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Christmas and Seasonal Albums
Peggy, Barbara and Penny Seeger:
American Folk Songs for Christmas,
LP, Folkways FC 7053, 1957
Jean Ritchie:
Carols of All Seasons,
LP, Tradition TLP 1031, 1959
Various Artists:
Songs of Ceremony
(The Folk Songs of Britain Vol. 9),
LP, Caedmon TC1224, 1961; Topic 12T197, 1970
The Watersons:
Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ceremonial Folk Songs,
LP, Topic 12T136, 1965
Steeleye Span:
Gaudete,
single, Chrysalis CHS 2007, 1972
John Roberts & Tony Barrand with Fred Breunig & Steve Woodruff:
Nowell Sing We Clear,
LP, Front Hall FHR-013, 1977
Steeleye Span:
The Boar’s Head Carol / Gaudete / Some Rival,
single, Chrysalis CHS 2192, 1977
The Watersons:
Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy,
LP, Topic 12TS346, 1977,
CD, Topic TSCD564, 2007
John Kirkpatrick:
Jogging Along With Me Reindeer / King Neptune’s Lament,
single, Dingle’s SID 226, 1980
John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig, Steve Woodruff:
The Second Nowell,
LP, Front Hall FHR-026, 1981
The Albion Band:
A Christmas Present From The Albion Band,
LP, Fun Records FUN003, 1985; CD Making Waves SPINCD131, 2002
John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig & Steve Woodruff:
Nowell Sing We Clear Vol. 3,
LP, Front Hall FHR-036, 1985
Martyn Wyndham-Read, Martin Carthy et al.:
Yuletracks,
LP, GVR 235, 1986
Maddy Prior with The Carnival Band:
A Tapestry of Carols,
CD/LP, Saydisc SDL 366, 1987
Jean Ritchie:
Kentucky Christmas, Old and New,
LP, Greenhays GR717, 1987
Nowell Sing We Clear:
Nowell Sing We Four,
LP, Front Hall FHR-039, 1988
The Kipper Family:
Arrest These Merry Gentlemen,
LP, Dambuster DAM 022, 1989
Nowell Sing We Clear:
The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear 1975-1986,
CD, Front Hall FHR-301, 1989
Mike, Peggy and Penny Seeger:
American Folk Songs for Christmas,
2 CD, Rounder CD 0268/0269, 1989
Steve Tilston, Peter Finger, Seth Austen:
Silently the Snow Falls,
CD, Shanachie 95007, 1989
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band:
Carols and Capers,
CD, Park PRK CD9, 1991
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band:
I Saw Three Ships,
EP, Park PRK CD16, 1992
The York Waits:
Old Christmas Return’d,
CD, Saydisc CD-SDL 398, 1992
Magpie Lane:
Wassail! A Country Christmas,
CD, Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-8, 1995
Nowell Sing We Clear:
Hail Smiling Morn!,
CD, Golden Hind GHM-102, 1995
The Young Tradition with Shirley & Dolly Collins:
The Holly Bears the Crown,
CD, Fledg’ling FLED 3006, 1995
Various Artists:
The Season Round,
CD, TSCD700, 1996
Coope Boyes & Simpson:
A Garland of Carols,
CD, No Masters NMCD13, 1998
David Hughes & Chris Leslie:
Acoustic Christmas,
CD, The Folk Corporation TFFCD 2002, 1998
John Kirkpatrick et al.:
Wassail! A Traditional Celebration of an English Midwinter,
CD, FECD125, 1998
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band:
Carols at Christmas,
CD, Park PRK CD45, 1998
The Albion Band:
Christmas Album,
CD, HTD Records HTD CD 105, 1999
Home Service:
The Nativity,
CD, Promenade PP26119, 1999
Nowell Sing We Clear:
Just Say Nowell,
CD, Golden Hind GHM-105, 2000
Triakel:
Vintervisor,
CD, Mono MMCD 016, 2000; Westpark 87097, 2001
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band:
Gold, Frankincense & Myrhh,
CD, Park PRK CD59, 2001
Various Artists:
Bah! Humbug,
CD, G2CD7007, 2002
Various Artists:
Seasons, Ceremonies & Rituals: The Calendar in Traditional Song,
CD, FTSR5, 2002
Albion Christmas Band:
An Albion Christmas,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD060, 2003
Coope Boyes & Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya, Georgina Boyes:
Fire and Sleet and Candlelight,
CD, No Masters NMCD21, 2003, No Masters NMCD38, 2011
Cherish the Ladies:
On Christmas Night,
CD, Rounder 11661-7061-2, 2004
Finest Kind:
Feasts & Spirits,
CD, Fallen Angle FAM07, 2004
Steeleye Span:
Winter,
CD, Park PRK CD74, 2004
Various Artists:
Cold Blow These Winter Winds,
CD, Green Linnet GLCD 1229, 2004
