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THE GATHERING: A WINTER'S TALE IN SIX SONGS

"The Gathering" started out as an idea for a group of songs about a journey home on a winter's night; it became collaboration between a symphony, a songwriter and a string band. That group of traditional musicians then gathered in a cabin in the August woods to make a December record.

"THE GATHERING: A WINTER'S TALE IN SIX SONGS" was commissioned by the North Carolina Symphony and premiered with songwriter Laurelyn Dossett, Rhiannon Giddens, Mike Compton, Joe Newberry, and the Concert Singers of Cary on November 25 & 26, 2011.

Laurelyn Dosset, Pleasant Garden Music, ASCAP

THE GATHERING: A WINTER'S TALE IN SIX SONGS
1. Gathering Night
2. Lights in the Lowlands
3. Redbird
4. Redbird Lullaby
5. String of Pearls
6. Diamonds in the Pines
7. Old Ebenezer Scrooge | Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe Music, BMI
8. On This Christmas Day | Joe Newberry, Newberry Songs, BMI
9. O Holy Night | John S. Dwight and Adolphe C. Adam, public domain
10. On Christmas Eve | John Hartford, John Hartford Music, BMI
11. First Day of the Year | Joe Newberry, Newberry Songs, BMI
12. I Wonder as I Wander | John Jacob Niles, Scribner, ASCAP
13. Christ was Born on Christmas Morn
Traditional. From the Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers, 1929.

Joe, Laurelyn, Mike and Rhiannon are singing. Joe plays banjo and guitar, Mike plays mandolin and mandola, Rhiannon plays fiddle, Laurelyn plays guitar, and Jason plays bass.

Engineered by Joseph "joebass" DeJarnette.
Mixed by Joseph DeJarnette with Laurelyn Dossett at Studio 808A Floyd, Va. Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow

More Information Here: http://gatheringsongs.com/
Buy it here: http://www.laurelyndossett.com/buy/

Information about the artists:

Laurelyn Dossett | Vocal, guitar - http://laurelyndossett.com/
Rhiannon Giddens | Vocal, fiddle - http://www.carolinachocolatedrops.com/
Mike Compton | Mandolin, vocal - http://mikecompton.net/
Joe Newberry | Vocal, guitar - http://www.reverbnation.com/joenewberry
Jason Sypher | Bass

Recorded on December 16, 2011 using a Flip Video camera.