''Holiday Songs and Lullabies'' is a

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by American singer-songwriter and musician

Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1997 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home". Early life Colvin was born Shawna Lee Colvin in Vermillion, South Dakota, and ...

. It was released in 1998 on

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American reco ...

Tracks

#" In the Bleak Midwinter" (Traditional) – 4:04 #" Christmas Time Is Here" (

Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; birth name, né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this s ...

Lee Mendelson Leland Maurice Mendelson (March 24, 1933 – December 25, 2019) was an American animation producer and executive producer of many ''Peanuts'' animated specials. Biography Mendelson was born in San Francisco and grew up in San Mateo graduating ...

) – 2:37 #"Now the Day Is Over" (Traditional) – 1:47 #" Rocking" (Traditional) – 2:33 #"Windy Nights" (

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll ...

Alec Wilder Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder (February 16, 1907 – December 24, 1980) was an American composer and author. Biography Wilder was born in Rochester, New York, United States, to a prominent family; the Wilder Building downtown (at the "Four ...

) – 3:10 #" All Through the Night" (Traditional) – 2:03 #"

Love Came Down at Christmas "Love Came Down at Christmas" is a Christmas poem by Christina Rossetti. It was first published without a title in ''Time Flies: A Reading Diary'' in 1885. It was later included in the collection ''Verses'' in 1893 under the title "Christmastide ...

" (Traditional) – 3:04 #"

Silent Night "Silent Night" () is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO The United Nations Educati ...

" ( Josef Mohr, Franz Gruber) – 3:22 #" All the Pretty Li'l Horses" (Traditional) – 1:43 #"Little Road to Bethlehem" (Michael Head, Margaret Rose) – 2:52 #"Seal Lullaby" (

Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was born in British Raj, British India, which inspired much ...

, Alec Wilder) – 2:29 #"Evening Is a Little Boy/The Night Will Never Stay" (

Eleanor Farjeon Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's literature, children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her cor ...

, Frances Frost, Alec Wilder) – 3:09 #"The Christ Child's Lullaby" (Traditional) – 2:19 #"Close Your Eyes" (

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

, William Engvick) – 1:39

Sequel

A sequel " The Starlighter" is due for release February 23, 2018

Personnel

*Shawn Colvin – vocals, guitar *

Larry Campbell Larry W. Campbell (born February 28, 1948) is a Canadian politician who was the 37th mayor of Vancouver, Canada, from 2002 until 2005, and a member of the Senate of Canada from 2005 until his retirement in 2023. Before he was mayor, Campbe ...

– mandolin, pedal steel guitar, fiddle *Andy Hess – bass *Ben Street – bass *Mark Egan – bass *

Steuart Smith Steuart Smith (born 24 June 1952) is a retired American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer and producer from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He was a touring member of the American rock band Eagles, where he performed as on ...

– guitar *

Shawn Pelton Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. Pelton has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, N ...

– drums *Dan Petty – guitar, lap steel guitar *Doug Petty – organ, piano *Paul Frazier – background vocals *Marlon Saunders – background vocals *Jill Seifers – background vocals * Clark Gayton – euphonium *John Clark – French horn *David Taylor – bass trombone *

Jim Pugh Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He grew up in Palos Verdes, California and at age 10 began taking tennis lessons from John Hillebrand. He played tennis at UCLA. He became a doub ...

– trombone *Kenny Rampton – flugelhorn *John Owens – flugelhorn *Alan J. Stepansky – cello *Sandra Park – violin *Sharon Yamada – violin *Rebecca Young – viola *Rev. Dan Willis – oboe Production notes: *Doug Petty – producer, arranger, string and brass arrangements *

Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Send ...

– artwork *

– arranger *Aaron Keane – engineer * Steve Addabbo – engineer *Ray Martin – engineer *Fred Remmert – engineer *Noah Simon – assistant engineer *George Morgan – assistant engineer *Matt Kane – assistant engineer *Joe Ferla – mixing *

Greg Calbi Gregory Calbi (born April 3, 1949) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound, New Jersey. Biography Greg Calbi was born on April 3, 1949, in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. He graduated in 1966 from Bishop ...

– mastering *Neil Kellerhouse – design *Mary Maurer – art direction, design *Deborah Feingold – photography

Chart positions

References

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