Our perennial show — and one of our most popular — that traces the Christmas story of the birth of Jesus Christ from the Angel Gabriel’s proclamation to Mary, through Christianity’s season of Advent then to the Nativity in a Bethlehem manger and at end to Epiphany and the march of the Magi, following the star in the East to pay homage to the Newborn King. It’s a story that begins in darkness and ends in reaffirming light for humankind.
- Artist, "Title", Album, Label
- Maddy Prior & Carnival Band. “This Is The Truth/Sing Sing All Earth”, In Concert/Carols At Christmas, Park,
- Jody Marshall, “Hark Hark What News/Dublin Bells”, Carol Of The Bells, Independent
- Johnny Cunningham, “Recitation: D.H. Lawrence’s ‘God Is Born’”, The Soul Of Christmas, Upaya
- The Watersons, “Sound Sound Your Instruments Of Joy”, Mighty River Of Song, Topic (Box Set)
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Advent
- Ensemble Galilei, “O Come O Come Emmanuel/What Child Is This?”, A Winter’s Night, Maggie’s Music
- Seamus McGuire, “Gabriel’s Message”, The Wishing Tree, Green Linnet
- Joel Mabus, “The Cherry Tree Carol”, “Rorate Ceoli Desuper”, How Like The Holly, Fossil
- Anne & Pete Sibley, “Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming”, Winter On The Great Divide, Independent
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The Nativity
- Charlie Daniels, “Recitation: St. Luke 2”, Christmas Grass/Vol. 2, Koch
- Sonya Isaacs, “Mary Did You Know?”, Christmas Grass/Vol. 2, Koch
- Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, “Carols Medley”, O Christmas Tree, Rounder
- Bob Franke, “Straw Against The Chill”, Long Roads Short Visits, Daring Records
- Alison Krauss et al, “What Child Is This?”, Christmas Grass/Vol. 1, Koch/Audium
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- The Valley Folk, “The Babe Of Bethlehem”, The Season Round, Topic
- Finest Kind, “Shepherds Arise”, “While Shepherds Watched”, Feasts & Spirits, Fallen Angle
- Coope Boyes Simpson, “The Three Harks”, MidWinter, Free Reed (Box Set)
- Mellstock Band, “Newton’s or St. Paul’s”, Tenants Of The Earth, Wild Goose Studios
- John McCutcheon, “For Unto Us A Child Is Born”, Winter Solstice, Rounder
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Epiphany
- Patrick Ball, “Oxen And Sheep/The Carol Of The Birds”, The Christmas Rose, Fortuna
- Robbie O’Connell, “Three Kings”, Comfort And Joy, Rounder
- Tim Eriksen, “Star In the East”, Winter Holidays Sampler, Festivalink.Net
- William Pint & Felicia Dale, “Over The Hill And Over The Dale”, When I See Winter Return, Waterbug
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- Connie Dover, “Personent Hodie/Cantus”, Somebody, Taylor Park Music
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