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A Folk Christmas

Kathryn Tickell with Christmas folk music from across the British Isles.

Kathryn Tickell explores Christmas folk music from around Britain and Ireland. Yorkshire and Derbyshire have their own rich folk carol repertoire that's still widely sung in pubs today, and Devon and Cornwall have also kept a distinctive tradition, including the 'Jacobstowe Wassail'. We'll also hear a carol in the Manx language, the song 'Taladh Chriosda' in Scots Gaelic, and there's a track from Ireland's The Chieftains, plus music from a Welsh 'plygain' service, which takes place on Christmas morning between the hours of three and six.

45 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Dec 2023 16:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Waterson:Carthy

    Jacobstowe Wassail

    • Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man.
    • Topic Records.
    • 13.

  • Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones

    The Ollins and the Ivin

    • Wesselbobs.
    • Selwyn Music.
    • 2.

  • Jean Ritchie

    Cherry Tree Carol

    • Ballads (From Her Appalachian Family Tradition).
    • Smithsonian Folkways.
    • 13.

  • Cara Dillon, Sam Lakeman, James Fagan, Niall Murphy & Ben Nicholls

    Wexford Carol

    • Upon a winter’s night.
    • Charcoal Records.
    • 1.

  • The Chieftains, Burgess Meredith & Kevin Coneff

    Don Oiche Ud I mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem)

    • The Bells of Dublin.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 5.

  • Ruth Keggin

    Oikan Ayns Bethlehem

    • Sheear.
    • Purt Sheearan Records.
    • 4.

  • Mike Tickell

    The Company makes the Feast

  • Parti Fronheulog

    Ar Dymor Gaeaf Dyma'N Gwyl

    • Caneuon Plygain & Lofft Stabal.
    • Sain.

  • Fiona Mackenzie

    Taladh Chriosda

    • Duan Nollaig (A Gaelic Christmas).
    • Greentrax.
    • 9.

  • Kate Rusby, Julian Sutton, Ed Boyd, Richard Evans, Kevin McGuire, Michael Altree, Gary Wyatt, Nick Stones, Damien O’Kane & Matthew Broadbent

    Cranbrook

    • While Mortals Sleep.
    • Pure Records.
    • 1.

  • Waterson:Carthy

    While Shepherds Watched

    • Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man.
    • Topic Records.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Dec 2023 16:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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