Illustration detail from “Santa Day” by Madeleine Hand
Week 51 Dec 17, 2020 (#1960)
It’s the radio equivalent of a mug of hot chocolate and a thick slice of fruit cake as Fiona Ritchie conjures the musical mood of the season along with verses old and new.
Merry Xmas Everybody...by Karine Polwart (single - not on label)
On That Night in Bethlehem...by Kim Robertson from Christmas Lullaby ~ volume 2 (Gourd Music)
The World is Old Tonight...by Little Windows from Snowman’s Waltz (littlewindows.net)
Galician Carol...by Carlos Nuñez from Brotherhood of Stars (BMG)
Boar’s Head...by Maddie Prior from Ballads & Candles (Park)
A Latin Latin Christmas...by Maddie Prior and the Carnival Band from Ringing the Changes (Park)
Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn...by Rhiannon Giddens, Laurelyn Dossett, Joe Newberry, Mike Compton, Jason Sypher from The Gathering (http://joenewberry.me/wordpress/music/the-gathering/ )
[ID Excerpt] God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen...by Cherish the Ladies from A Star in the East (http://cherishtheladies.com)
Christmas in September ...by Heidi Talbot from Christmas in September (Under One Sky)
Am am Baile Rioghail Dhaibhidh...by Julie Fowlis from Brìgh an Nollaig (Highland Hospice)
Midwinter Waltz/Christmas Eve...by Bruce MacGregor and Caledonian Ceilidh Trail from Brìgh an Nollaig (Highland Hospice)
Gathering Night...by Rhiannon Giddens, Laurelyn Dossett, Joe Newberry, Mike Compton, Jason Sypher from The Gathering (http://joenewberry.me/wordpress/music/the-gathering/ )
The Winter Moon...by Immigrant’s Daughter with Rhiannon Giddens from The Winter Moon (Immigrant’s Daughter)
Huron Carol...by La Petite Bande de Montreal from En la Fête de Nöel - Carols from French Canada (Naxos)
Christmas Bells...by Joel Mabus from How Like the Holly (Fossil)
O Christmas Tree/Road Dust Slip Jigs...by Cherish the Ladies from Christmas in Ireland (cherishtheladies.com)