Folk Angel have released albums of Christmas music each year for the last five years. This year’s release, All The Earth Rejoice contains a similar mix of new, old and retuned Christmas songs in a folk, roots Americana style. It’s available at iTunes, or my favourite download site, bandcamp. For your listening pleasure.
Had a very happy Christmas day. At mgpc there were some loved and special people whose absence from our Christmas celebrations were noted. For all of those who missed the presence of loved ones, for whatever reason, Paul Kelly’s song How To Make Gravy strikes a bittersweet chord.
This is my favourite Christmas Day carol. I love singing John Byrom’s lyrics, set to the tune Yorkshire, at the start of Christmas worship. The lyrics: 1 Christians, awake, salute the happy morn whereon the Savior of the world was born. Rise to adore the mystery of love which hosts of angels chanted from above. …
Great words and great tune. I love singing this and I love the song. Lots of others seem to, as well. I’ve got about a dozen versions of this in my itunes collection. Read more about the song at wikipedia. The lyrics: 1 Oh, holy night, the stars are brightly shining; It is the night …
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