Elizabeth Mitchell: The Sounding Joy

Christmas Songs In and Out of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW45074

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2013
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
01 Oh, Mary And The Baby, Sweet Lamb (1:36)
02 Mary Had A Baby (3:11)
03 Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow (2:43)
04 January, February (Last Month Of The Year) (4:00)
05 Joseph And Mary (The Cherry Tree Carol) (4:40)
06 Shine Like A Star In The Morning (2:19)
07 Joy To The World (3:06)
0 Christmas Day In The Morning (2:19)
9 Mother's Child (Child Of God) (2:28)
10 Sting-A-Lamb (1:56)
11 Great Big Stars (1:34)
12 Baby Born Today (2:37)
13 Ain't That A-Rockin' All Night (1:57)
14 Cradle Hymn (2:41)
15 Bright Morning Stars Are Rising (3:14)
16 Sing Hallelu (1:46)
17 The First Noel (2:41)
18 The Blessings Of Mary (4:05)
19 Oh, Watch The Stars (2:17)
20 Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (1:42)
21 Mary Was The Queen Of Galilee (2:25)
22 Silent Night (3:22)
23 Singing In The Land (5:48)
24 Children, Go Where I Send Thee (6:56)
[Credits]
Elizabeth Mitchell (harmonium/vocals) Warren Defever (bass/guitar) Byron Isaacs (bass/guitar) Nancy Chusid (Bass) Molly Mason (bass/dulcimer) Larry Campbell (banjo/mandolin) Michael Merenda (vanjo/vocals) Suzan-Lori Parks (harmonica/washboard/vocals) John Sebastian (harmonica/vocals) Peggy Seeger (guitar/vocals) Happy Traum (guitar/vocals) Ruth Ungar (fiddle/vocals) Dan Zanes (harmonica/vocals) Chris Wood (bass/vocals) Clem Waldmann (drums/percussion) Jay Ungar (banjo/fiddle/viola) Kirsten Jacobson (flute/piano) Elizabeth Jerez-Clarke (harp) Jean Cook (fiddle) Abby Newton (cello) Emily Schaad (viola)Gail Ann Dorsey (vocals) Ken Ejinkonye (vocals) Lyn Hardy (vocals) Amy Helm (vocals) Michael Littleton (vocals) Penny Littleton (vocals) Storey Littleton (vocals) Natalie Merchan (vocals) Aoife O'Donovan (vocals) Joan Osborne (vocals) Anna Padgett (vocals) Sophia Reynolds (vocals) Simi Stone (vocals) Teresa Williams (vocals)
Daniel Littleton (bells/guitar/harmonica/harmonium/kalimba/percussion/piano/xylophone/vocals)
Producer & Liner Notes: Elizabeth Mitchell & Daniel Littleton, Liner Notes: Natalie Merchant, Cover Artwork: Brian Selznick, Designer: Sonya Cohen Cramerr, Photographer: Jana Leon, Engineers: Justin Guip, Elijah Walker & Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
The Sounding Joy is a spirited collection of folk carols drawn from Ruth Crawford Seeger's 1953 songbook American Folk Songs for Christmas. Featuring Elizabeth Mitchell and a luminary list of her musical family, friends, and neighbors, this album celebrates the spirit of community and homespun traditions that existed in times before the commercialization of Christmas. Natalie Merchant, Aoife O'Donovan, Amy Helm, John Sebastian, Dan Zanes, Happy Traum, and many others including special guest Peggy Seeger all add their voices to pay tribute to a collection revered in the canon of American Music. 70 minutes, 32-page booklet with photos.

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