Elizabeth Mitchell - The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In and Out Of The Ruth CrawfordSeeger Songbook (CD)

2013 holiday release. The Sounding Joy is a spirited collection of folk carols drawn from Ruth Crawford Seeger's 1953 songbook American Folk Songs for Christmas. Featuring Elizabeth Mitchell and a luminary list of her musical family, friends, and neighbors, this album celebrates the spirit of community and homespun traditions that existed in times before the commercialization of Christmas. Natalie Merchant, Aoife O'Donovan, John Sebastian, Dan Zane's, Happy Traum, and many others including special guest Peggy Seeger all add their voices to pay tribute to a collection revered in the canon of American music.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Oh, Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb
2. Mary Had a Baby
3. Rise Up, Shepard, and Follow
4. January, February, the Last Month of the Year
5. Joseph and Mary, the Cherry Tree Carol
6. Shine Like a Star in the Morning
7. Joy to the World
8. Christmas Day in the Morning
9. Mother S Child [Child of God]
10. Sing-A-Lamb
11. Great Big Stars
12. Baby Born Today
13. Ain't That a Rockin All Night
14. Cradle Hymn
15. Bright Morning Stars Are Rising
16. Sing Hallelu
17. The First Noel
18. The Blessings of Mary
19. Oh, Watch the Stars
20. Lo How a Rose Er Blooming
21. Silent Night
22. Mary Was the Queen of Galilee
23. Singing in the Land
24. Little Bitty Baby (A Cumulative Song)