Winter Solstice edition
Opening set
Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Longest Night of the Year (COME DARKNESS, COME LIGHT,
Zoe)
Joe Jencks, Longest Night of the Year (POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, WORKERS AND WANDERERS, Turtle Bay)
Jennifer Cutting & The Ocean Orchestra w/Roberts & Barrand, Song of Solstice (SONG OF SOLSTICE, SunSign)
Waterson:Carthy, Jacobstowe Wassail (HOLY HEATHENS & THE GREEN MAN, Topic)
Peter, Paul and Mary, A’ Soalin’ (MOVIN’, Warner Brothers)
Set # 2
David Francey, A Winter Song (SKATING RINK, Laker)
Archie Fisher, Waltz into Winter (THE BEST TIMES AFTER ALL, Snow Goose)
Wizz Jones, Winter Song (WHEN I LEAVE BERLIN, The Village Thing)
*Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts, First Fire of Winter (TALKING TO THE TREES, Reprise)
Paul Cherrington, In The Bleak Mid-Winter (MARTIN AND ME, Providence)
Joe Ely, Winterlude (TO KATE: A BENEFIT FOR KATE’S SAKE, Main Street Records)
Gordon Lightfoot, Song For A Winter’s Night (THE WAY I FEEL, United Artists)
Set # 3
Darlene Love, White Christmas (A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU, Apple )
Valerie Jean, Winter Wonderland (AN AMERICANA CHRISTMAS, New West)
Roger McGuinn, One Horse Open Sleigh (www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/)
*Alison Krauss & Union Station, Snow (ARCADIA, Down the Road)
Set # 4
Jethro Tull, Ring Out Solstice Bells (SONGS FROM THE WOOD, Chrysalis)
Kate Rusby, Sweet Chiming Bells (ANGELS AND MEN, Pure Records)
David Mallett, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (CHRISTMAS IN MAINE, Not on Label)
The Chieftains, The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve (THE BELLS OF DUBLIN,RCA)
Bohola, Celebration (BO-HO-HO-HOLA, Shanachie)
Set # 5
*Old Crow Medicine Show, Bethlehem, PA (OCMS, XMAS, Hartland)
Terence Martin, Bethlehem (SLEEPER, Good Dog)
Storyhill, The Hills Are Bare at Bethlehem (BETHLEHEM, Storyhill Records)
Set # 6
Greg Brown, Christmas Song improvisation (DREAM CITY: ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS V.2, Red House)
Amy Helm & The Wood Brothers, Christmas Must Be Tonight (single, Yep Roc)
Set # 7
Tom Russell, Streetlights and Snow (unreleased song for a seasonal compilation, Philo)
John Hartford, On Christmas Eve (HEADING DOWN INTO THE MYSTERY BELOW, Flying Fish)
Set # 8
Bruce Cockburn, Riu Riu Chiu (CHRISTMAS, Columbia)
Loreena McKennitt, The Huron Carol (UNDER A WINTER’S MOON, Quinlan Road)
Set # 9
Joni Mitchell, River alternate mix with French Horns (BLUE, Reprise)
Lynn Miles, Last Night (SLIGHTLY HAUNTED, Philo)
Jesse Winchester, Wintry Feeling (A TOUCH ON THE RAINY SIDE, Stony Plain)
Bop Ensemble, Snow on the Hill (BETWEEN TRAINS, Cordova Bay)
Set # 10
Patricia Barber, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (NIGHTCLUB, Blue Note)
Jill Sobule, Christmas is the Saddest Time of the Year (JILL’S HOLIDAY SONGS, Not on Label)
Over The Rhine, All I Ever Get for Christmas is Blue (SNOW ANGELS, Great Speckled Dog)
Norah Jones, Blue Christmas, (I DREAM OF CHRISTMAS, Blue Note)
Dylan
Bob Dylan, A Visit From St. Nicholas (via YouTube)
Bob Dylan, Must Be Santa (CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART, Columbia)
Bob Dylan, Three Angels (NEW MORNING, Columbia)
*indicates new release or recent re-issue
