Christmas album by Canadian artists
Count Your Blessings is a 1994 Christmas album, taking its title from the song of the same name included as its first track, presenting a concert recorded by Jane Siberry , Holly Cole , Rebecca Jenkins , Mary Margaret O'Hara and Victoria Williams .[ 1] The concert was broadcast on CBC Radio in Canada , and National Public Radio in the United States , in 1993.[ 2]
The concert presented a program of traditional Christmas music, both well-known standards and lesser-known songs.[ 3] It also included three original Christmas-themed songs written by the artists themselves: O'Hara's "Never, No", Siberry's "Are You Burning, Little Candle?" and Williams' "A Holy Thing".[ 3]
Track listing
"Count Your Blessings " (3:19) - performed by Cole, Jenkins, Siberry
"Please Come Home for Christmas " (2:35) - performed by Cole
"White Christmas " (2:46) - performed by O'Hara
"Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle " (3:38) - performed by Cole, Jenkins, Siberry
"What Is This Fragrance?" (2:15) - performed by O'Hara
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " (3:12) - performed by Williams
"Carol of the Bells " (3:07) - performed by Cole, Jenkins, Siberry
"Never, No" (2:05) - performed by O'Hara
"I'll Be Home for Christmas " (3:07) - performed by Jenkins
"Are You Burning, Little Candle?" (2:43) - performed by Siberry
"Deck the Halls " (2:41) - performed by Cole
"A Holy Thing" (3:37) - performed by Williams
"In the Bleak Midwinter " (4:27) - performed by Siberry
"Silent Night " (5:25)
References
^ "Spirit, sincerity and passion : Holly Cole and friends remind you to Count Your Blessings". The Record , December 8, 1994.
^ "CBC opens doors for Christmas". Toronto Star , December 12, 1993.
^ a b "Spend Christmas under the stars". Ottawa Citizen , December 17, 1994.
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