Cat No:
PRCD33
Release Date: 15 December 2008
Label: Pure Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060066680122
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Description
England's finest and most popular female Folk singer, Kate Rusby, presents a very special collection of South Yorkshire Christmas carols in her own glorious style. South Yorkshire has a very strong tradition of carol singing starting early November. Sunday lunchtimes see 100s of carollers cram into various pubs in the locality to join in the unashamedly joyous singing standing room only! At its heart, it represents an oral tradition, constantly evolving, passed down from generation to generation, with roots dating back over 200 years. Carol singing and Yorkshire would seem to go hand in hand. Who better to record an album of Christmas carols then, than South Yorkshire's own Kate Rusby? Regarded as one of the UK's best folk singers thanks to breathtaking albums like Hourglass, Sleepless and the recent Awkward Annie, Sweet Bells gives us Rusby's own repertoire of Christmas favourites. She mostly keeps things pared down to voice, guitar and accordion (played by frequent collaborator Andy Cutting), as well as the odd splash of brass from the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Festive favourites mingle with lesser-known songs like € Poor Old Horse € , € Serving Girl's Holiday € and € A Miner's Dream of Home, € as well as reworked classics like her reflective version of € Hark! The Herald Angels Sing € and interesting €" and, some might say, irreverent - treatments of € While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks € and "The Holly and the Ivy". A mix of joyous celebration and melancholy moods, Sweet Bells makes for an all-round Christmas treat. --Danny McKenna -
Tracklisting
- 1. Here We Come AWassailing
- 2. Sweet Bells
- 3. Poor Old Horse
- 4. Hark The Herald
- 5. The Holly and The Ivy
- 6. Hark, Hark What News
- 7. Candlemas Eve
- 8. Hail Chime On
- 9. Serving Girl's Holiday
- 10. Awake, Arise Good Christians
- 11. The Miner's Dream of Home
Disc 1
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Hand Me Down
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Light Years
Kate Rusby
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Holly Head
Kate Rusby
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Banjophonics
Damien O'Kane & Ron Block
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Changeable Heart
Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly
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Sweet Bells
Kate Rusby
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Make The Light
Kate Rusby
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Hand Me Down
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Light Years
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Holly Head
Kate Rusby
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Hand Me Down Live
Kate Rusby
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Happy Holly Day
Kate Rusby
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Ghost
Kate Rusby
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Make The Light
Kate Rusby
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