An admittedly cursory holiday mix presenting performances from our new digital release, "Songs of Christmas, New Year, and Midwinter from the Lomax Collection," available now on the Lomax Archive's Bandcamp page as well as the streaming services.
We invite you to pair this mix with our older holiday-themed episode, which features other related material (if some occasional overlap) and the complete "Sing Christmas" program. This ambitious radio broadcast was produced by Alan for the BBC on Christmas Day 1951, and featured regional Yuletide traditions transmitted via live hook-ups all across Britain.
1) Vera Ward Hall: No Room at the Inn story / song (The home of Vera Ward Hall, Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama, October 10, 1959).
2) United Sacred Harp Musical Association: Sherburne (56th Annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention, Corinth Baptist Church, Fyffe, Dekalb County, Alabama, September 12, 1959)
3) Steven Wright: Jingle Bells (New York City, New York, 1950)
4) Group from Sangonera la Verde, Murcia: Rondalla (En tu puerta está la Virgen) (Monteagudo, Murcia, Región de Murcia, Spain, December 14, 1952)
5) Alice Gibbs and group: Today, Today is Christmas Day (Sint Eustatius, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, 1967)
6) Kate Nicholson and group: Tàladh Chrìosda (Christ's lullaby) (A cèilidh at the home of Dr. MacLean, Daliburgh, Eilean Siar, Scotland, United Kingdom, June 21, 1951)
7) Miquel Bonet and group - Caramelles (The Seven Joys of Mary, part 1) (Village church patio, Sant Josep, Ibiza, Illes Balears, Islas Baleares, Comunidad Autónoma de las, Spain, July 18, 1952)
8) Norman Edmonds and the Old-Timers - Breaking Up Christmas (Probably the home of George Stoneman, Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia, August 28, 1959)
9) Bartolomeo Angelitti - Venite Adoremus
10) Joy Bells - Jingle Bells (Gingerland, Saint George Gingerland, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, July 11, 1962)
11) Group from Positano, Campania - Capo d'anno (Tammuriata)
12) Vera Ward Hall - Last Month of the Year (Alan Lomax's apartment, 3rd Street, New York City, New York, May 1, 1948)