Our Review
Christmas at Mountain Stage puts together a number of holiday performances from among the wide variety of guests featured on the show. I really enjoyed Larry Groce and the Mountain Stage Band's Christmas Angel, a tune composed by Groce. Also very inspiring was Bob Thompson's interpretation of I wonder as I Wander, a piano instrumental number.
But the highlight for me was, of course, the Roches: the sister act composed of Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche. I have commented elsewhere that their We Three Kings is the greatest Christmas record of our time. Here they perform two of the finest arrangements from that CD: Star of Wonder (the most inspiring song I know of, when they perform it) and Winter Wonderland, (directions for reaching Wonderland: 1. cross the Brooklyn Bridge; 2. Find Terre Roche).
I can recommend this record simply on the strength of the Roches, but it features Michael Martin Murphey and Kathy Mattea as well.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 1998)
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Various Artists
Christmas at Mountain Stage
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Label: Oh Boy
Length: 41 minutes
Genre: Folk
Release: 1994
Track List
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| Christ Child Lullaby | Kathy Mattea |
| Star of Wonder | The Roches |
| Cowboy Christmas Ball | Michael Martin Murphy |
| Singin' in the Land | Mike Seeger |
| We Three Kings | Cappella Bell Choir |
| Christmas Angel | Larry Groce and the Mountain Stage Band |
| Papa's on the Housetop | Tim and Mollie O'Brien |
| I Wonder as I Wander | Bob Thompson |
| Winter Wonderland | The Roches |
| Do You Hear What I Hear | Cappella Bell Choir |
| Silent Night | David Morris |
| Goodnight Ladies-Auld Lang Syne | Michael Martin Murphy |