New Christmas Rituals

The album features Cannell’s signature Overbow violin and Bosman’s amplified fiddle with rebec bow and bass guitar. As we retreat into our winter burrows, we hear the echoes of distant carols sung behind thick flint walls, fog coated familiar tunes weave through branches across the churchyard. In the darkest days the voices of the past visit, in the lightest they encourage us to make new rituals. The traditions of wintertide and solstice intertwine, as we take the songs without oppression, the melodies without restriction and create New Christmas Rituals. Laura Cannell and André Bosman have performed together in multiple projects over the past fifteen years, most recently at Festival of New (Sept 2022) among the reed beds at Snape Maltings in Suffolk. 

1. New Christmas Rituals 2. I Saw Three Ships 3. The Boars Head 4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 5. The Coventry Carol 6. Green Grows The Holly 7. Deck The Halls 8. O Come O Come Emmanuel 9. The Shropshire Carol