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The 25th

by Magpie Lane

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Sweet Chiming Bells 03:28
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Newton’s Double 02:41
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Gabriel’s Message 02:44
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A Christmas Caroll 04:19
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As Shepherds Watched their Fleecy Care 03:07
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Christmas Carousing / Mummers’ Jig and Reel 04:33
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Sellwood Molyneux’ Carol 01:11
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In Winter Time 03:23
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Angelus ad Virginem / I Saw Three Ships 03:52
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I am Christmas Time 03:40
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On a Cold Winter’s Day / Down in yon Forest 06:24
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Hark Hark What News 02:34
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A Christmas Tale / Christmas Day in the Morning 03:26
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The Trees are all Bare 04:20
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about

The latest Magpie Lane CD "The 25th" was released in December 2018.

The first Magpie Lane CD, The Oxford Ramble, was released in April 1993 and the band’s first public appearance came a couple of weeks later. This is their tenth album, celebrating not only the band’s twenty-fifth anniversary, but also 25 years of annual Christmas concerts at the Holywell Music Room in Oxford. These concerts have become quite a feature of the Oxford musical landscape, and are a highlight of the year both for the band and the audience.

Like Wassail (1995) and Knock at the Knocker, Ring at the Bell (2006) the album features songs and tunes suitable for Winter and the Christmas season. Many are carols drawn from English sources – from the West Gallery era, from the notebooks of the early twentieth century collectors, or from the vibrant living carolling tradition of South Yorkshire. The earliest piece here, ‘Angelus ad Virginem’, is from the thirteenth century – and is performed in a way that acknowledges the original links between carolling and dancing. ‘In Winter Time’, on the other hand, composed by guitarist Jon Fletcher’s father, is a starkly beautiful carol which deserves to be ranked alongside the finest examples of twentieth century English carol compositions.

There are also secular songs. Both George Wither’s seventeenth century ‘Christmas Caroll’ and Pete Joshua’s modern ‘I am Christmas Time’ celebrate the good things about Christmas – eating, drinking, and having a good time with friends and family.

With four lead vocalists, the quality of the singing – both individually and in harmony – is never in doubt. And, this being Magpie Lane, there’s a number of dance tunes – from Yorkshire, Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Skye – played with irresistible zest.

credits

released August 1, 2018

Andy Turner – vocals, anglo-concertinas, one-row melodeon
Ian Giles – vocals, percussion
Jon Fletcher – vocals, bouzouki, guitars, mandolin
Mat Green – fiddles, vocals
Sophie Thurman – vocals, cello, whistles, harp

With special guests:
Colin Fletcher: double bass
Marguerite Hutchinson: vocals, Northumbrian smallpipes

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Magpie Lane Oxford, UK

Magpie Lane is a five-piece folk band from Oxford, specialising in traditional English songs and dance tunes. The band has been delighting audiences for over 25 years - and through 10 critically-acclaimed albums - with a combination of powerful vocals and vigorous dance tunes, performing inventive arrangements on acoustic instruments.

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