Wintersong

Molly's Revenge

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A collection of Celtic Christmas and winter-themed Celtic music, recorded at a remote windswept retreat in the redwoods of the Mendocino coast in California. These beautiful tunes and songs are performed annually by Molly's Revenge at their Winterdance holiday shows. The band is joined here by guest vocalist Christa Burch, who possesses a singular

A collection of Celtic Christmas and winter-themed Celtic music, recorded at a remote windswept retreat in the redwoods of the Mendocino coast in California.​ These beautiful tunes and songs are performed annually by Molly's Revenge at their Winterdance holiday shows. The band is joined here by guest vocalist Christa Burch, who possesses a singular voice: warm, supple, expressive, intimate, and instantly recognizable. Part of a vibrant new generation of American folk singers, Christa deftly marries intuitive musicianship and storytelling through song.

All compositions are traditional/public domain except where noted.

  1. O Come O Come Emmanuel
  2. Somerset Wassail
  3. Christmas Slides: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/I Saw Three Ships/Bring a Torch/Padraig O'Keefe's.
  4. The Wexford Carol
  5. The Girls of Balladoole/Sweeny's Buttermilk/Maids in the Meadow
  6. The Holly Bears a Berry (AKA Sans Day Carol)
  7. Clermisten Snow (David Brewer), poem "Processional at the Winter Solstice" by Gerry Cambridge
  8. Keg of Brandy (Robbie O'Connell)/Miss Crehan's
  9. The Pipe Carols: Oh Come All Ye Faithful (AKA Adeste Fideles)/Good Christian Men Rejoice (AKA In Dulci Jubilo)/Here We Come A Wassailing/ Matt People's Reel
  10. Winter Song (Emily Smith)
  11. The Carol of the Bodhrans: Carol of the Bells/Tonra's Jig (Brendan Tonra)
  12. Jagged Rocks of Nelson Bay (David Brewer), Delvinside, Unknown, Bogan Lochan, The Brolum (Banatty)

Bonus Track: Lulle, Lullay is said to be an Appalachian version of the Coventry Carol. Recorded on an iPad in a steel drainage culvert on the beach near our studio.

Produced, arranged, and engineered by Molly's Revenge and Christa Burch. Recorded near Fort Bragg, CA. Mastered by Steve Crimmel/Painted Sky Studios, Harmony, CA, USA.

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