Holiday Music

[qos]

Can anyone suggest some Pagan seasonal music?

The only pieces I have in my collection are Gypsy's "Bring Back the Light" and Dar Williams' "The Christians and The Pagans."

Comments

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

How about Emerald Rose's Santa Claus is Pagan, Too?

:P

[qos.livejournal.com]

Thanks!
I got on iTunes and didn't see that song, but I grabbed some others of theirs.

[makhsihed.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look through my music collection later, but for now - a quick Google search brings up this and this.

Also, Heather Alexander is always incredible. Not too many wintersongs, but Kiss Me, Jack Frost is one, and it's very good.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

new(?) community called alexanderfans... oh, and Heather is going by "Alec" these days, and we should now properly use the pronoun "he".

a quick FYI.

[makhsihed.livejournal.com]

I know this.

However, the subject came up in this thread. The general consensus seemed to be "call the songs before the switchover as written by Heather, and credit any new songs to Alec. Seeing as it's been stressed that Alec is carrying on the legacy as the "Heir" and all". (Further discussion and reasoning can be read in the comments of that post.)

I can't wait for the "Balance of Nature" CD to come out! I'm looking forward to hearing what his new voice sounds like. :)

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

the pronoun switching thing feels a little like juggling, doesn't it? I have another friend that I've known both as a woman and as a man, and I have glitched once or twice, embarrassingly. He's forgiven me (or simply graciously failed to notice my error.)

[upasaka.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend any of the Revels recordings:
http://www.amazon.com/Revels-Collection-Celebrations-Winter-Solstice/dp/B0000002AY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1196270281&sr=1-2

Also - I happen to like the Windham Hill A Winter's Solstice series. It's fashionable to condemn W.H. recordings as bland "hot tub music" but there is some fine musicianship and just plain good playing on these, especially the first two discs.

If you like "world music" you'll enjoy the Paul Winter Solstice concerts recorded live in the Cathedral of St. John The Divine in NYC:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_m/102-8527620-1685754?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=paul+winter+solstice&x=0&y=0

[royalbananafish.livejournal.com]

The two songs I can think of offhand are "The Wassail Song" and "Here We Go A Wassailing."

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Holy Heathens and The Old Green Man: Waterson:Carthy

Traditional music- much of it admittedly Christian- done in a pagan spirit.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_storyteller_/]

My favorite is "To drive the cold winter away." Lorrena Mckennitt

I have not heard "A winter garden"...