Adds so far this holiday season to Online Folk Christmas
Artese N Toad – The Americana Christmas Project
Bob Sirois – Dreams of Christmas
Bob Sirois – A Hometown Christmas
Dave Rowe Trio: A Holiday Concert
David Grisman – David Grisman’s Acoustic Christmas
Keith Andrew Grim – Christmas Celebration
Leslie Ritter and Scott Petito – This Christmas Morning
Loreena McKennit – To Drive the Cold Winter Away
Maggie Sansone – Sounds of the Season
Mike, Peggy and Penny Seeger – American Folk Songs For Christmas
Moya Brennan – An Irish Christmas
Over the Rhine – Snow Angels
Robin Bullock, Al Petteway and Amy White – A Midnight Clear
Sarah McLachlan – Wintersong
Skaggs Family – A Skaggs Family Christmas
Various Artists – Hudson Harding Sampler Number 1: Happy Holidays
Top 40 songs on the Online Folk Christmas for the last week (November 30-December 6) as rated by listeners. Just a little sample to whet your appetite for what you might hear this holiday season.
Oh, and I’ve added the new Moya Brennan – An Irish Christmas CD as well, and it hasn’t had enough plays to show up on this list yet, but I suspect it will.
Rank. Artist – Song – Album
1. Anonymous 4 – Nowel; Owt Of Your Slepe Aryse – The Best Of Celtic Christmas
2. The Crossing – In Dulci Jubilo – The Court of a King
3. Brent Bourgeois, Carolyn Arends, Derri Daugherty – what child is this – Noel
4. Emmylou Harris – Beutiful Star of Bethlehem – Light of the Stable – Christmas Album
5. Loreena McKennitt – Coventry Carol – A Winter Garden
6. Harvey Reid and Joyce Anderson – Christ Was Born in Bethlehem – Christmas Morning
7. Emmylou Harris – The First Noel – Light of the Stable – Christmas Album
8. Over the Rhine – Thank You My Angel – The Darkest Night of the Year
9. Carlos Nunez – Galician Carol – The Very Best of Celtic Christmas
10. Pierce Pettis – Miriam – A Winter’s Eve: Acoustic Music for the Winter Season
11. Sheila Walsh – Light Of The World – Peace – A Celtic Christmas
12. Ottmar Liebert – Poets + Angels – Poets & Angels
13. Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band – I Saw Three Ships – The Best Of Celtic Christmas
14. Donal Hinely – Carol Of The Bells – Midwinter Carols: Fourteen Selections On Glass Harmonica
15. Ensemble Galilei – Danse Arabe (from the Nutcracker Suite) – A Winter’s Night — Christmas in the Great Hall
16. Shawn Colvin – In the Bleak Mid-Winter – Holiday Songs and Lullabies
17. Suzy Bogguss – I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day – Have Your Self A Merry Little Christmas
18. Ashley MacIsaac – Ciuin An Oidhach (Silent Night) – A Cape Breton Christmas
19. Aoife Ni Fhearraigh – Seact Sualci Na Maighdine Muire – The Best Of Celtic Christmas 20. Harry Connick, Jr. – Winter Wonderland – Acoustic Christmas
21. Chris Thile – Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella – Tinsel Tunes : more holiday treats from Sugar Hill
22. Beausoleil – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4: Cajun Christmas
23. The Irish Tenors – R Tynan, A Kearns, J McDermott) – Ave Maria (Gounod) – Home For Christmas
24. Newgrange – Christmas Eve – A Christmas Heritage
25. Lori Pappajohn – While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night – Celtic Harp for Christmas
26. Honky Tonk Confidential – Who Gets the Fruitcake This Year? – Creme de la Creme: A Holiday Feast
27. Jethro Tull – Pavane – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
28. Jerry Chamberlain, Sharon McCall, Riki Michelle, Derri Daugherty – i heard the bells on christmas d – Noel
29. Jane Monheit – I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day – The Season
30. Sara Groves – Child Of Love – It’s Christmas Time
31. Loreena McKennitt – God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – A Winter Garden
32. The Christmas Jug Band – Lonesome Reindeer Blues – Uncorked
33. Peasall Sisters – Hark The Herald Angels Sing – A Holiday EP From Dualtone
34. Patty Loveless – Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem – Bluegrass & White Snow
35. Harvey Reid and Joyce Anderson – Pretty Paper – Christmas Morning
36. Eric Rigler, Scarlet Rivera and Tommy Eyre – The Holly and the Ivy – Christmas in Ireland
37. David Cullen – The Christmas Song – Holiday Guitar
38. Alison Brown Quartet – Carol of the Kings – A Winter’s Eve: Acoustic Music for the Winter Season
39. The McKrells – Angels We Have Heard on High – Merry Christmas
