Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Cedar and Sage makes their first official releases with "Christmas"

Happy Holidays everyone! In anticipation of our full length release of "Rendezvous" in early 2013, we decided to (rather hastily) assemble a small collection of tunes in one of our favorite genres: Christmas music! We wrote a few original Christmas songs and added some fresh arrangements to traditional favorites.


Arrangement by Daniel Callister & Jacob Callister
Original music and lyrics by Jacob Callister
Adapted from “Good King Wenceslas” John Mason Neale & Thomas Helmore, 1853
Daniel Callister: guitars, bass, drums, keyboards
Jacob Callister: vocals

Music and lyrics by Jacob Callister
Daniel Callister: bass, percussion
Jacob Callister: vocals, guitar

Merry Christmas This Year
Music by Daniel Callister
Lyrics by Daniel Callister & Jacob Callister
Daniel Callister: lead vocals, guitars, bass, percussion, keyboards
Jacob Callister: additional vocals

The Carol of the Drum
(a.k.a. The Little Drummer Boy)
Music and lyrics by Katherine Kennicott Davis, 1941
Arrangement by Jacob Callister
Daniel Callister: lead guitars
Jacob Callister: vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards

Cold December
Music and lyrics by Daniel Callister
Daniel Callister: additional vocals, rhythm guitars, bass, percussion, keyboards
Jacob Callister: lead vocals, lead guitar

A Simple Gift
Music by Joseph Brackett, 1848
Based on an arrangement by an unknown artist
Jacob Callister: vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Adam Record: vocals, additional guitar, piano

Freude
(a.k.a. Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude / Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Music by Johann Schop, 1590-1664
Arrangement by Daniel Callister, adapted from arrangement by Johann Sebastain Bach, 1685-1750
Daniel Callister: guitars, bass, percussion



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