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Posted on December 30, 2018December 12, 2018

For Christmas: Riu, Riu, Chiu with the King’s Singers, the Monkees and Massimo Marchese

Riu, Riu, Chiu is a rare example of a Christmas carol whose lyrics feature a rabid wolf: It was also performed by well known Early Music exponents The Monkees:

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Posted on December 24, 2018December 12, 2018

For Christmas Eve: Mitch Miller & the Gang, We Three Kings of Orient Are

Mitch Miller supposedly incarnated the worst of 1950s popular music, nearly destroying Sinatra with novelty numbers and generally inflicting cliché upon cliché that would be blown away in the 1960s.…

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Posted on December 13, 2018

Music for Christmas: “Dia do Bheatha” performed by Tonos

I recently saw Tonos perfom their Wintersong concert, the music from which was available as a CD at the concert. I would highly recommend this. Tonos – soprano Roisin O’Grady and…

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