40. Los Embajadores Vallenatos – Diciembre – A Putumayo World Christmas
Current Top 39 Songs on the Online Folk Christmas based on listener ratings of the last 30 days:
Artist – “Song” – Album
1. The Original Five Blind Boys – “White Christmas” – It’s A Gospel Christmas
2. Steve Bell – “Magnificat (Holy is His Name)” – The Feast
3. The Blind Boys of Alabama – “In The Bleak Midwinter” (featuring Chrissie Hynde with Richard Thompson) – Go Tell It On The Mountain
4. The Irish Tenors – “O Holy Night” – Home For Christmas
5. Skaggs Family – “Go Thee Down” – A Skaggs Family Christmas
6. Linda Ronstadt – “Xicochi, Xicochi”- Merry Little Christmas
7. Emmylou Harris – “Beutiful Star of Bethlehem” – Light of the Stable
8. Over the Rhine – “Greensleeves” – The Darkest Night of the Year
9. Caedmon’s Call – “Babe In The Straw” – It’s Christmas Time
10. The McKrells – “Angels We Have Heard on High” – Merry Christmas
11. Skaggs Family – “The Christmas Guest” – A Skaggs Family Christmas
12. Flaco Jimenez with Freddy Fender – “Frosty The Snowman” – A Tejano Country Christmas
13. Emmylou Harris – “Christmas Times a Coming” - Light of the Stable
14. Skaggs Family – “Deck the Halls” – A Skaggs Family Christmas
15. Sheila Walsh – “Light Of The World” – Peace – A Celtic Christmas
16. Ruben Romero And Robert Notkoff – “Jingle Bell Rhumba” – Christmas In Santa Fe
17. Stephen Murray & Jenny Gullen – “o holy night” – Noel
18. Harry Connick, Jr. – “Winter Wonderland” – Acoustic Christmas
19. Skaggs Family – “Hangin’ Round the Mistletoe” – A Skaggs Family Christmas
20. Asylum Street Spankers – “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” – Christmas Spanking
21. Sheila Walsh – “Gloria” – Peace – A Celtic Christmas
22. Shawn Colvin – “Little Road to Bethlehem” – Holiday Songs and Lullabies
23. Sam Bush – “Sleigh Ride” – Tinsel Tunes : more holiday treats from Sugar Hill
24. Mannheim Steamroller – “Stille Nacht (Franz Gruber 1818) – Christmas
25. Riki Michelle, Jerry Chamberlain, Sharon McCall – “o come, O Come, emmanuel” – Noel
26. October Project – “Silent Night” – Silent Night
27. Steve Bell – “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” – The Feast
28. Kathy Mattea – “Brightest and Best” – Good News
29. Patty Loveless – “Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem” – Bluegrass & White Snow
30. Beausoleil – “Christmas Bayou” – Alligator Stomp, Volume 4: Cajun Christmas
31. Hazel Dickens and Dudley Connell – “Blue Christmas” – Creme de la Creme: A Holiday Feast
32. Emmylou Harris – “Light of the Stable” – Light of the Stable
33. Carol Noonan – “I Wonder as I Wander” – Carol Noonan Christmas
34. Mannheim Steamroller – “Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella”- Christmas
35. John Fahey – Good Christian Men Rejoice – Christmas Guitar
36. Harvey Reid and Joyce Anderson – Merry Christmas Baby – Christmas Morning
37. Christine Lavin and the Mistletones – The All Purpose Carol – The Runaway Christmas Tree: favorite holiday songs and bedtime stories
38. Emmylou Harris – The First Noel – Light of the Stable
39. Kelly Joe Phelps – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Hear the Angels Sing: Holiday Greetings from Rykodisk
Well, technically it never left the air – it was still available for VIP members of Live365 only. Now, it’s available for everyone. I’ve paid for three months of Christmas programming, so from now through January 23, Online Folk Christmas will be playing a freeform blend of folk and related Christmas music: traditional, bluegrass, singer/songwriter, Celtic, cajun, steel drum, world folk and more.
Even as a VIP station with limited access, the station has averaged about an hour per day of listenership from someone somewhere in the world, so I know that there are those out there who like to listen to Christmas music year-round.
So, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow (sorry, Buffalo).
Instead of adding Christmas music to the Online Folk Festival this year, I’ve decided to create a one-month only Christmaspalooza Extravaganzorama of Holiday Fun!
The Online Christmas Festival will play the same variety of holiday music you’ve heard on the Online Folk Festival in years past – everything from Altan to the Zydeco Crayz.
To listen, go here: http://www.live365.com/stations/folkchristmas
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