A festive winter mix featuring Martin Carthy with June Tabor, Steve Ashley, Nadia Cattouse, Sam Shackleton, Georgia Sea Island Singers with Hobart Smith & Ed Young, Jake Blount, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, United Sacred Harp Musical Association, Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden, Kate Rusby, Villagers & Lisa Hannigan, Jean Ritchie, Appendix Out, Olivia Chaney, Ewan MacColl, Blind Boy Grun (Bob Dylan) and Richard Fariña and Eric Von Schmidt, Johnny Cunningham and Susan McKeown, Dick Gaughan, Phil Tyler and Sarah Hill, Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson, Steve Ashley, Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones, Richard Thompson and more.
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Music Played
- Martin Carthy – Hunting The Cutty Wren (w/ June Tabor)*
- Steve Ashley – Fire and Wine
- Nadia Cattouse – Red & Green Christmas
- Sam Shackleton – Tramps and Hawkers
- Georgia Sea Island Singers w/ Hobart Smith and Ed Young – Yonder Come Day
- Jake Blount – The Downward Road
- A Hawk And A Hacksaw – Mana Thelo Enan Andra
- United Sacred Harp Musical Association – Sherburne
- David Strawbridge & Tim Laycock – The Humstrum
- Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden – Fairytale of New York
- Kate Rusby – Arrest These Merry Gentlemen
- Villagers & Lisa Hannigan – The Little Drummer Boy
- Jean Ritchie – Wintergrace
- Appendix Out – Year Waxing, Year Waning
- Olivia Chaney – Waxwing
- Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger – Moving on Song
- Blind Boy Grunt/Richard Fariña/Eric Von Schmidt – Xmas Island
- Johnny Cunningham, Susan McKeown & Aidan Brennan – A Christmas Childhood
- Johnny Cunningham, Susan McKeown & Aidan Brennan – My Singing Bird
- Dick Gaughan – The Snows They Melt The Soonest
- Group from Nus, Valle d’Aosta – A la sante de Noel
- Phil Tyler & Sarah Hill – Heathery Hills Of Yarrow
- Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson – Coo Coo Bird
- Lisa O’Neill – The Wren, The Wren
- Richard Thompson – The Snow Goose
- Steve Tilston – Roving on a Winter’s Night
- Bryony Griffith and Alice Jones – The Yorkshire Wassailling Song
* backed by Norma Waterson, Lesley Davies, Alison Younger, and Eliza Carthy. Featured on ‘The Mrs Ackroyd Band – Oranges and Lemmings’