The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
- The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
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Name = The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
Type = studio
Artist = Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Released = 2005
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Genre = Christmas
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"The McGarrigle Christmas Hour" is a 2005 album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. A sequel to their 1998 album "The McGarrigle Hour", the album features a program of Christmas music recorded by the McGarrigles, their family and a number of friends and collaborators.
Performers on the album include Kate's son and daughter Rufus and Martha, Anna's husband Dane Lanken and their children Lily and Sylvan, and Kate and Anna's sister Jane, as well as Emmylou Harris, Chaim Tannenbaum, Pierre Marchand, Joel Zifkin, Brad Albetta, Teddy Thompson and Beth Orton.
Track listing
The tracks chosen for the album are primarily traditional Christmas carols or pop standards, although several original Christmas-themed songs written by the participants were included as well. Each song's songwriting credit is noted below.
# "Seven Joys of Mary" (4:51) - "traditional"
# "Old Waits Carol" (2:36) - "traditional"
# "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (3:58) - "Brooks/Redner"
# "Il est né/Ça berger" (4:35) - "traditional"
# "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" (3:02) - "Frank Loesser"
# "Rebel Jesus" (4:10) - "Jackson Browne"
# "Some Children See Him" (3:56) - "Burt/Hitson"
# "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" (4:07) - "Martha Wainwright"
# "Counting Stars" (3:19) - "Ian Vincenzo Dow/Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle"
# "Spotlight on Christmas" (3:23) - "Rufus Wainwright"
# "Wise Men" (4:02) - "Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle"
# "Port Starboard Sox" (3:27) - "Pat Donaldson/Dane Lanken/Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle"
# "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (3:27) - "traditional"
# "Blue Christmas" (3:36) - "Hayes/Johnson"
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