recorded in summertime. It was so weird because I recorded it in Brighton and I thought, 'OK, Brighton, it's summer but you don't really get a summer in Brighton.' It's usually really grim, but it was the sunniest summer Brighton has ever seen! It was a bit bizarre recording at that point," she added.