Mitchell,Elizabeth Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs In & Out Of The Ruth 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.

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)