Winter Solstice Show 12.20.07

This was the Winter Solstice show of the Everchanging Minstrel, featuring songs to celebrate the solstice, seasonal holidays, and even bemoan winter's occasionally loneliness. It was also a special show, as my dad made a little appearance as a guest host.

1) Ring Out Solstice Bells- Jethro Tull, Songs From the Wood
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2) Hollyding- Wade Ward, Clawhammer Banjo Vol. 3
3) St. Crispin's Day- Amazing Blondel, Even Song
4) Frost Line Blues- Asa Irons and Swann Miller, S/T
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5) Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity- Bridget St. John, Ask Me No Questions
6) Frosty Morn- Doc Watson, The Doc Watson Family
7) Toboggan- Breathe Owl Breathe, Canadian Shield
8) A Glade Somewhere- Forest, S/T
9) Softly- Sibylle Baier, Colour Green
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10) Christmas- The Who, Tommy
11) Winter Wonderland- Animal Collective
12) Glacian Carol- Carlos Nunez, A Celtic Christmas
13) Village Orchestra- The Trees Community, The Christ Tree
14) B6 Horizons Roses- Patrice Sciortino, Chronoradial
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Set by Joe Hilliard:
15) Christmas Bells-John Gorka, Winter Solstice III
16) In The Bleak Midwinter- Pierce Pettis, Winter Solstice III
17) River-Joni Mitchell, Blue
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18) Old Christmas Morning- Dan Gellert, Waiting on the Break of Day
19) Here We Come A Wassailing- The Watersons, Frost and Fire
20) A Winter's Truce- Micah Blue Smaldone, Hither and Tither
21) Winter Is Blue-Vashti Bunyan, Another Diamond Day
22) Three Little Babes- Texas Gladden, Southern Journey: Ballads and Breakdowns
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23) At The Top of Owl's Head Watching Stars- Mike Yun, Diatoms
24) The Way, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Master and Everyone
25) Winter Song- Wizz Jones, When I Leave Berlin
26) Drive The Cold Winter Away- Robin Williamson, Winter's Turning
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27) Villafjord/Fourposter Bed- Dave Swarbrick, Rags, Reels & Airs
28) Wintering- Laura Gibson, If You Come to Greet Me
29) The Last Wine of Winter- Chris Bathgate, A Cork Tale Wake
30) Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground, Jack Rose, Two Originals Of
31) Shine On Me- Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers, Anthology of American Folk Music
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32) New Nothynge- John Renbourne, The Nine Maidens
33) La Reine Blanche, Sourdeline, La Reins Blanche
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34) Psalm 45- The Trees Community, The Christ Tree

And I bid you goodnight!

No show next week, as I will be out of town, but my friend Sara-Paule may be filling in for me, playing classical music from EurAsia!