The McGarrigle Christmas Hour explained

The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
Type:studio
Artist:Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Cover:The McGarrigle Christmas Hour album cover.jpg
Released:October 25, 2005
Recorded:2004–2005
Genre:Christmas
Length:52:34
Label:Nonesuch
Producer:Nicholas Hill, Rufus Wainwright
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The McGarrigle Christmas Hour is the tenth album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 2005. A sequel to their 1998 album The McGarrigle Hour, the album features a program of Christmas music recorded by the McGarrigles, their family, and several friends and collaborators. It was also the last album to be released by the duo before Kate died in 2010.

Performers on the album include Kate's son and daughter Rufus and Martha, Anna's husband Dane Lanken and their children Lily and Sylvan, and Kate and Anna's sister Jane, as well as Emmylou Harris, Chaim Tannenbaum, Pierre Marchand, Joel Zifkin, Brad Albetta, Teddy Thompson and Beth Orton.

The album was named number 21 in the 40 Essential Christmas Albums list by Rolling Stone.[1]

Track listing

The tracks chosen for the album are traditional Christmas carols or pop standards, although the participants also included several original Christmas-themed songs.

  1. "Seven Joys of Mary" (Traditional) – 4:51
  2. "Old Waits Carol" (Traditional) – 2:36
  3. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 3:58
  4. "Il est né/Ça berger" (Traditional) – 4:35
  5. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" (Frank Loesser) – 3:02
  6. "Rebel Jesus" (Jackson Browne) – 4:10
  7. "Some Children See Him" (Alfred S. Burt, Wihla Hitson) – 3:56
  8. "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" (Martha Wainwright) – 4:07
  9. "Counting Stars" (Ian Vincenzo Dow, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle) – 3:19
  10. "Spotlight on Christmas" (Rufus Wainwright) – 3:23
  11. "Wise Men" (Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle) – 4:02
  12. "Port Starboard Sox" (Pat Donaldson, Dane Lanken, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle) – 3:27
  13. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 3:27
  14. "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 3:36

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/40-essential-christmas-albums-20131216/kate-and-anna-mcgarrigle-the-mcgarrigle-christmas-hour-19691231 40 Essential Christmas Albums – 21. Kate and Anna McGarrigle, 'The McGarrigle Christmas Hour'

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