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Emmylou Harris is an artist with the rare sort of voice that communicates an honest and firmly grounded humanity while possessing a crystalline purity that verges on the angelic. In short, she was a singer born to make a great Christmas album, and in 1979 she did just that with Light of the Stable, in which she fused the high-lonesome traditional sound she'd been exploring on Roses in the Snow and Blue Kentucky Girl with songs that honored the spiritual and emotional roots of the holiday season. The album's gestation began with a 1975 single of "Light of the Stable," with most of the material recorded years later, but Harris and producer Brian Ahern gave the project an admirably unified sound, which speaks of Christmas with a quiet dignity that's celebratory but reverent -- this is one of the few Christmas albums from a secular artist that scarcely mentions Santa Claus while focusing clearly on the birth of Christ. Harris and Ahern assembled a stellar cast for these sessions -- the pickers include Ricky Skaggs, James Burton, and Rodney Crowell, while Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Neil Young pitch in backing vocals -- but the results are a marvel of restraint, with precious little showboating and a handful of performances that rank with the performers' best work. If you're looking for a disc that will kick up your Christmas party a few notches, Light of the Stable isn't it, but if you want to hear music of quiet but compelling beauty which warmly resonates with the true meaning of the holidays, then you'll find this album is an experience to treasure.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Tex Logan, Writer - Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Guitar - Ricky Skaggs, Banjo, Mandolin - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - Brian Bowers, Autoharp - Cheryl Warren, Harmony Vocals - Sharon Hicks, Harmony Vocals - Emory Gordy Jr., Bass Guitar - Stuart Taylor, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Phillips Brooks, Writer - Lewis H. Redner, Writer - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Gut Strung Guitar - Ricky Skaggs, Mandolin - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - Brian Bowers, Autoharp - Cheryl Warren, Harmony Vocals - Sharon Hicks, Harmony Vocals - Emory Gordy Jr., Bass - Rick Skaggs, Violin - Stuart Taylor, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Warner Records Inc.
Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Albert Lee, Mandolin - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Gut Strung Guitar - Martin Luther, Writer - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - Emory Gordy Jr., Bass - Jonathan E. Spillman, Writer - Nancy Ahern, Vocals - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Johnathan Spillman, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Rodney Crowell, Acoustic Guitar, Writer - Willie Nelson, Harmony Vocals - Hank DeVito, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Tony Brown, Clavinet - Frank Reckard, Guitar - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion - Ricky Skaggs, Mandolin, Harmony Vocals - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - John Ware, Drums - Mike Bowden, Bass Guitar - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Johnathan Spillman, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Traditional, Writer - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger - Cheryl Warren, Harmony Vocals - Sharon Hicks, Harmony Vocals
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Guitar - Ricky Skaggs, Acoustic Guitar, Violin, Harmony Vocals - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - A.L. Phipps, Writer - Brian Bowers, Autoharp - Cheryl Warren, Harmony Vocals - Sharon Hicks, Harmony Vocals - Emory Gordy Jr., Bass Guitar - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Johnathan Spillman, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Rodney Crowell, Hi-String Guitar - Hank DeVito, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emmylou Harris, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - HARRY SIMEONE, Writer - HENRY ONORATI, Writer - KATHERINE DAVIS, Writer - Tony Brown, Clavinet - Frank Reckard, Electric Guitar - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Percussion - Ricky Skaggs, Mandolin - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - John Ware, Drums - Cheryl Warren, Harmony Vocals - Sharon Hicks, Harmony Vocals - Emory Gordy Jr., Bass Guitar - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Johnathan Spillman, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Beth Nielson Chapman, Writer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Warner Records Inc.
Emmylou Harris, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Traditional, Writer - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Banjo, Engineer, Bass Guitar - ANNA MCGARRIGLE, Accordion, Writer, Harmony Vocals - Kate McGarrigle, Banjo, Writer, Harmony Vocals - Ricky Skaggs, Mandolin - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Johnathan Spillman, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Warner Records Inc.
Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Traditonal, Writer - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Guitar, Gut Strung Guitar - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - Nancy Ahern, Writer, Harmony Vocals - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Johnathan Spillman, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Hank DeVito, Pedal Steel Guitar - Emmylou Harris, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Joseph Mohr, Writer - Franz Xaver Gruber, Writer - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Bass Guitar - Ricky Skaggs, Acoustic Guitar, Violin - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - Brian Bowers, Autoharp - Cheryl Warren, Harmony Vocals - Sharon Hicks, Harmony Vocals - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Johnathan Spillman, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer - ANNA MCGARRIGLE, Writer - Kate McGarrigle, Writer - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - JANE MCGARRIGLE, Writer - Stuart Taylor, Engineer
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Warner Records Inc.
Rodney Crowell, Hi-String Guitar - Willie Nelson, Harmony Vocals - Hank DeVito, Pedal Steel Guitar - Linda Ronstadt, Harmony Vocals - Emmylou Harris, Vocals, MainArtist - James Burton, Electric Guitar - Dolly Parton, Harmony Vocals - Brian Ahern, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Guitar - Glen Hardin, Piano - Donivan Cowart, Engineer - John Ware, Drums - Emory Gordy Jr., Guitar - Elizabeth Rhymer, Writer - Steven Rhymer, Writer - Stuart Taylor, Engineer - Johnathan Spillman, Arranger
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 1992 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Emmylou Harris is an artist with the rare sort of voice that communicates an honest and firmly grounded humanity while possessing a crystalline purity that verges on the angelic. In short, she was a singer born to make a great Christmas album, and in 1979 she did just that with Light of the Stable, in which she fused the high-lonesome traditional sound she'd been exploring on Roses in the Snow and Blue Kentucky Girl with songs that honored the spiritual and emotional roots of the holiday season. The album's gestation began with a 1975 single of "Light of the Stable," with most of the material recorded years later, but Harris and producer Brian Ahern gave the project an admirably unified sound, which speaks of Christmas with a quiet dignity that's celebratory but reverent -- this is one of the few Christmas albums from a secular artist that scarcely mentions Santa Claus while focusing clearly on the birth of Christ. Harris and Ahern assembled a stellar cast for these sessions -- the pickers include Ricky Skaggs, James Burton, and Rodney Crowell, while Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and Neil Young pitch in backing vocals -- but the results are a marvel of restraint, with precious little showboating and a handful of performances that rank with the performers' best work. If you're looking for a disc that will kick up your Christmas party a few notches, Light of the Stable isn't it, but if you want to hear music of quiet but compelling beauty which warmly resonates with the true meaning of the holidays, then you'll find this album is an experience to treasure.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:23
- Main artists: Emmylou Harris
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Country
© 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing. ℗ 2004 Warner Records Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing.
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