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25 Songs of Christmas

Join me in a musical advent calendar of some of my all-time favorite holiday songs.

Going to post two versions of "The Wexford Carol" today, starting with the typical arrangement as performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss, and Natalie MacMaster.

But there's also this version with a faster tempo that the Revels recorded that I really like.

TITLE: The Wexford Carol

ARTIST: Traditional Irish folk melody, transcribed by W. H. Grattan Flood

RELEASED: 15th or 16th century

FUN FACT:

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in my hands (1999) natalie macmaster

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Natalie MacMaster performs alongside 17-year-old victim of N.S. shooting Emily Tuck.

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“No Mermaid”

Original by Sinéad Lohan

Covered by Shaye feat. Natalie MacMaster

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Songs for Ireland

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I will be trying to share one of my favorite songs each day by an artist or band from Ireland each day for the month of March.

TITLE: Natalie Macmaster (with Cookie Rankin)

ARTIST: The Drunken Piper

DATE: 1997

WHY I LOVE THIS SONG: Sure, this is a Scottish tune by way of Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, but you're three sheets to the wind by now and who can deny the fine fiddling , singing, and rhythm on display.

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Thanks to whomever sent this!!

Oh geez, I gotta think of three?!? Okey dokes. Here goes.

My brain refuses to believe that I am actually at Mass( church for Catholics, to all the protestants out there), unless I am attending in a language other than English. I've attended Masses in French( my mother tongue), Polish, Latin, and Ukrainian. All great. In English? My brain thinks I'm pulling a practical joke.

I read The Silmarillion when I was 13 and I considered it, at the time, one of the funnest books I'd ever read.

If I was only allowed to listen to 3 artists' music for the rest of my life they would be( outing myself as a canadian here) ; Natalie MacMaster, Loreena Mckennitt and David Bowie. No ifs, no ands, no my-mind-will-change-in-a-few-months. Those three are the defining pinnacle of music for me. 'Nuff said.

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Are you familiar with Natalie MacMaster? She's one of my favorite fiddlers :D

I am, and I love her! One of the few CDs that I personally owned growing up had a track with her on it that I listened to over and over, and one of the saddest days of my life was when the CD got scratched and the track was messed up. Now I can listen to it on spotify though, so all is well lol

She's actually gonna be in concert near me in March, and I really want to go!