''While Mortals Sleep'' is the second
Christmas album
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject ma ...
by English folk musician
Kate Rusby
Kate Anna Rusby (born 4 December 1973) is an English folk singer-songwriter from Penistone, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Sometimes called the "Barnsley Nightingale", she has headlined various British folk festivals, and is one of the be ...
, released on 14 November 2011 on Pure Records. Similar to Rusby's previous Christmas release, ''
Sweet Bells'' (2008), the album features
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and metropolitan county, metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of City of Doncaster, Doncaster and City of Sh ...
-based material, and features artwork by Marie Mills.
Track listing
#"
Cranbrook" - 3:46
#"Home" - 3:47
#"Kris Kringle" - 4:09
#"
Little Town of Bethlehem" - 5:33
#"
Joy to the World
"Joy to the World" is an English Christmas carol. The carol was written in 1719 by the English minister and hymnwriter Isaac Watts, and its lyrics are an interpretation of Psalm 98 celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Today, the carol is usua ...
" - 3:17
#"
Holmfirth Anthem
The Holmfirth Anthem, also known as Pratty Flowers (''sic''), Abroad for Pleasure and Through the Groves, is an England, English choral folk song associated with Yorkshire, especially the rural West Riding, and particularly with the area around Ho ...
" - 4:16
#"
Seven Good Joys" - 3:48
#"
Rocking Carol" - 3:51
#"
Shepherds Arise" - 4:45
#"First Tree in the Greenwood" - 5:43
#"Diadem" - 4:21
#"The Wren" - 3:21
References
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Kate Rusby albums
2011 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by English artists
Folk Christmas albums