MidWinter - Free Reed box set

Midwinter - The folk music & traditions of christmas and the turning of the year
Home Page | Newest Releases
More music for the winter holidays

Need Help?

cd cover various
MidWinter: A Celebration Of The Folk Music And Traditions Of Christmas & The Turning Of The Year (FreeReed)
$54.99 (Special postage rates may apply to this box. I'll let you know. US shipping only.. contact me for shipment out of US. )

Four CDs and a 156-page book to the music and traditions of MidWinter…, the period that Americans now refer to as “the holidays”. Most of the key elements and a great many of the songs that make up what we call the Traditional Christmas began life in America, but as this set shows there are midwinter traditions which stretch back hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus – including practices both pious and pagan, which were among the first exports from Britain to the New World. The set’s 115 recordings include music and readings from both sides of the Atlantic and cover an astounding range of traditional genres, from Sacred Harp to the Sheffield Carols, big ballads to blues, singer-songwriters and tradition-bearers, living legends and recent stars.

Tracks on the CDs

MIDWINTER:

1. Gower Wassail (first part) - Phil Tanner
2. Stopping by Woods - Robert Frost
3. -into- A Roving on A Winter's Night - Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle
4. The River - Grace Notes
5. Skater's Waltz - John Fahey
6. - including Excerpt by Arthur Ransome - Jim Lawton
7. & Excerpt from The Prelude - Jim Lawton
8. Christmas in now drawing near at hand - Lal Waterson
9. The Spirit of Christmas - Steve Ashley with Tinderbox
10. - from Hamlet Act 1 - Gary Watson
11. Christmas Is A-Comin' - Leadbelly
12. Xmas Island - Richard Farina, with Blind Boy Grunt & Eric von Schmidt
13. The Humstrum - David Strawbridge / Tim Laycock
14. Sound your instruments of Joy - Mabe Choir
15. Wassail - John Kirkpatrick et al
16. Snow Falls - Albion Band with John Tams
17. Wintergrace - Jean Ritchie
18. Cherry Tree Carol - Shirley Collins
19. Red & Green Christmas - Nadia Cattouse
20. Emmanuel - The Watersons
21. Song to Mithras - Peter Bellamy
22. The Meadowhall Carol - Coope Boyes & Simpson
23. God bless the birthday boy - The McCalmans
24. Moving on song - Ewan McColl
25. Christmas Eve can kill you - Helen Watson & Suzie Adams
26. Workhouse boy - The Halliard
27. Snow is on the ground - Jeff Warner
28. -into- Snow is on the ground (excerpt) - Eleazor Tillet
29. Christmas comes but once a year - Enoch Kent
30. Jack Frost & The Hooded Crow - Dave Pegg
31. - The night before Christmas - Mike Hockenhull
32. The Christmas Tree - Charlie Fretwell
COMFORT & JOY:

1. READING: Luke 2:1 - Nigel Schofield
2. into - While Shepherds - Scan Tester
3. Christmas must be tonight - Johnny Coppin
4. - On the morning of Christ's Nativity - Jim Lawton
5. Into -For unto us a child - John McCutcheon
6. Shepherds Arise - Copper Family
7. - READING: Luke 2:8 - Nigel Schofield
8. into -Sherburne - Sacred Harp Convention 1959
9. Hark Hark What News - Singers at The Black Bull
10. into - READING : Luke 2:7 - Nigel Schofield
11. Once in royal David's city - Martyn Wyndham Read
12. The Three Harks - Coope Boyes & Simpson
13. Wexford Carol - Maggie Boyle
14. I sing of a maiden - Shirley Collins
15. Lullay My Liking - Young Tradition
16. Silent Night - Chloe Coburn / Bernie Parry
17. The first Nowell - BaccaPella
18. - READING: Matthew 2:1 - Nigel Schofield
19. Into -Follow that star - St Agnes Fountain
20. Star in the east (Brightest and Best) - Debra Cowan / John Roberts
21. Astrologers' Journey - Johnny Coppin
22. - Journey of the Magi - T S Eliot
23. Follow the star - Maggie Boyle / Gary Boyle
24. Herod & The Cock - Nowell Sing We Clear
25. Into -READING: Matt 2:18 - Nigel Schofield
26. Coventry Carol - Joan Baez
27. The Carnal & The Crane - New Scorpion Band
28. Go tell it on the mountain - Mahalia Jackson
29. On Christmas Day - May Bradley
30. Jesu Joy of Man's desiring - Druidstone
PEACE & GOODWILL:

