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Wichester Cathedral Choir: Gabriels Message
Winchester Cathedral, founded in 642, in Hampshire, England is one of the largest cathedral’s in the UK. The video above is undated, but I can take a guess and say this comes from the mid-late 90’s, which would place David Hill as the Organist and Director of Music of the Winchester Cathedral Choir.
Gabriel’s Message [...]
Crash Test Dummies: White Christmas
In 2002 The Crash Test Dummies (a Canadian band that was briefly popular in the early 90’s with the song “MMM MMM MMM MMM”) depart on a path perpendicular to their regular output of Folk-Rock, and reproduce a version of White Christmas that would probably have given Bing Crosby nightmares. Brad Roberts, The [...]
A Charlie Brown Christmas
esterday, we decked the halls with boughs of holly and fa la la la la’d right into the festive spirit. We went and chopped down our Christmas tree, and this wasn’t such a easy achievement! THe first tree farm we went to was closed (we assume the owner was at his normal place [...]
Gregorian Chant: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
regorian chant, named after Pope Gregory I, who ruled as pope from 590 to 604 is a traditional form of music in Christianity. Gregorian chant originated in Monastic life in western and central Europe during the 11th and 13th centuries. It is a popular believe that listening to Gregorian chant increases the [...]
Sharon Shannon: Go Tell The Devil (Feat. Imelda May)
haron Shannon is an Irish musician, and her twist on traditional Irish style of music has to be heard… her debut album, released in 1991 has become Ireland’s best selling traditional-music album of all time. Sharon recently released her latest album, “Saints and Scoundrels”, the album coming together with an interesting mix of [...]
