Nowell Sing We Clear
Nowell Sing We Clear | |
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Years active | 1975— |
Labels | Golden Hind Music |
Associated acts | Roberts and Barrand |
Website | Nowell Sing We Clear |
Members | John Roberts Tony Barrand (1987—) |
Past members | (1975–1986) |
Nowell Sing We Clear is a four-member musical group that performs an annual yuletide concert series. They have also released a series of related albums.
The concerts consist of yuletide stories and music, and often include a Mummers Play.[1]
Members[]
The group consists of John Roberts, Tony Barrand, , and (who replaced original member after Woodruff moved to California).[2]
Credits from first album:
- John Roberts – vocals, English concertina, Anglo concertina
- Tony Barrand – vocals, tambourine
- Fred Breunig – fiddle, harmony vocals
- Steve Woodruff – button accordion, Anglo concertina, penny whistle, harmony vocals
Breunig and Woodruff, also appeared as guest artists on the 1977 Roberts and Barrand album Dark Ships in the Forest.
Discography[]
Nowell Sing We Clear (1977)[]
All songs in the public domain except for the one written by Bob Pegg.
- Side One
- "The Truth from Above"/"Masters in This Hall" – 5:21
- "The Holly and the Ivy" – 2:58
- "Joys Seven" – 2:30
- "King Pharim" – 4:06
- "Coventry Carol" – 1:53
- "Familiar Carol Medley" – 2:48
- "The Cherry Tree Carol" – 3:30
- "Sussex Carol" – 1:44
- Side Two
- "Somerset Wassail" – 3:21
- "The Boar's Head Carol" – 1:58
- "Divers and Lazarus" – 2:45
- "The Bitter Withy" – 2:31
- "An Orkney New Year's Carol" – 2:16
- "Sword Dance Tunes from the Village of Sleights" – 3:22
- "Rise Up, Jock!" (Bob Pegg) – 5:17
To Welcome in the Spring (1980)[]
This album consists of New Years and spring themed recordings.
- "Candlemas Eve"
- "Mothering Sunday"
- "Gabriel's Message"
- "All in the Morning"
- "The Merchant's Carol"
- "The Leaves of Life (or The Seven Virgins)"
- "The Lamb of God"
- "My Dancing Day"
- "The Sound of the Drum/Ninety-Five"
- "The Month of May"
- "Country Dance Medley: Trip to Paris/Knole Park"
- "The Moon Shines Bright (or The Bellman's Song)"
- "The Football Match"
- "The Whitsun Song"
- "Come Lasses and Lads/Packington's Pound"
- "Northhill May Song"
The Second Nowell (1981)[]
- "The Cutty Wren"
- "Six Jolly Miners"
- "Medley of Long Sword Tunes from the Village of Grenoside and Ampleforth"
- "Milford"
- "A Child This Day Is Born"
- "While Shepherds Watched"
- "Lord of the Dance"
- "The Praise of Christmas"
- "Green Grow the Rushes, O"
- "Gloucestershire Wassail"
- "Sherburne"
- "Apple Tree Wassail"/"The Derby Ram"
- "The Wren (The King)"
Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 3 (1985)[]
- "Masters in this Hall"
- "Star in the East"
- "The Carnal and the Crane"/"King Herod and the Cock"/"The Miraculous Harvest"
- "O Little Town of Bethlehem"
- "Leaping and Dancing"
- "Sherbourne"
- "Gower Wassail"
- "Kris Kringle"
- "Winter/Spring"
- "Flower Carol]"
- "Green Grow'th the Holly"
- "Morris and Sword Tune Medley"
- "Carol for New Year's Day"
Nowell Sing We Four (1988)[]
Also known as Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 4
- "The Boys' Carol"
- "The Cherry Tree Carol"
- "Carol (While Shepherds Watched)"
- "Come and I Will Sing You"
- "Hunting the Wren/The Wren Boys' Song"
- "Over the Hill and Over the Dale"
- "Old Christmas/Shooting Recitation"
- "The Ram Song"
- "Welladay (Christmas Lamentation)"
- "Boar's Head Carol"
- "The Praise of Christmas"
- "The Rag Dance Song (La GuignolŽe)/Pays D'Haut"
- "Rolling Downward"
The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear 1975–1986 (1989)[]
Also known as The Best of… Sing We Clear. Songs are taken from Nowell Sing We Clear, The Second Nowell, and Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 3; which are no longer available separately.