1. Fire & Wine - Steve Ashley
2. In the winter - Laura Hockenhull / John Dipper
3. Papa ain't no Santy Claus - Butterbeans & Susie
4. Winter flowers - Martha Tilston
5. Christmas in Prison - Fishken & Groves
6. Jogging along with my reindeer - John Kirkpatrick
7. Cardboard Christmas boxes - Alan Hull
8. Comfort & Joy - Clive Gregson
9. First Snow in Brooklyn - Jethro Tull
10. Lady Gay - Buell Kazee
11. Peace o'er the world (Bradda Anthem) - Coope, Boyes & Simpson?and- Freya, Fraser & Boyes
12. Oh What A Lovely War - Excerpt
13. Christmas 1914 - Mike Harding
14. Christmas isn't what it used to be - Tim Moon
15. Christmas - John Tams
16. Ghost of Christmas Past - Mandy Morton Band
17. Christmas morning - Loudon Wainwright III
18. Days of Holly & Mistletoe - Artisan
19. Huron Carol - Carol Duveneck
20. The King - Strawbs with Maddy Prior
21. The Christmas Hare - Muckram Wakes
22. Chariots - John Kirkpatrick
23. Remember Bethlehem - Kevin Loughran
THE OLD & THE NEW

1. Old Christmas / Shooting - Nowell Sing We Clear
2. Apple Tree Wassail - The Watersons
3. Gloucestershire Wassail - Albion Christmas Band
4. The Oxen - Maddy Prior
5. The Burning Babe - Mike Hockenhull
6. Bushes and Briars - Sandy Denny
7. Poor Ditching Boy - Richard Thompson
8. Reading Clock Almanac - Jim Lawton
9. Dunstan Lullaby - Coope Boyes & Simpson
10. Watts' Cradle Hymn - Maddy Prior
11. Boar's Head Carol - Teesside Fettlers
12. The Grinch - Boris Karloff
13. Hunting the Wren - Joe & Winifred Woods
14. Cutty Wren - Ian Campbell Folk Group
15. The Wren (The King) - Martin Carthy/ Dave Swarbrick
16. First Christmas away from Home - Artisan
17. Miner's dream of home - Fred Whiting
18. - excerpt - Symondsbury Mummers
19. Happy Christmas (War is Over) / We sing allelujah - Alan Rose et al
20. None but One - Jean Ritchie
21. Mari Llwyd - John Clough
22. Carol for the New Year - Nowell Sing We Clear
23. The Oxplough Song - Johnny Collins
24. Three Ships suite - Steve Tilston
25. Gower Wassail (reprise) - Phil Tanner
26. Midnight chimes
27. into: Bonus Track -
28. The January Man - Martin Carthy

Your orders are placed on a secure server, so your information is safe and private.

Please note!
Most CDs have been imported from Europe or Asia. They are not all shrink-wrapped, and I am not going to con you by wrapping them here just to make you think they have been sterilized in America. We guarantee that the CDs and the contents are all brand new and in perfect condition. Whenever I can, I use recycled shipping materials. They may not look as pretty on the outside, but they save money and keep the trash dumps a little bit emptier.

All contents of these web pages ©2001-2005 FNI Multimedia / cdRoots unless otherwise stated.
All sound files and images are the property of the artists and record labels, and are used with their express permission.
Please do not use these files without contacting the appropriate copyright holders.