An Albion Christmas [Import]

Product Description:
2003 holiday album features members from various Albion Band incarnations including Ashley Hutchings & a guest appearance from Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol, as well as other members Kellie While & Simon Care. 17 tracks. Talking Elephant.

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Average customer rating: Traditional southern English folk music

Albion Christmas, An Albion Band Manufacturer: Talking Elephant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Winter Songs Winter Winter Carols Midwinter Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man ASIN: B0000DDBSC Release Date: 2005-10-31

Tracks:

1. On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
2. Somerset Wassail
3. Gloucestershire Wassail
4. Here We Come A Wassailing
5. Snow Falls
6. The Advent Polka Saint Nicks Brawl
7. My Father Played The Melodeon
8. Rejoice And Be Merry
9. Sir Roger De Coverley
10. The Wren Song
11. The King
12. Julian Of Norwich
13. Come Love Carolling
14. Rebel Jesus
15. Little Johnny England
16. Sweet Chiming Bells
17. Bell Tower Polka

Album Description

2003 holiday album features members from various Albion Band incarnations including Ashley Hutchings & a guest appearance from Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol, as well as other members Kellie While & Simon Care. 17 tracks. Talking Elephant.

Customer Reviews:

Traditional southern English folk music.......2005-11-16

The Albion Band has a history stretching back to the early seventies. During that time, over a hundred different people have been members but Ashley Hutchings has been there throughout. Ashley had a brief spell with Fairport Convention before setting up Steeleye Span with Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. As Steeleye Span became (like Fairport Convention) a folk-rock group, Ashley quit and formed the Albion Country Band, which soon became the Albion Dance Band before finally becoming the Albion Band. I say finally, but for this album they call themselves the Albion Christmas Band. It isn't the first Christmas album that the Albion Band have recorded but it's the only one I've heard.

The line-up for this album is Kellie While (vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, keyboards), Simon Care (melodeon, drum, morris dancing), Ashley Hutchings (vocals, acoustic bass guitar) and Simon Nicol (vocals, acoustic guitar, tambvourine). Of all the instruments used, the melodeon is the most noticeable, giving the album a very distinctive sound. The three vocalists sometimes sing in harmony and sometimes sing alternately, while there are some songs where one or other sings solo. There are also some narrations - not too many, and they are worth hearing. This mix provides for plenty of variety within the basic traditional folk sound.

The songs are mainly traditional English folk songs although the group wrote some material in a similar style as well as covering a Jackson Browne song (Rebel Jesus). All of them blend in well together. The songs cover wassailing, polkas and Morris dancing as well as themes that are common in contemporary Christmas songs.

If you enjoy traditional English folk music (especially from the south of England), this is the Christmas album for you. And you can play this lively, upbeat album as background music, or you can give it dedicated attention - it is enjoyable either way.

Average customer rating:

Winter Songs Albion Christmas Band Manufacturer: Talking Elephant ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man Dancing Days Are Here Again Albion Christmas, An Bloody Men Winter ASIN: B000JKA376 Release Date: 2006-11-20

Tracks:

1. Somerset Carol
2. Bitter Withy
3. First Christmas Waltz
4. Winter Song
5. All Hayle To The Dayes
6. Last Christmas Tree
7. Holly And The Ivy
8. Voices Raised In A Simple Worship
9. God Bless The Master
10. River
11. Ham And Beef
12. Frosty Reception / Ring Out Wild Bells
13. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
14. Once In Royal DavidS City
15. Noel, Christmas Eve. 1913
16. First Nowell
17. Past Three OClock

Album Description

2006 yuletide release, the second from this line-up of ace musicians and Folk music legends. The group features the combined talents of Ashley Hutchings(ex Fairport Convention/Steeleye Span/Albion Band and current Rainbow Chasers), Kellie While, Simon Care(ex Albion Band/Tickled Pink) and the current lead man for Fairport Convention Simon Nicol. It is the perfect way to start your Christmas, with festive songs, carols, music and humorous asides. A truly traditional Albion Christmas album. Perfect for that seasonal gift! This album will appeal to all Fairport Convention/folk fans and all of middle-England right across the board. 17 tracks. Talking Elephant.

Album Details

This Will Be the Band's Second Christmas Release under this Line Up and with the Dedicated Following all the Members have with their Normal Daily Bands (Albion/Fairport/Wapweasel Etc) this is Sure to Be a Seasonal Hit with All. "Winter Songs" is a Mixture of Traditional and Newly Penned Material with the True Feel of an Albion Christmas.

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