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Four Albums for an Irish Christmas… and One from Scotland for Good Measure
Submitted by Kerry Dexter
Music is a big part of any Irish Christmas celebration. You’ll hear familiar carols, hymns, and popular seasonal songs such as White Christmas and Little Drummer Boy. There will be jigs, reels, and songs from the tradition as well, alongside, at times, new songs. Want to sit in on such a holiday music session? Listen to these albums and you feel as though you’ll be doing just that. An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas
Eileen Ivers thinks of the holiday songs she loves as ornaments on the tree: some new, some old, all well loved. On her album An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas, Ivers kicks off things with a rousing version of Hark the Herald Angels Sing, infused with a bit of an Irish jig to go along. Ivers is a fiddle player — she handles banjo and mandolin on An Nollaig as well — so there is a good selection of tunes along with the songs. There’s a lively set that begins with theChristmas Eve Reel, and a fine set beginning with Apples in Winter. Susan McKeown comes along to sing One Night in Bethlehem, in English and Irish. There’s Christmas Time Is Here, too. “Being Irish American, I had to include one of my all time favorites from the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Ivers says. She also offers Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, adding an Irish twist to the well known piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. 12/13/10 >> go there
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