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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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.…
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…
Séamus Sweeney 