Holiday Music: The Sounding Joy
By Seattle Mag December 6, 2013
!–paging_filter–pBeloved childrens musician and folk singer, Elizabeth Mitchell, has released a new album just in time for the holidays. Called emThe Sounding Joy/em, this festive album is inspired by the 1953 emAmerican Folk Songs for Christmas/emnbsp;songbook by Ruth Crawford Seeger, the step mother of famed folk singer, Pete Seeger, and features a cadre of special guests, including Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs), Dane Zane and Pete Seeger’s sister Peggy./p
pAt times gentle, rousing, inspiring and soothing, The Sounding Joy will be familiar territory for Elizabeth Mitchell fans, a refreshing voice for new listeners—and a calm, clear and old-timey new classic for those of us who pull out the holiday music playlists the minute Thanksgiving is over.nbsp;/p
pDownload a free song from the album a href=”http://www.folkways.si.edu/elizabeth-mitchell/sounding-joy-christmas-son…” target=”_blank”here/a./p
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