Nollaig: A Christmas Journey (album)

FYI. In case you didn't know. If you order a hard CD from Amazon, you can listen to it streaming on their Amazon Music player for free.

In the Amazon Music player, it's under:
Library > Albums

It's not 100%. Because some of the CDs I bought off Amazon are not there, but some of them are.

You can listen to it now? Or do you mean by 7th November?

Digital release is also Nov 7.

Again, IDK if it is guaranteed to include a digital release w/ hard CD. But the last 3 CW CDs I bought on Amazon are on the Amazon Music player.

FYI. In case you didn't know. If you order a hard CD from Amazon, you can listen to it streaming on their Amazon Music player for free.

In the Amazon Music player, it's under:
Library > Albums

It's not 100%. Because some of the CDs I bought off Amazon are not there, but some of them are.

You can listen to it now? Or do you mean by 7th November?

Digital release is also Nov 7.

Again, IDK if it is guaranteed to include a digital release w/ hard CD. But the last 3 CW CDs I bought on Amazon are on the Amazon Music player.

Oh, sorry 😭 for some reason, I thought you were saying that if you buy the CD in advance, you can listen to the album digitally on Amazon Music now 😭😭 what’s even worse is that I use Amazon Music 😭

The Spotify pre-save has a countdown.
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/48RQ3HWTrjrOWnb9XbtzYV

If it is accurate, the release is scheduled for midnight EST (aka. New York time). Depending on where you are, that could be later today.

I got my preorder CD today and have had several run thru on the cd and I like it very much Thanks to Amazon for shipping on time this time

It’s already released here in the UK!

I’ve just listened to it all the way through and it’s a very good album!!!

Favourites so far are Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - it’s such a cool arrangement they’ve done with this!

Codail a Linbh - sounds so ethereal and relaxing!

In The Bleak Midwinter/Goin Home - Harmonies are INSANE on this one!

Hope you all enjoy it too 😊

I haven't listened to all the songs yet...

Anyways, if you haven't been to their YouTube page, they released a bunch of 'yule log' videos. Like they did with the Magic of Christmas.

https://www.youtube.com/@CelticWomanOfficial

Can some give me a breakdown of who’s singing in which songs? It’s kind of tough for me with Sibeal

Can some give me a breakdown of who’s singing in which songs? It’s kind of tough for me with Sibeal

Sure! I’m rather unsure on some of them, though, so maybe this isn’t the best help.  It’s especially hard for me to tell if Tara/Ciara is on there as the Brian Byrne arrangements tend to blend her in too much with the other background instruments. Muirgen and Caitríona have somewhat similar voices as well, so it’s difficult to tell between them.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: group
Nollaig na mBan: group featuring Sibéal
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas: group
River: Mairéad solo (I believe it’s just her, but Tara/Ciara might be on there as well)
Codail A Linbh: group featuring Sibéal
Silent Night: instrumental (I’m afraid I don’t know if it’s Tara, Ciara, or both)
Wexford Carol: Muirgen singing with Tara/Ciara on fiddle
Little Drummer Boy: group
Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil: group featuring Sibéal
Silver Bells: It’s either a group, just the vocalists, or Caitríona and Mairéad together. Caitríona and Muirgen have very similar ranges so it’s hard to tell for me. It’s also odd that Caitríona didn’t get a solo.
In The Bleak Midwinter/Goin’ Home: group (I think?)
The Bells Of Dublin/Christmas Eve/Navan In The Snow: instrumental featuring Tara Howley, either Tara, Ciara, or both.
Auld Lang Syne: group

(sorry if this was all wrong!)

I was planning to check the liner notes, but my CD shipment got delayed indefinitely. Lol.

Wexford Carol was Muirgen and Tara (confirmed via a social media post)

Here I hope this helps

Here I hope this helps

Thank you so much!!!!

It is interesting how Don Oíche Úd I mBeithil only had Sibéal on the track. They didn’t even have Tara or Ciara doing instrumentals! It’s also odd that Caitríona didn’t get a solo.

They did the two versions of auld lang syne in one track and Caitríona sang the first version alone so I think that was her solo then they resent the second version together. Maybe they considered that her solo

They did the two versions of auld lang syne in one track and Caitríona sang the first version alone so I think that was her solo then they resent the second version together. Maybe they considered that her solo

How did I not notice that they did two versions of it on here? 🤦‍♀️ Sorry about that, I suppose.

By the way, Caitríona is extraordinary in this song! She has the same sort of Lisa Lambe effect that made the original so iconic.

By the way, Caitríona is extraordinary in this song! She has the same sort of Lisa Lambe effect that made the original so iconic.

That’s very interesting and I agree, on God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen we can’t hear her distinction so you can imagine Lisa Lambe as she did with them on last year’s tour. Other times she sounds like Megan but with a very Eabha style and much very Irish.

My CD finally arrived today (with a set of Postcards from Ireland postcards as compensation for the late postage)!

If anyone wants a quick breakdown without looking through the liner notes photo, there was split between Tara and Ciara on the album (EDIT: there were some mistakes in the liner notes, which I have rectified below)

Tara:
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Silent Night
- Little Drummer Boy
- In the Bleak Midwinter / Goin' Home
- Auld Lang Syne
- Wexford Carol
- Don Oíche Úd I mBeithil

Ciara:
- Nollaig na mBan
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Codail a Linbh
- Silver Bells
- The Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve / Navan In the Snow

It looks like Ewan Cowley was back on guitar for this album.