Holiday Songs and Lullabies

by Shawn Colvin

Overview

Shawn Colvin's seasonal album is in effect a musical adaptation of the children's book Lullabies & Night Songs, which, like the CD, features illustrations by Maurice Sendak. As such, it includes mostly traditional tunes, along with some Christmas standards such as "Silent Night" and "Christmas Time Is Here," and several Alec Wilder compositions and arrangements, among them settings of lyrics by Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling. Often employing a string quartet, Colvin turns in calm but deeply felt performances of the songs for a set appropriate for putting the children to sleep on Christmas Eve. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/1998
Label:	Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0074646955024
Rank:	121864

Tracks

1. In the Bleak Midwinter
2. Christmas Time Is Here
3. Now the Day Is Over
4. Rocking
5. Windy Nights
6. All Through the Night
7. Love Came Down at Christmas
8. Silent Night
9. All the Pretty Li'l Horses
10. Little Road to Bethlehem
11. Seal Lullaby
12. Evening Is a Little Boy/The Night Will Never Stay
13. The Christ Child's Lullaby
14. Close Your Eyes

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shawn Colvin   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
John Clark   Guest Artist,French Horn
Mark Egan   Guest Artist,Bass
Kenny Rampton   Flugelhorn
Larry Campbell   Violin,Mandolin,Pedal Steel
Doug Petty   Organ,Piano
Andy Hess   Bass
Sandra Park   Violin
Marlon Saunders   Vocals (Background)
Jill Seifers   Vocals (Background)
David Taylor   Trombone (Bass)
Rev. Dan Willis   Oboe
Dan Petty   Guitar,Lap Steel Guitar
Sharon Yamada   Violin
Steuart Smith   Guitar
Clark Gayton   Euphonium
Ben Street   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Jim Pugh   Trombone
Shawn Pelton   Drums
John Owens   Flugelhorn
Paul Frazier   Vocals (Background)
Rebecca Young   Viola
Alan Stepansky   Cello

Technical Credits

Ray Martin   Engineer
Shawn Colvin   Arranger
Traditional   Composer
Joe Ferla   Mixing
Fred Remmert   Engineer
Eleanor Farjeon   Composer
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Lee Mendelson   Composer
Noah Simon   Assistant Engineer
Doug Petty   Arranger,Producer,Brass Arrangement,String Arrangements
Vince Guaraldi   Composer
Franz Gruber   Composer
Joseph Mohr   Composer
Matt Kane   Assistant Engineer
Maurice Sendak   Artwork
Alec Wilder   Arranger,Composer
Margaret Rose   Composer
William Engvick   Composer
Aaron Keane   Engineer
Steve Addabbo   Engineer
Johannes Brahms   Composer
Deborah Feingold   Photography
Mary Maurer   Design,Art Direction
George Morgan   Assistant Engineer
Rudyard Kipling   Composer
Neil Kellerhouse   Design
Mick Head   Composer
Frances Frost   Composer