Grouptune are featuring Nathan Tasker’s Christmas EP A Star, A Stable, A Saviour. You all know Nathan is an Australian singer-songwriter, currently making his way in the States, don’t you? This five track EP would cost AU$8.45 if you bought it from the Australian iTunes store. Tracks are: Angels We Have Heard On High Come …
Veiled In Darkness Judah Lay, lyrics Douglas L. Rights, to the melody: Aberystwyth by Joseph Parry. (achieved through repeated lines at the end of each verse) An interesting (ethereal) arrangement by Isaac Wardell and Mason Neely that incorporates melodic elements from What Child Is This? 1. Veiled in darkness Judah lay, Waiting for the promised …
Having been encouraged to consider Charles Wesley’s hymn Come Thou Long Expected Jesus, most of the recordings of it which I own are set to the tune Hyfrydol. This is unbelievably superior to John Stainer’s tune Cross Of Jesus to which the hymn is set in the Australian Presbyterian Rejoice! hymnbook. (Can’t win them all.) …
The Wexford Carol is an English language adaption of Irish lyrics which date back to the 12th century. Alison Krauss and Yo Yo Ma give this sublime rendition, recorded for Ma’s album Songs Of Peace And Joy. (there’s an ad embedded at the beginning) Some day Krauss and Union Station might record a Christmas album. …
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