Mitchell, Elizabeth: The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out Of The Ruth CrawfordSeeger Songbook

Title: The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out Of The Ruth CrawfordSeeger Songbook
Artist: Mitchell, Elizabeth
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093074507421
Genre: Xmas Vocal

2013 holiday release. The Sounding Joy is a spirited collection of folk carols drawn from Ruth Crawford Seeger's 1953 songbook American Folk Songs for Christmas. Featuring Elizabeth Mitchell and a luminary list of her musical family, friends, and neighbors, this album celebrates the spirit of community and homespun traditions that existed in times before the commercialization of Christmas. Natalie Merchant, Aoife O'Donovan, John Sebastian, Dan Zane's, Happy Traum, and many others including special guest Peggy Seeger all add their voices to pay tribute to a collection revered in the canon of American music.

Tracks:
1.1 Oh, Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb
1.2 Mary Had a Baby
1.3 Rise Up, Shepard, and Follow
1.4 January, February, the Last Month of the Year
1.5 Joseph and Mary, the Cherry Tree Carol
1.6 Shine Like a Star in the Morning
1.7 Joy to the World
1.8 Christmas Day in the Morning
1.9 Mother S Child [Child of God]
1.10 Sing-A-Lamb
1.11 Great Big Stars
1.12 Baby Born Today
1.13 Ain't That a Rockin All Night
1.14 Cradle Hymn
1.15 Bright Morning Stars Are Rising
1.16 Sing Hallelu
1.17 The First Noel
1.18 The Blessings of Mary
1.19 Oh, Watch the Stars
1.20 Lo How a Rose Er Blooming
1.21 Silent Night
1.22 Mary Was the Queen of Galilee
1.23 Singing in the Land
1.24 Little Bitty Baby (A Cumulative Song)