Song for the Holidays 2012
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for December 22, 2012
Hour 1: Songs for the Holidays
First Set
The Anonymous 4, "Nowell Owt of Your Slepe Aryse," The Best of Celtic Christmas, 4:47 Narada
Loreena McKennitt, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," A Winter Garden, 6:47 Quinlan Road/Warner Bros.
Shinobu Sato, Howard Levy, Stuart Rosenberg, Alan Ehrich, "Riu Riu Chiu," On This Day Earth Shall Ring, 1:38 Flying Fish
Susan Waters, Indra Rios-Moore, & Rani Arbo, "Nowell We Sing," Wonderland, 2:20 Signature Sounds
Second Set
Maddy Prior, "Cradle Song," A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, 3:25 Rounder
Jennifer Cutting & Tony Barrand, "Song of Solstice," Song of Solstice, 3:20 (self-produced)
Diane Taraz & Jonathan Gilbert, "The Old Year," The Old New Year, 2:17 (self-produced)
Midway Music
Cherish the Ladies, "A Dash for the Presents / Joy to the World / Parnell's March," A Star in the East, 5:09 Big Mammy Records
Third Set
Rosina de Pèira, Martina, & Friends, "Chut Chut," Nadal Encara, 3:00
Maddy Prior, "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, 3:35 Rounder
Barry Coope, Jim Boyes, & Lester Simpson with Jennifer Cutting, "Light the Winter's Dark," Song of Solstice, 3:56 (self-produced)
Johnny Cunningham, "As Warm as Winter Snow," A Winter Talisman, 2:58 (self-produced)
Fourth Set
Jennifer Cutting & Christine Noyes, "People Looking East," Song of Solstice, 2:58 (self-produced)
Cherish the Ladies, "All on a Christmas Morning / The Carol of the Twelve Numbers," A Star in the East, 3:32 Big Mammy Records
Loreena McKennitt, "The Stockford Carol," To Drive the Cold Winter Away, 3:02 Quinlan Road
Folk Music & Beyond Playlist for December 22, 2012
Hour 2: In the Bleak Midwinter
First Set
Johnny Cunningham, "A Christmas Childhood," A Winter Talisman, 1:28 (self-produced)
Liam O'Connor & Lisa Aherne, "Realtai," A Winter's Tale, 3:46 Celtic Heartbeat
Altan, "The Snowy Mountain," A Winter's Tale, 3:48 Celtic Heartbeat
Second Set
California Revels, "Allons Berger," Masters in the Hall, 1:32 (self-produced)
Diane Taraz & Jonathan Gilbert, "Noel Nouvelet / Patapan," The Old New Year, 4:08 (self-produced)
The Revels, "Le Semeur," Celtic Roads, 2:51 Revels Records
California Revels, "Queramus Cum Pastoribus," Masters in the Hall, 1:55 (self-produced)
Third Set
Kate & Anna McGarrigle, "Old Waits Carols," The McGarrigle Christmas Hour, 2:34 Nonesuch
Karine Polwart, "Balulalow," Cold Blow These Winter Winds, 2:50 Green Linnet
Kitka, "Betlehem," Wintersongs, 2:37 (self-produced)
Kitka, "Av Jerusalime," Wintersongs, 2:17 (self-produced)
Fourth Set
Loreena McKennitt, "Snow," Celtic Christmas, 5:35 Windham Hill
Jeff Buckley, "Hallelujah," So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley, 6:40 Sony Legacy
Heidi Berry, "Gloria," Legacy II: A Collection of Singer-Songwriters, 4:00 Windham Hill
Closing
Chris Caswell, "In the Bleak Midwinter," Celtic Tidings, 4:23 North Star Records