Christmas

by Bruce Cockburn

Overview

A generous 15 tracks breathing new life into well-worn standards like "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by focusing on their potential as good songs rather than distancing them on some solemn pedestal. When Cockburn sandwiches these between such non-conventional contributions as the gospel-bluegrass of "Early On One Christmas Morn," the Spanish "Riu Riu Riu," the French/world beat of "Les anges dans nos campagnes," the Huron Indian "Jesus Ahatonnia," and the ancient, spooky "Down In Yon Forest," the disc takes on a complex flavor that can be savored any time of the year. ~ Roch Parisien

Product Details

Release Date:	10/13/2009
Label:	True North Records
UPC:	0620638008324
Rank:	112493

Tracks

1. Adeste Fidelis
2. Early On One Christmas Morn
3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
4. Riu Riu Chiu
5. I Saw Three Ships
6. Down In Yon Forest
7. Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes
8. Go Tell It On The Mountain
9. Shepherds
10. Silent Night
11. Iesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol)
12. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
13. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
14. Mary Had A Baby
15. Joy To The World

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bruce Cockburn   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background),Dulcimer,Harmonica,Percussion
Gary Craig   Drums,Percussion
John Dymond   Bass
Colin Linden   Guitar,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Eliseo Borrero   Vocals (Background)
Colina Phillips   Vocals (Background)
Sam Phillips   Vocals (Background),Vocals (Background)
Richard Bell   Organ,Piano,Accordion
Candi Sosa   Vocals (Background)
T-Bone Burnett   Voices,Humming
Vivian Williams   Vocals (Background)
Dick Heckstall-Smith   Percussion
Hugh Marsh   Violin,Violectra
Sharon Lee Williams   Vocals (Background)
Alberto Mirabal   Vocals (Background)
Sharon Williams   Vocals (Background)
Dick Smith   Percussion
Jenny Cockburn   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Lowell Mason   Composer
Isaac Watts   Composer
Eric Ratz   Assistant Engineer
Edmund Sears   Composer
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Franz Gruber   Composer
Joseph Mohr   Composer
Phillip Brooks   Composer
Mike Piersante   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
John Francis Wade   Composer
Bruce Cockburn   Harmony,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Wind Chimes
Joe Schiff   Mixing,Engineer
Sam Phillips   Arranger
William Sandys   Composer
David Katzenstein   Photography
Richard Storrs Willis   Composer
Christopher Austopchuk   Art Direction
Lewis Redner   Composer
Sara Rotman   Art Direction
John W. Work II   Composer