Kitchen Party- Dec. 5 (Xmas show!)

Hello Kitchen Party fans!

I'm back from Thanksgiving break--got some great new holiday discs to play this week. Thanks Mona for filling in! This is also my last show of the semester, but I'll be back in January with more great traditional music from around the globe.

The first set I played tonight was:

1) ARTIST: Kim Robertson, harp
SONG: Away in a Manger / Flow Gently Sweet Afton
ALBUM: Christmas Lullaby (2004)
RECORD LABEL: Gourd Music GM 134 (www.gourdmusic.com)

2) ARTIST: Andrew McKnight
SONG: How High the Mountain
ALBUM: Beyond Borders (new, Nov. 2004)
RECORD LABEL: Falling Mountain FM 1043 (www.fallingmountain.com)

3) ARTIST: Ashley MacIssac and Dave MacIssac
SONG: The Christmas Carousing
ALBUM: Fiddle Music 101
RECORD LABEL: MacIssac & MacIssac (2000) (hard to find!)

4) ARTIST: Blind Boys of Alabama
SONG: The Last Month of the Year
ALBUM: Go Tell it on the Mountain (2003)
RECORD LABEL: Real World 70876 18876 2 4

The second set I played was:

1) ARTIST: Finest Kind (www.finestkind.ca)
SONGS: Gower Wassail and Homeless Wassail
ALBUM: Feasts and Spirits: A Christmas Entertainment (new 2004)
RECORD LABEL: Fallen Angle Music FAM 07

2) ARTIST: Washington Symphonic Brass (wsbrass.com / cathedralchoralsociety.org)
SONG: I Wonder As I Wander (arr. Phil Snedecor)
ALBUM: Welcome All Wonders!
RECORD LABEL: Gothic Records G 49227 (www.gothicrecords.com)

3) ARTIST: Ricky Skaggs
SONG: Christmas Time's a Comin'
ALBUM: Celtic Christmas IV (A Windham Hill Sampler)
RECORD LABEL: Windham Hill 01934-11367-2

4) ARTIST: Kim Robertson, harp
SONG: Lo How A Rose E'er Bloomin'
ALBUM: Christmas Lullaby (2004)
RECORD LABEL: Gourd Music GM 134 (www.gourdmusic.com)