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band:
An Evening of Carols and Capers,
CD, Park PRK CD86, 2005
The Watersons:
A Yorkshire Christmas,
CD, Witchwood Media WMCD 2029, 2005
Albion Christmas Band:
Winter Songs,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD103, 2006
Coope Boyes & Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya, Georgina Boyes:
Voices at the Door,
CD, No Masters NMCD25, 2006
John Kirkpatrick:
Carolling & Crumpets,
CD, Fledg’ling FLED 3060, 2006
Magpie Lane:
Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell,
CD, Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-52, 2006
Waterson:Carthy with The Devil’s Interval:
Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man,
CD, Topic TSCD562, 2006
Various Artists:
An English Folk Christmas,
CD, Gift of Music CCL CDG1157, 2006
Various Artists:
Midwinter,
4 CD, FRQCD 30, 2006
The Copper Family:
Coppers at Christmas,
CD, Coppersongs, 2007
Gunnar Idenstam et al:
Folkjul,
CD, BIS BIS-5031, 2007
Fiona Mackenzie:
Duan Nollaig (A Gaelic Christmas),
2 CD, CDTRAX320D, 2007
Michael Morpurgo, Coope Boyes & Simpson:
On Angel Wings,
CD, No Masters NMCD30, 2007
Albion Christmas Band:
Snow on Snow,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD135, 2008
Nowell Sing We Clear:
Nowell Nowell Nowell,
CD, Golden Hind GHM-109, 2008
Kate Rusby:
Sweet Bells,
CD, Pure PRCD28, 2008, PRCD33, 2009
Albion Christmas Band:
Traditional,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD152, 2009
Belshazzar’s Feast:
Frost Bites,
CD, WildGoose WGS366CD, 2009
Joglaresa:
In Hoary Winter’s Night,
CD, Joglaresa JOG004, 2009
Kerfuffle:
Lighten the Dark,
CD, RootBeat RBRCD08, 2009
The Albion Band:
Another Christmas Present From The Albion Band,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD169, 2010
Jon Boden:
A Folk Song a Day: December,
DL, Navigator, 2010
Karine Polwart:
Merry Xmas Everybody,
DL single, Delphonic DELPH009, 2010
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band:
Vaughan Williams: Carols, Songs & Hymns,
CD, Park PRK CD111, 2010
West of Eden:
A Celtic Christmas,
CD, Zebra Art ZAR 852, 2010
Albion Christmas Band:
A Sound in the Frosty Air,
CD, Rooksmere RRCD104, 2011
GreenMatthews:
A Victorian Christmas,
CD, Blast BFTP004, 2011
Emily Portman:
Hinge of the Year,
single, Furrow FUR004, 2011
Kate Rusby:
While Mortals Sleep,
CD, PRCD34, 2011
Belshazzar’s Feast:
Stocking Fillers,
CD, Unearthed EARTHOL003, 2012
Nadia Birkenstock, Ryan Murphy, Jürgen Treyz, Gudrun Walther:
Celtic Christmas,
CD, Herder 4040808318941, 2012
Corncrow:
Christmas Dinner for Horses,
DL EP, Wyrd House CCCD001, 2012
GreenMatthews:
A Medieval Christmas,
CD, Blast BFTP009, 2012
Bella Hardy:
Bright Morning Star,
CD, Noe NOE05, 2012
Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band:
A Christmas Caper,
CD, Park PRK CD124, 2012
Bellowhead:
Christmas Bells / Jingle Bells,
DL single, Navigator NAVIGATOR073RP4, 2013
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker:
Midwinter,
CD, Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker JCBW001, 2013, JCBW002, 2015
Nowell Sing We Clear:
Bidding You Joy,
CD, Golden Hind GHM-110, 2013
Kate Rusby:
Live at Christmas,
DVD, PRDVD36, 2013
The Albion Christmas Band:
One for the Road,
CD, Rooksmere RRCD114, 2014
The Albion Christmas Band:
The Carols,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD275, 2014
Coope, Simpson, Fraser & Freya:
Hark Hark,
CD, NMCD43, 2014
Ange Hardy:
The Little Holly Tree,
CD EP, Story STREC1655, 2014
Jess Morgan:
Christmas Eve,
DL single, Amateur Boxer, 2014
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer:
A Sound of Christmas Past,
CD, WetFoot WFM140501, 2014
GreenMatthews:
A Brief History of Christmas,
CD, Blast BFTP007, 2015
Ange Hardy:
When Christmas Day Is Near,
CD EP, Story STREC1660, 2015
Kate Rusby:
The Frost Is All Over,
CD, PRDCD40, 2015
Emily Smith:
Songs For Christmas,
CD, White Fall WFRCD011, 2015
Heidi Talbot:
Christmas in September,
CD single, Under One Sky, 2015
The Changing Room:
The Magic of Christmas,
CD EP, TCR TCRM75075, 2016
