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A Winter Solstice with Helicon

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1.
Erev Shel Shoshanim / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Christmas Eve 05:44
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2.
Tincu / Pawell 04:57
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3.
Kenyan Christmas Carol 02:19
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4.
Murchy / Fransk Morgenstjerne 05:03
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5.
Shalom Chaverim / Patapan / Ding Dong Merrily on High 03:41
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6.
Chinese Suite 07:57
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7.
Dawn Dear Dawn / Carol of the Bells / New Year's Eve / Ukrainian Etude 06:17
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8.
Las Perlitas 02:15
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9.
Pretty Little Gal / Oklahoma Rooster / Round the Horn / Two White Nickels 05:27
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10.
Il est Ne / Gesu Bambino 04:58
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11.
Hush My Babe 03:17
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A celebration and souvenir of Helicon’s decades-long tradition of annual Winter Solstice Concerts in their hometown of Baltimore, this CD combines familiar (and not so familiar) Christmas carols with Helicon’s typically wide-ranging world-folk excursions, this time including tunes from China, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Israel, Denmark, South America and beyond. Not your typical Christmas album – which might be why it won the Association for Independent Music’s prestigious INDIE Award for Seasonal Recording of the Year.

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released December 1, 1999

Ken Kolodner: hammered dulcimer, fiddle
Chris Norman: wooden flutes, smallpipes, piccolo, tin whistle, piano, percussion
Robin Bullock: guitar, cittern, fiddle, piano

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Helicon Baltimore, Maryland

The INDIE Award-winning acoustic trio Helicon was one of the first groups to explore what became known as “world music." Starting from Celtic and American roots, Helicon’s mission became the interpretation of traditional folk music from around the world, and their virtuosic, high-energy performances of an astoundingly wide-ranging repertoire have won them international praise. ... more

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