
Christine Lavin & the Mistletones : The All Purpose Carol [ purchase ] The Runaway Christmas Tree is the source of this wee slip of a song. The album is a family favorite in our house. Most of the content, as the title suggests, is Christmas oriented. But, for 58 seconds, there is this wonderful bit of inclusiveness. I wanted to conclude my posting for this week's theme in that spirit. If your tradition has not been included this week, I encourage you to adapt this song to your needs. I [...]
From 2006 and One Meat Ball. MP3 File yousendit
This song is from her 1997 album Flashlight on the Moon. MP3 File yousendit

Today's randomness is a musical homonym, which I consider to be two (or more) songs with the same title but different music, lyrics, etc. Short version: same title, different song. I'll be doing a super special post on Monday, hence doing this Homonym Monday on Friday. I found it ironic that the leadoff song from one of my favorite albums from last year (KaiserCartel's March Forth) had the same title of what will be one of my favorite albums from this year (Andrew Bird's Noble Beast). And it is even more ironic that I compared KaiserCartel to Mr. [...]
MUSIC NEWS - NYC area public radio station WFUV will host the Woody's Children: A 40th Anniversary Celebration and Concert on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 in NYC at the Merkin Concert Hall . Performers will include Pete Seeger , Tom Chapin , Christine Lavin , Doug Mishkin , Tom Paxton , Peter Yarrow and many other friends who will pay tribute to Bob Sherman's long-running radio show. The concert will be dedicated to the late Odetta, who was a friend of both [...]
This is the title song from Christine Lavin's 1997 album. For me, Christine Lavin writes great stories put to music. She is funny, poignant, sad and introspective, and this album has all of those. MP3 File
Christine Lavin writes music which describes us. She sings of lost loves and of growing old. Her songs are poignant. Her songs are funny. She sings about relationships and growing old. Christine Lavin sings about life. This is from Attainable Love. MP3 File