The Gathering: A Holiday Concert featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Laurelyn Dossett, Mike Compton, Joe Newberry and Jason Sypher December 15, 2012

Christmas concerts with roots this deep are rare. The Gathering is as lively and eclectic as any good family gathering, from high-energy hoedowns to heartfelt remembrances of holidays at home. Gorgeous voices and crystalline harmonies backed by an all-star string-band, The Gathering breathes new life into traditional Christmas music and features fresh new songs of the season. The show is centered around The Gathering: A Winter's Tale in Six Songs, an Appalachian song cycle by Dossett; other highlights include Compton singing his former boss John Hartford's "On Christmas Eve," Giddens and Sypher doing "O Holy Night" as a stark and stunning bass and voice duet, and Newberry’s new holiday hymn “On This Christmas Day.”

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