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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Sertigtal im Winter 1924 |
10 Carols Named for Places
- The Coventry carol (Lully, lullah, thou little tiny child)
- The Wexford or Enniscorthy carol (Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind)
- The Sussex carol (On Christmas night all Christians sing)
- The Somerset carol (Come all you worthy gentlemen)
- The Sans Day or St Day carol (Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk)*
- The Hereford carol (The truth sent from above)
- The Huron carol ('Twas in the Moon of Wintertime)
- The Burgundian carol or carol of the beasts (The winter season of the year when to this world Our Lord was born)
- The Kerry Christmas carol (This holy Christmas night leave out the bread and meat for them)
- The Gloucestershire wassail (Wassail! wassail! all over the town)
Christmas Music by Moya Brennan
I notice that Moya or Maire Brennan has two very good Irish Christmas albums. An Irish Christmas was first issued in 2005. The bonus version has 15 tracks. More recently (2023) she has produced Nollaig Gaeltach with another 13 tracks, many of which are not on the first album. Those that are are reworked. One or two other stray Christmas tracks exist by Moya plus Christmas Angels by Clannad from 1997. A little too laid back sometimes, perhaps, but all good stuff.
Kate Rusby Live Christmas Albums
For 20 years Kate Rusby has been in the habit of touring the country in December and singing Christmas songs. We have been to several of these, although we couldn't make it this year. In 2020, she produced a 13 track recording of a worldwide live stream from December 12, the only thing that could be done at the time, if you recall (Happy Holly Day) and this year she has released another live album (20 Christmas is Merry) with 17 live tracks (recorded 2020-2024) plus five smooth re-recordings. I didn't know Little Jack Frost but it is in fact from the 2005 album (not a Christmas one) The girl who couldn't fly. Both live albums are very pleasant and worth getting hold of, especially in the Christmas period.
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