Johnny Coppin:
All on a Winter’s Night,
CD, Red Sky RSKCD 121, 2016
Ange Hardy:
The Quantock Carol,
CD EP, Story STREC1669, 2016
Lunau & Sund, Svøbsk:
Juletradition,
CD, Gateway, 2016
Emily Sanders, Chris Parkinson, Pete Morton:
The Magical Christmas Tree,
CD, Fellside FECD279, 2016
West of Eden:
Another Celtic Christmas,
CD, West of Music WOMCD10, 2016
A Winter Union:
A Winter Union,
CD, A Winter Union, 2016
GreenMatthews:
A Christmas Carol,
CD, Blast BFTP011, 2017
Ange Hardy:
My Christmas EP,
DL EP, Story, 2017
Joglaresa:
Sing We Yule,
CD, Joglaresa JOG007, 2017
O’Hooley & Tidow:
WinterFolk Vol. 1,
CD, No Masters NMCD51, 2017
Kate Rusby:
Angels & Men,
CD, PRDCD44, 2017
A Winter Union:
The King,
DL single, A Winter Union, 2017
The Albion Christmas Band:
Under the Christmas Tree,
compilation CD, Talking Elephant TECD411, 2018
Jim Causley:
A Causley Christmas,
CD, Hrōc HROC02, 2018
English Acoustic Collective:
Christmas Champions,
CD, Hugh Lupton LUPTON9, 2018
Finest Kind:
I Am Christmas,
CD, Fallen Angle FAM12, 2018
Gunnar Idenstam et al:
Folkjul II,
SACD, BIS BIS-2334, 2018
Magpie Lane:
The 25th,
CD, Magpie Lane MLCD10, 2018
Kirsty Merryn:
Cherry Tree Carol,
DL single, Kirsty Merryn, 2018
Doug Eunson and Sarah Matthews:
Chimes,
CD, Coth COTHCD012, 2019
Lady Maisery and Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith:
Awake, Arise,
CD, Many a Thousand MATR19001, 2019
Melrose Quartet:
The Rudolph Variations,
CD, Melrose Quartet MQCD04, 2019
Siobhan Miller:
At This Time of Year,
CD EP, Songprint SPR003CDX, 2019
The Outside Track:
Christmas Star,
CD, The Outside Track 1 94660 03735 0, 2019
Kate Rusby:
Holly Head,
CD, PRDCD57, 2019
Heidi Talbot, Sophia Stinnerbom, Roger Tallroth, Magnus Stinnerbom:
A Light in the Dark,
CD, Tallroth Music TMR001, 2019
A Winter Union:
Live in Concert,
DL, A Winter Union, 2019
Burd Ellen:
Says the Never Beyond,
CD/LP, Burd Ellen, 2020
Iona Fyfe:
In the Bleak Midwinter,
DL single, Cairnie IF20BLEAK, 2020
GreenMatthews:
Midwinter Revels,
CD, Blast BFTP014, 2020
Ashley Hutchings, Becky Mills & Blair Dunlop:
A Midwinter Miscellany,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD451, 2020
Kate Rusby:
Happy Holly Day,
DVD, PRDVD66 / CD, PRDCD67, 2020
A Winter Union:
Raise a Candle,
DL single, A Winter Union, 2020
The Wilderness Yet:
Turn the Year Round,
CD, Scribe SRCD08, 2021
The Albion Christmas Band:
All Are Safely Gathered In,
CD, Talking Elephant TECD481, 2022
The Furrow Collective:
The Longest Night,
DL EP, Hudson HUD0037D, 2022
John Kirkpatrick:
Joy & Jubilation,
CD, Fledg’ling FLED 3112, 2022
West of Eden:
Next Stop Christmas,
CD, West of Music WOMCD17, 2022
Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden:
Glad Christmas Comes,
CD/2 LP, HUD045CD/LP, 2023
Bryony Griffith & Alice Jones:
Wesselbobs,
CD, Selwyn SYNMC010, 2023
Iontach,
The Season of Mirth and of Glee,
CD, Siúnta IONCD181, 2023
Jackie Oates Trio,
Christmas Album,
DL, Needle Pin, 2023
Kate Rusby:
Light Years,
CD/LP, PRDCD50, 2023
Anna Tabbush, Ben & Dom:
Winter Song,
DL single, Scribe, 2023
Jenny Sturgeon with Alice Allen & Grant Anderson:
Wintergreen,
CD, HUD041CD, 2023
A Winter Union:
Sooner After Solstice,
CD, Sungrazing SGR201, 2023
Janice Burns & Jon Doran:
Great Joy to the New,
CD/LP, Wylam Records JBJD003, 2024
Cooper and Toller:
Year’s End,
CD, Hear the Din HD202401CD, 2024
Jackie Oates and John Spiers:
A Midwinter’s Night,
CD, Needle Pin NP3, 2024
The Unthanks:
In Winter,
CD, RabbleRouser RRM029, 2024
A Winter Union:
Live Before Solstice,
CD, A Winter Union, 2024
Miranda Sykes & Jim Causley:
Midwinter,
CD, Causley / Sykes, 23 November 2025
Hannah Rarity:
Christmas Came Early This Year,
DL single, Hannah Rarity, 28 November 2025
Kirsty Hannah:
In the Bleak Midwinter,
DL single, smallCog, 1 December 2025
Winter WonderBand:
Joy Illimited,
2 CD/2 LP, Winter WonderBand WWB001, 1 December 2025
Seb Stone and Samuel Day:
Foolow Carols,
CD, Seb Stone, 5 December 2025
Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh:
Carol of the Bells,
DL single, Michell, Pfeiffer & Kulesh, 12 December 2025