Perhaps another kind of warning ought to be issued for this mix: These songs are almost all about Jesus. Most of these are versions of traditional carols that I love, and that don’t always make their way onto mixes for my largely secular audience. Some of these songs are newer songs about Jesus, and some are less about his birth than they are about the spirit of the season, but they’re all at least a little bit and mostly quite religious. They are all lovely, and I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I do.
Tracklist (and where you can get these seasonal spirituals for yourselves):
- Vince Guaraldi – Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- The Barra MacNeils – O Come Divine Messiah
- David Francey – Good Christian Men Rejoice
- The Clancy Brothers – When Joseph Was an Old Man
- Folk Angel – Angels We Have Heard on High
- REM – Jesus Christ
- Greg Simm & Kelli Trottier – Good King Wencesles
- Tony Trischka – Precious Child
- The Cox Family – Go Tell it on the Mountain
- Nick Lowe – I Was Born in Bethlehem
- Bruce Cockburn – Mary Had a Baby
- The New Christy Minstrels – Sing Hosanna, Hallelujah
- The Heavenly Gospel Singers – When Was Jesus Born?
- Mark Kozelek – O Come All Ye Faithful
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Seven Joys of Mary
- Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
- The Heavy Blinkers – Silence Your Drum
- The Polyphonic Spree – Silent Night
- Yo-Yo Ma – Joy to the World
- Bert Jansch – In the Bleak Midwinter
- John Fahey – What Child is This?
- Punch Brother – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- Emmylou Harris – The First Noel
- Robin & Linda Williams – Quiet Christmas Morn
- Ron Sexsmith – Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
- Kate Rusby – Hail Chime On
- Dave Matthews – Christmas Song
- Tracy Chapman – O Holy Night
- Sufjan Stevens – Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
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