The annual Christmas show, which I’ve had the honor of hosting on the Sunday before Christmas every year since 1980. I’ve seen the number of “folk” holiday offerings grow considerably over the years, and this edition of Traditions features of blend of classic carols and folk songs along with contemporary tunes that are bound to become holiday favorites.

Happy holidays to all listeners!  Thank you for your support.  I wish you and yours all the best this holiday season.

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ARTIST “Tune / Song”
ALBUM Label – Website
3PM
Theme: HARVEY REID “Jingle Bells”
The Heart of a Minstrel on Christmas Day Woodpecker Records – www.woodpecker.com
NOWELL SING WE CLEAR “Here We Come A-Wassailing / We Wish You A Merry Christmas”
Hail Smiling Morn! Golden Hind – www.goldenhindmusic.com

THE EARLY MAYS “Merry, Merry Christmas”
Out Under the Sky self – www.theearlymays.com
JOEL MABUS “Let’s Do Christmas Right”
How Like the Holly Fossil Records – www.joelmabus.com
BOREAL “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
Winter’s Welcome self – www.borealsongs.ca

KEN WHITELEY “Go Tell it On The Mountain”
The Light of Christmas Pyramid Records – www.kenwhiteley.com
ODETTA “Rise Up Shepherd”
Gonna Let it Shine MC Records –
WASHINGTON REVELS “Behold that Star!”
Behold That Star! An American Song Quilt Revels – www.revels.org

ERIK DARLING “Walk Right In, Santa”
Revenge of the Christmas Tree self – www.erikdarling.com
THE KINGSTON TRIO “Around About Christmas”
The Last Month of the Year Capitol – www.kingstontrio.com
THE CHAPIN FAMILY “Ding Dong Merrily On High”
The Chapin Family Christmas Volume II: Variations Roseville Records – www.tomchapin.com
RUTHIE FOSTER “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
A Very Blue Rock Christmas Blue Rock Artists – www.bluerocktexas.com

ABBIE GARDNER & ANTHONY DA COSTA “We Need A Little Christmas”
Hudson Harding Sampler Vol. 6 Hudson Harding – hudsonhardingmusic@yahoo.com
SARA HICKMAN “Winter Wonderland”
A Very Blue Rock Christmas Blue Rock Artists – www.bluerocktexas.com

DOUGLAS CLEGG “The 12 Days of Christmas”
Noel Clegg Yolk Music – www.dougclegg.net
BRIDGET BALL & CHRISTOPHER SHAW “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
Mountain Snow and Mistletoe 2 Hudson River Company – www.chrisandbridget.com

4PM
DON WHITE “Christmas Memories”
Hudson Harding Happy Holidays Volume 11 Hudson Harding – hudsonhardingmusic@yahoo.com

MAGPIE “The Ballad of Chanukah”
Last Month of the Year Sliced Bread Records – www.slicedbread.com , www.magpiemusic.com
ROBIN GREENSTEIN & CECILIA KIRTLAND “Chanukah Medley”
Songs of the Season Windy Records – www.songsoftheseason.info , www.robingreenstein.com
PETER, PAUL & MARY “Light One Candle”
A Holiday Celebration Gold Castle – www.peterpaulandmary.com

KATHERINE RONDEAU “Christmas Tears”
Hudson Harding Happy Holidays Volume 11 Hudson Harding – hudsonhardingmusic@yahoo.com
ERIK FRANDSEN “Christmas in Brooklyn”
Just One Angel Yellow Tail Records – www.yellowtailrecords.com
NO FUSS AND FEATHERS “Quiet Christmas”
single self – www.nofussandfeathers.com

THE ROBERT BOBBY DUO “River”
Hudson Harding Happy Hoidays Volume 11 Hudson Harding – hudsonhardingmusic@yahoo.com
AMY SPEACE “I Want An Old Fashioned Christmas”
Decembersongs self – www.amyspeace.com
GREG GREENWAY “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
Hudson Harding Sampler Vol.1 Hudson Harding – hudsonhardingmusic@yahoo.com
CATIE CURTIS “Silver Bells”
A Catie Curtis Christmas self – www.catiecurtis.com

COOPE BOYES & SIMPSON “The Coventry Carol”
A Garland of Carols No Masters – www.thebeesknees.com
IONA “Gloucestershire Wassail / Can Wassail”
Mid-Winter Light self – www.ionamusic.com
BEESTON METHODIST CHOIR “Drop Hark”
A Festival of Village Carols Village Carols – www.villagecarols.org.uk

5PM
ROBERT J. LURTSEMA “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
Christmas Stories Philo – www.rounder.com
THE UNCLE BROTHERS – DANNY QUINN & TOMMY GARDNER “Santa Claus is Coming To Town”
Moosetltoe self – www.unclebrothers.com

ED MCCURDY & THE HARVESTERS “Miracle of the Wheat”
single out of print –
DAVE CARTER AND TRACY GRAMMER “American Noel”
American Noel Signature Sounds – www.signaturesounds.com , www.daveandtracy.com

JAMES DURST “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
Hudson Harding Sampler Vol. 1 Hudson Harding – hudsonhardingmusic@yahoo.com
RONSTADT GENERATIONS Y LOS TUCSONENSES “We Three Kings”
Memories of Christmas self – www.ronstadtgenerations.com
HARVEY REID & JOYCE ANDERSEN “Away in a Manger”
Hudson Harding Happy Holidays Vol. 10 Hudson Harding – hudsonhardingmusic@yahoo.com
CATHIE RYAN “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
The Soul of Christmas Upaya – www.thomasmooresoul.com

BURL IVES “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Holiday Hootenanny Laser Light Digital – out of print
JOAN BAEZ “Silent Night”
Noel Vanguard Records – www.vanguardrecords.com
FRED GILLEN JR. “O Holy Night”
Hudson Harding Sampler Vol. 10 Hudson Harding – hudsonhardingmusic@yahoo.com
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Ron Olesko
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