Produced by Stu Hanna, Ben Savage and The Winter Union

Musicians

Stu Hanna: vocals, guitar, mandola, fiddle;
Jade Rhiannon: vocals;
Ben Savage: vocals, dobro, guitar;
Debbie Hanna: vocals;
Cliff Ward: vocals, guitar, fiddle, banjo;
Hannah Sanders: vocals, guitar

Tracks

1. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (3.13)
2. First Light of Day (4.17)
3. Good King Wenceslas (Roud 24754) (3.55)
4. Mary Had a Baby (Roud 11619) (4.33)
5. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (3.35)
6. Our Wassail (Roud 209) (4.04)
7. O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Roud 26895) (3.52)
8. Elizabeth Woodcock (3.42)
9. Ring Boys Ring / Old Joe Clark (3.46)
10. We Three Kings (Roud 24751) (3.25)

All track trad. arr. A Winter Union except
Track 1 George Ratcliffe Woodward, Thoinot Arbeau arr. A Winter Union;
Track 2 Cliff Ward arr. A Winter Union;
Track 8 Jade Rhiannon arr. A Winter Union;
Track 9 Stu Hanna arr. A Winter Union

All proceeds from this download single are going to Missing People (reg. charity no.1020419). It is available from Bandcamp.

Musicians

Jamie Roberts: lead vocals, guitars;
Jade Rhiannon: vocals, percussion;
Hannah Sanders: vocals;
Ben Savage: dobro, vocals;
Katriona Gilmore: fiddle

Tracks

1. The King (Roud 32955) (3.24)

Track 1 trad. arr. A Winter Union

Recorded by Pete Ord live at Otford Memorial Hall, Kent on 21 December 2018;
Mixed and mastered by Ben Savage;
Illustrations by Jess Morgan

Musicians

Katriona Gilmore: vocals, fiddle, mandolin;
Jade Rhiannon: vocals, shruti box;
Jamie Roberts: vocals, guitar;
Hannah Sanders: vocals, dulcimer, guitar;
Ben Savage: vocals, dobro, guitar

Tracks

1. Our Wassail (Roud 209) (4.29)
2. All Bells in Paradise (Roud 1523) (4.02)
3. Every Midnight Mile (3.46)
4. Boxing Day (3.48)
5. We Three Kings (Roud 24751) (3.34)
6. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (3.38)
7. The River (4.19)
8. The King (Roud 32955) (5.05)
9. Elizabeth Woodcock (3.47)
10. Christmas Must Be Tonight (3.40 )

All track trad. arr. A Winter Union except
Track 3 Katriona Gilmore;
Track 4 Robb Johnson;
Track 6 George Ratcliffe Woodward, Thoinot Arbeau;
Track 7 Joni Mitchell;
Track 9 Jade Rhiannon arr. A Winter Union;
Track 10 Robbie Robertson

Cover photo by Allan Wilkinson

Musicians

Katriona Gilmore: vocals, fiddle, mandolin;
Jamie Roberts: vocals, guitar;
Hannah Sanders: vocals, dulcimer, guitar;
Ben Savage: vocals, dobro, guitar;
Jade Rhiannon: vocals

Tracks

1. Raise a Candle (3.59)

Track 1 Katriona Gilmore arr. A Winter Union

Produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Savage;
Mastered by Nick Cooke;
Photograpy by AWU / Zulfiya Wilde;
Original art by Rachel Oakes;
Graphic design by Chris Collins

Folking.com review by Mike Davies
Folk Radio review by Peter Shaw

Musicians

Hannah Sanders: vocals, dulcimer;
Jade Rhiannon: vocals, shruti box;
Katriona Gilmore: vocals, fiddle, mandolin;
Jamie Roberts: vocals, guitar;
Ben Savage: vocals, dobro, guitar, electric guitar, lap steel, percussion

with
Ben Nicholls: double bass;
Dan Day: drums

Tracks

1. Ring Out, Solstice Bells (3.41)
2. Minstrels (3.17)
3. Snowin’ on Raton (4.31)
4. All Bells in Paradise (Roud 1523) (4.04)
5. White Christmas Somewhere (4.15)
6. Rise Up Shepherd (Roud 15289, 18278) (3.25)
7. Snows of Winter (6.00)
8. The Trees of Old England (3.42)
9. Raise a Candle (4.11)
10. In the Bleak Midwinter (Roud 46421) (3.44)
11. Boxing Day (3.10)
12. I Saw Three Ships (Roud 700) (3.56)

Track 1 Ian Anderson;
Track 2 poem by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), music Jade Rhiannon;
Track 3 Townes Van Zandt
Track 4 trad. arr. Hannah Sanders;
Tracks 5, 8 Ben Savage;
Track 6 trad. arr. Jamie Rogers;
Track 7 Graeme Miles;
Track 9 Katriona Gilmore;
Track 10 Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst;
Track 11 Robb Johnson;
Track 12 trad. arr. Jade Rhiannon

Video

A Winter Union perform Minstrels:

Recorded by Pete Ord live on tour in December 2023;
Mixed and mastered by Ben Savage;
Illustration by Rachel Oakes

Musicians

Katriona Gilmore: vocals, fiddle, mandolin, stompbox;
Jade Rhiannon: vocals, shruti box;
Jamie Roberts: vocals, guitar;
Hannah Sanders: vocals, guitar, dulcimer;
Ben Savage: vocals, guitar, dobro

Tracks

1. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (4.15)
2. Ring Out, Solstice Bells (3.45)
3. Raise a Candle (4.22)
4. Snowin’ on Raton (4.25)
5. Snows of Winter (6.05)
6. White Christmas Somewhere (4.19)
7. River (4.30)
8. Ding Dong! Merrily on High (3.46)
9. Children Go Where I Send Thee (4.01)

Tracks 1, 8-9 trad. arr. A Winter Union;
Track 2 Ian Anderson;
Track 3 Katriona Gilmore / A Winter Union;
Track 4 Townes Van Zandt
Track 5 Graeme Miles;
Track 6 Ben Savage / A Winter Union;
Track 7 Joni Mitchell