Holiday Songs and Lullabies explained

Holiday Songs and Lullabies
Type:	Album
Artist:	Shawn Colvin
Cover:	Holiday Songs and Lullabies.jpg
Released:	October 27, 1998 Reprint on
Recorded:	June 1998
Genre:	Christmas, contemporary folk, lullaby
Length:	36:51
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	Doug Petty
Prev Title:	A Few Small Repairs
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Whole New You
Next Year:	2001

Holiday Songs and Lullabies is a studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Shawn Colvin. It was released in 1998 on Columbia Records.

Tracks

1. "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Traditional) – 4:04
2. "Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson) – 2:37
3. "Now the Day Is Over" (Traditional) – 1:47
4. "Rocking" (Traditional) – 2:33
5. "Windy Nights" (Robert Louis Stevenson, Alec Wilder) – 3:10
6. "All Through the Night" (Traditional) – 2:03
7. "Love Came Down at Christmas" (Traditional) – 3:04
8. "Silent Night" (Josef Mohr, Franz Gruber) – 3:22
9. "All the Pretty Li'l Horses" (Traditional) – 1:43
10. "Little Road to Bethlehem" (Michael Head, Margaret Rose) – 2:52
11. "Seal Lullaby" (Rudyard Kipling, Alec Wilder) – 2:29
12. "Evening Is a Little Boy/The Night Will Never Stay" (Eleanor Farjeon, Frances Frost, Alec Wilder) – 3:09
13. "The Christ Child's Lullaby" (Traditional) – 2:19
14. "Close Your Eyes" (Johannes Brahms, William Engvick) – 1:39

Sequel

A sequel "The Starlighter" is due for release February 23, 2018

Personnel

• Shawn Colvin – vocals, guitar
• Larry Campbell – mandolin, pedal steel guitar, fiddle
• Andy Hess – bass
• Ben Street – bass
• Mark Egan – bass
• Steuart Smith – guitar
• Shawn Pelton – drums
• Dan Petty – guitar, lap steel guitar
• Doug Petty – organ, piano
• Paul Frazier – background vocals
• Marlon Saunders – background vocals
• Jill Seifers – background vocals
• Clark Gayton – euphonium
• John Clark – French horn
• David Taylor – bass trombone
• Jim Pugh – trombone
• Kenny Rampton – flugelhorn
• John Owens – flugelhorn
• Alan J. Stepansky – cello
• Sandra Park – violin
• Sharon Yamada – violin
• Rebecca Young – viola
• Rev. Dan Willis – oboe

Production notes:

• Doug Petty – producer, arranger, string and brass arrangements
• Maurice Sendak – artwork
• Alec Wilder – arranger
• Aaron Keane – engineer
• Steve Addabbo – engineer
• Ray Martin – engineer
• Fred Remmert – engineer
• Noah Simon – assistant engineer
• George Morgan – assistant engineer
• Matt Kane – assistant engineer
• Joe Ferla – mixing
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Neil Kellerhouse – design
• Mary Maurer – art direction, design
• Deborah Feingold – photography