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Here We Come A-wassailing | Kate Rusby | 3:12 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Sweet Bells | Kate Rusby | 3:36 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Poor Old Horse | Kate Rusby | 3:45 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Hark the Herald | Kate Rusby | 4:29 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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The Holly and the Ivy | Kate Rusby | 3:19 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Hark, Hark, What News | Kate Rusby | 3:22 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Candlemas Eve | Kate Rusby | 5:15 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Hail Chime On | Kate Rusby | 4:15 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Serving Girl's Holiday | Kate Rusby | 4:39 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Awake, Arise Good Christians | Kate Rusby | 3:46 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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A Miner's Dream of Home | Kate Rusby | 4:41 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Customer Reviews
A warm fuzzy feeling on a cold winter's night
I saw Kate Rusby perform many of these songs on her winter tour in 2007 and was delighted to find that she was creating an album of them. The songs are Yorkshire versions of famous Christmas carols as sung in the local pubs, although these versions are more sophisticated than those you'd find in your average boozer. Be aware, the tunes are ENTIRELY different to those you're familiar with and, in every single case, vastly better. First and foremost, this is more than a Christmas album. Its warmth and charm will fill you with coziness throughout the long winter months and it deserves to be listened to all year round. However, at Christmas it is sheer genius. If you're fed up with the commercial, brash, modern Christmas then this is the antidote. Buy the album, stick it on your ipod or in the car and feel the yuletide stress ease away. As always, the musicianship is top notch, perfectly framing Rusby's wonderful vocals. The songs range in tempo from the jaunty "Hail Chime On" which contains lines from "Oh come all ye faithfull" and "When Shepherds watch their flocks by night" to the utterly wonderful "A Miner's Dream of Home" with its gentle pace and warm but subtle brass section. My highlights in a flawless album are "Sweet Bells" which will have all but the most unreformed Scrooges singing along (and will remain in your head for days: you have been warned) and "Hark the Herald". Now, for most of us, the title of that track will bring up an immediate melody but, as with all these tracks, forget that. This resembles the traditional version only in the sense that it shares a title and some words. It features gorgeous vocals, a warm brass section, precise and (as always) artful guitar and a truly dreamy melodeon. It will transform your view of carols. Buy this and buy it now. Put it on before Christmas, over Christmas and afterwards. Feel the warmth and love that have been poured into this album. Oh, and go and see Kate live next year!
Great as always
If you are not a Kate Rusby fan already then this album may make you a dedicated follower. Lovely arrangements of Christmas music done in a slightly unusual way - this is possibly the best version of The Holly and the Ivy I have heard. Only regret is that it is a Christmas album, however I will put up with any bad luck and plan to play this album all year round. All in all a fantastic album - Kate Rusby's done it again!
Sweet Bells
Sweet is the word! Many Christmas albums you play only once or twice, but this is a classic you will play tis again and again. Her interpretations of the traditional carols are truly original and the whole album is touching and joyous. Buy it and enjoy!
Biography
Born: 01 December 1973 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Englan
Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Kate Rusby
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Village Green Preservation Society | Awkward Annie | 3:21 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Underneath the Stars | Underneath the Stars | 3:23 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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CleanWho Knows Where the Time Goes? | Who Knows Where the Time Goes? - Single | 4:56 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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You Belong to Me | The Girl Who Couldn't Fly | 3:24 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Blooming Heather | Awkward Annie | 4:51 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Sweet Bells | Sweet Bells | 3:36 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Our Town | Sleepless | 4:47 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Awkward Annie | Awkward Annie | 3:11 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Planets | Awkward Annie | 4:10 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Who Will Sing Me Lullablies | Little Lights (Original) | 5:23 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
- £7.99
- Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Music, Rock, Holiday, Alternative Folk
- Released: 08 December 2008
- ℗ 2008 Pure Records (Yorkshire) Ltd
