Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band
12/24/2010
Weekend Christmas Music
Pretty much my favorite Christmas album.
And thanks to YouTube I learn that there is a DVD of them doing a Christmas show. Here's "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen," performed very much as heard on the album. I love Maddy Prior--she's so unpretentious and engaging, while singing so wonderfully.
(Also, I find it somehow encouraging that she's slightly older than I am.)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
And a merry Christmas to you too!
Posted by: Paul | 12/24/2010 at 03:20 PM
I really should get one of her CDs.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet Cupo | 12/24/2010 at 08:49 PM
I'm pretty sure you would like this one, and probably her stuff in general. She made two (I think) albums with June Tabor as Silly Sisters that are very very good.
Posted by: Mac | 12/25/2010 at 09:16 AM
Merry Christmas to all at and around Light on Dark Water. I'm travelling to the States with my two cats tomorrow, so please keep us in your prayers.
Posted by: francesca | 12/25/2010 at 11:43 AM
Merry Christmas, y'all. Safe travelling, Francesca.
Remind me again where you are moving to.
Posted by: Louise | 12/25/2010 at 07:43 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Safe traveling, Francesca.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet Cupo | 12/25/2010 at 07:59 PM
Safe & not too unpleasant traveling, Francesca.
Posted by: Mac | 12/26/2010 at 09:06 AM
Merry Merry Christmas!!!
And a safe blessed journey to Francesca!!!
Posted by: antiaphrodite | 12/26/2010 at 11:15 AM
Merry Christmas, all!
Janet, if I send you some mp3 tracks, can you open them? I don't have this album, but for my birthday I got Paradise Found, all Charles Wesley hymns in beautiful old settings. I love Maddy!
Posted by: Sally Thomas | 12/26/2010 at 09:22 PM
I hate to sound stupid, Sally, but I don't know.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet Cupo | 12/26/2010 at 09:33 PM
Hm. Well, let me email you one, and see if you can.
Posted by: Sally Thomas | 12/27/2010 at 06:40 AM
The only reason you wouldn't be able to send an mp3 via email would be that your email provider doesn't allow attachments of that size (probably anywhere from 3 to 8 or 10 megabytes). Well, if you were on a dialup connection, it might take hours, so you wouldn't want to do it for that reason, but you're probably not. I don't do this myself, because in my capacity as a techie I've spent so many years trying to stretch scarce resources. I can't quite cope with the Google mentality of unlimited space and bandwidth.
As for playing it, Windows Media Player will do, and I think most PCs have it as standard equipment now. There are dozens of free programs out there that will, too.
Posted by: Mac | 12/27/2010 at 09:46 AM
I find I can send up to three mp3 files via hotmail, and it will let me with no (apparent) problem. Since I'm not a techie, the only problems which bother me are the apparent ones.
Recently I sent out a track of something we were learning in choir, or maybe something I want us to learn in choir (ah, I remember: I was trying to push an Anonymous 4 arrangement of "Return Again" on the other two women, in time to sing in conjunction with the "Rorate Coeli." I did not succeed).
Anyway, it sent fine, but one of the other two women said she was unable to open it. Not sure why.
Posted by: Sally Thomas | 12/29/2010 at 02:35 PM
I couldn't open the one you sent either, but thanks for trying.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet Cupo | 12/29/2010 at 04:00 PM
Oh, well. I'll send you a CD.
Posted by: Sally Thomas | 12/30/2010 at 11:08 PM