Have some Swedish Christmas music!

[luzula]

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! My family does, but in a purely secular way where the food is arguably the most important element (besides gathering the family together, obviously). We had a pretty good Christmas Eve (in Sweden, that's when you have the main celebration).

So, have an off-the-cuff recording of my sister and I singing a Swedish Christmas song. Stick around until the third verse; that's where you get the interesting harmonies. I'm the one singing the lower harmonies in the first verse while my sister does the melody, then I sing an "ornamented" version of the melody in verse two while my sister does the droning tone, and then we sing the simple version (my sister) and the "ornamented" version (me) of the melody together.

Listen here.

Comments

[anotherslashfan]

Thank you for recording this song, you sing it beautifully :) Blew me away.

[mizface]

DoMH and I just listened and thought it was very cool! Thanks so much for posting this, and Merry Christmas to you as well :)

[mementis]

Oh, that is just beautiful. Thank you so, so much. I clicked through, fully intending to pay close attention, and just kind of got carried away listening instead. Gorgeous, truly.

[luzula]

Thanks! : )

[luzula]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, as a fellow singer! : )

[luzula]

Oh, thank you so much! ♥ I love singing with my sister--our voices just match so well.

[podfic_lover]

Merry Christmas to you as well, luz! Sounds like you had a lovely family gathering there.

My family watched my little nephew playing a sheppard in the nativity play down at the local church this evening. Then we went home, the kids unpacked their presents and we had the traditional (at least in our family) smoked trout.

P.S. Sadly I can't listen to you and your sister in the moment, as my internet connection via surfstick is even worse than with a modem.

[seascribble]

Oh, your voices are lovely! I love the second verse especially, with your sister doing the droning verse.

Merry Christmas!

[luzula]

I'm glad you've been having a good Christmas! See you when the internet connection is better. : )

[luzula]

Oh, thank you! I just love singing with my sister.

[king_touchy]

Beautiful. I've got blowing snow outside and a fire inside; with this song I feel very Christmassy. I'm happy you shared your singing.

[hazelwho]

This is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing it!

[luzula]

Oh hey, I'm glad you enjoyed it! : )

[luzula]

Oh, thank you! ♥

[erica_schall]

Absolutely beautiful!

And it reminded me that I probably never left you any feedback on Northwest Passage which I downloaded a few weeks ago and had on repeat for quite a while.

I love listening to the two of you singing!

[luzula]

Oh, thank you! That Northwest Passage song was one of my very first fanworks, so I'm happy to get feedback on it. : )