Good People All - A Celtic Yuletide Tradition
Download links and information about Good People All - A Celtic Yuletide Tradition by The Family. This album was released in 1992 and it belongs to World Music, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic genres. It contains 16 tracks with total duration of 41:42 minutes.
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| Artist: | The Family |
| Release date: | 1992 |
| Genre: | World Music, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic |
| Tracks: | 16 |
| Duration: | 41:42 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Love Came Down at Christmas (featuring Magical Strings) | 1:53 |
| 2. | Come Ye Shepherds/Kling Glockchen (featuring Magical Strings) | 1:51 |
| 3. | People Look East (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:06 |
| 4. | The Fairy's Gift (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:27 |
| 5. | O Come, O Come Emmanuel (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:40 |
| 6. | Il Est Né, Le Divin Enfant/Processional/Bourree (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:52 |
| 7. | Good People All (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:15 |
| 8. | O Little Town of Bethlehem (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:14 |
| 9. | What Is This Fragrance? (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:27 |
| 10. | Somerset Wassail/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:19 |
| 11. | The Christ-Child's Lullaby (featuring Magical Strings) | 3:47 |
| 12. | Infant Holy/In the Midst of Winter's Night (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:53 |
| 13. | Still, Still, Still (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:39 |
| 14. | March of the Kings (featuring Magical Strings) | 3:53 |
| 15. | Let Me Count the Stars/O Come Little Children (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:54 |
| 16. | All Through the Night (featuring Magical Strings) | 2:32 |
Details
[Edit]Although its focus is traditional Celtic Yuletide music, Magical Strings is actually an American band from Seattle. Good People All is very much a family affair; its members all belong to the Boulder family, including parents Philip (Celtic harp, hammered dulcimer, pennywhistles) and Pam (hammered dulcimer, lyre), and their five children Geoffrey (violin), Brenin (cello), Morgan (harmonium), Marshall (Celtic harp) and Brittany (violin). This is definitely a Christmas album, but you won't find "Jingle Bell Rock," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," or any other 20th century Christmas pop tunes here. Rather, Magical Strings favors an entirely instrumental approach and sticks to traditional Yuletide songs from Ireland ("March of the Songs," "Love Came Down at Christmas," "Good People All"), England ("O Little Town of Bethlehem," "All Through the Night"), and elsewhere. Some of the songs didn't actually originate on the British Isles: "Still, Still, Still" and "Let Me Count the Stars" are German songs, while "What Is This Fragrance?" is French. Although members of the Boulder family aren't stunning and don't qualify as all-time masters of Celtic music, this is a likable CD that has a lot of charm.