- "A Child This Day Is Born"
- "While Shepherds Watched"
- "Leaping and Dancing"
- "The Cherry Tree Carol"
- "Sussex Carol"
- "The Carnal and the Crane"/"King Herod and the Cock"/"The Miraculous Harvest"
- "Coventry Carol"
- "The Bitter Withy"
- "The Holly and the Ivy"
- "Green Grow'th the Holly"
- "Winter/Spring"
- "Rise Up Jock" (Bob Pegg)
- "Gower Wassail"
- "Gloucestershire Wassail"
- "Apple Tree Wassail"/"The Derby Ram"
- "Sherburne" ("Original" Version)
- "Kris Kringle"
- "The Cutty Wren"
- "An Orkney New Year's Carol"
- "Carol for New Year's Day"
- "The Wren" (The King)
- "Lord of the Dance" (Sydney Carter)
Hail Smiling Morn! (1995)[]
- "Hail Smiling Morn"
- "Sweet Chiming Bells"
- "Old Foster"
- "The Holly and the Ivy"
- "Shepherds Arise"
- "Old Christmas Return'd"
- "Jacob's Well"
- "March of the Kings"
- "I Saw Three Ships"
- "The Joys of Mary"
- "The Bitter Withy"
- "Carol of the Creatures"
- "Hail Happy Morn"
- "The Cutty Wren"
- "Here We Come A-Wassailing/We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
- "Carol for the New Year"
Just Say Nowell (2000)[]
- "The Truth from Above"
- "Babe of Bethlehem"
- "The First Nowell"
- "The Cherry Tree Carol"
- "London"
- "The Blessings of Mary"
- "I Saw a Maiden"
- "Chariots"
- "The Holly and the Ivy"
- "Joy to the World"
- "Christemas Hath Made an End"
- "Ditchling Carol"
- "Time to Remember the Poor"
- "Stevens Family Waysail"
- "Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy"
- "New Year's Carol"
Nowell Nowell Nowell! (2008)[]
All songs in the public domain, except as noted.
- "Carol for Christmas Eve" - 2:22
- "From Far Away" - 3:57
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas" - 3:58
- "Six Jolly Miners" - 2:31
- "Sherburne/Milford" - 2:20
- "I Heard from Heaven Today" - 4:38
- "The Shepherds Amazèd" - 3:07
- "Derwent Wassail" - 3:55
- "Joys Seven" - 2:37
- "Somerset Wassail" - 3:39
- "The Derby Ram" - 4:46
- "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" - 3:02
- "Homeless Wassail" (Ian Robb)- 4:44
- "Bring the New Year In" - 3:57
- "Green Grow the Rushes-O" - 5:23
- "Song for the New Year" (Robb)- 5:02
Bidding You Joy! (2013)[]
All songs in the public domain, except as noted.
- "Bidding You Joy" (Alison Burns)– 1:08
- "Masters in This Hall" (William Morris) – 4:30
- "Awake! Behold!" – 4:10
- "The Old Hark Hark" – 2:46
- "I Saw a Ship" (Addington, A. Burns) – 3:23
- "Cold December" – 4:05
- "Mummers Night in Oshawa" (A. Frank Willis)– 4:08
- "Apple Tree Wassail" – 3:16
- "New Zadoc (While Shepherds Watched)" – 3:39
- "O the Holy Holly" – 4:52
- "O Bethlehem" – 3:21
- "The Worcestershire Carol" – 3:21
- "Penny for the Ploughboys" (Colin Cater) – 4:51
- "Stay and I'll Sing!" – 4:24
- "The Derby Ram Goes to Sea" – 3:44
- "The Door of the Year" (A. Burns) – 3:07
- "Villagers All" (Andy Davis) – 3:19
As performers in an anthology[]
- A Christmas Celtic Sojourn – Rounder Records (2001)
- Comfort & Joy: A Christmas Celtic Sojourn – (2003)
References[]
- ^ "Latchis gearing up for Nowell Sing We Clear". Brattleboro Reformer. MediaNews Group. December 9, 2010.
- ^ "Best Of Nowell Sing We Clear 1975-1986". CDuniverse.
External links[]
- Nowell Sing We Clear (official homepage)
- Golden Hind Music (record label)
- American folk musical groups
- Christmas in the United States