We’ve tipped the hat to the old hymn “The Silver Stars are in the Sky” to honor stars. But it IS a lullaby. So let’s see how Janet Seidel hits the jazz club diva target for this Big Choir Number.
Skirting the topic, the rather well known lullaby “All Through the Night” (NOT the Cyndi Lauper hit) is tangentially X-mas, though it is 18th Century Welsh harp music. It sneaks into plenty of X-mas albums, however, so let’s allow the modern soul adaptation from Chevon and Flagstone. They can barely keep up, so overwhelmed with reverence are they. Love it.
Another lesser known ‘standard’ of Christmas carols is “Still Still Still,” the 19th Century Austrian folk tune. Usually a Big Number with the church choir, it prefer the low down and dirty honkytonk routine from The Lower Lights (or the jazz club bit from Shay Estes).
Ruben & Marlaina Garcia wield monotony and panpipe to slumberific effect in the loving and weaving “Christmas Lullaby.” Good stuff.