The Path by Katy Taylor
“We love singing Christmas music—telling the Christmas story of incarnation, Light, and Love in the darkest time of the year always lifts our spirits and prepares us for the New Year. And we are blessed to be able to do this with each other as we are dear friends and soul sisters. We sang these pieces for our community on a blizzarding December 13th night and continued to work into the wee hours of the morning singing through the deep, peaceful silence created by the sacred space of the monastery and by the deepening snow outside. We hope you will be drawn into the warmth, comfort, and mystery that the energy of this night and the power of the music created. And may all your lives be full of the truest blessings of the Christ.”
Tracklist
| 1. | The Darkest Midnight | 3:15 |
| 2. | The Path | 1:44 |
| 3. | The Shepherds Sing | 2:33 |
| 4. | Sainte Nicholaes | 1:23 |
| 5. | Puer Natus est Nobis | 1:13 |
| 6. | Lully, Lullay | 2:41 |
| 7. | Seven Virgins / The Leaves of Life | 4:40 |
| 8. | Alleluia Virga Mediatrix | 3:17 |
| 9. | The Cherry Tree Carol | 3:02 |
| 10. | The Burning Tree | 2:44 |
| 11. | Hodie | 2:16 |
| 12. | This is the Truth | 2:49 |
| 13. | Christ Child's Lullaby | 4:10 |
| 14. | Milford | 2:52 |
| 15. | The Boughs of Evergreen | 3:55 |
Credits
Thank you to: Holy Cross Monastery, who provided the concert and recording space free of charge. Julie Last for her recording and editing perseverance and good nature, our parents Jenifer and Lynn Taylor and Ramona and Dana Fradon, Holly and Amy, Gordon Cook, and countless others who have supported us on our journeys.
The Artists
Katy Taylor, vocals, shruti box, recorder
Amy Fradon, vocals, guitar
Julie Last, live recording, sound engineering, mixing
Mark Dann, mastering
Katy, Amy, and Julie, producers
Carol Zaloom, cover art
The Turning Mill, graphic design
License
All rights reserved.
Katy performs original, medieval, and Celtic chant and song weaving Celtic ornamentation with haunting, mystical invocations and prayers. Katy has performed and toured with various ensembles over the years. Singing since she was a child, music often rises up within her to become song. Singing is her primary channel to the Divine Mystery.