Evergreen is a Christmas

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 album by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 banjoist Alison Brown

Alison Brown

Alison Brown is an American banjo player and guitarist known for a soft nylon-string banjo sound. She has won and has been nominated on several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck for her unique style of playing...

, released in 2008.

Arranged in a jazzy style, the album features fiddler/mandolinists Joe Craven

Joe Craven

Joe Craven is a Freestyle folk, world and roots music multi-instrumentalist, singer and award winning educator. Joe is the Director of RiverTunes Music Camp and a Co-Director of the Wintergrass Youth Academy...

 and is often compared with similar Christmas album

Christmas Album

Christmas Album may refer to:* Christmas Album , a 1968 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass* Christmas Album Christmas Album may refer to:* Christmas Album (Herb Alpert album), a 1968 album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass* Christmas Album Christmas Album may refer to:* Christmas Album (Herb...

 effort by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop". The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively...

, Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album)

Jingle All the Way is a Christmas album and the thirteenth album overall by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. Released in 2008 under Rounder, it marks the band's first record since their departure from Columbia. Jingle All the Way reached #1 on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart, the group's first album...

.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Rick Anderson praised the album and wrote "No one who likes Christmas music will be able to resist the charms of this album."

Track listing

1. "Carol and the Kings: Carol fo the Bells/We Three Kings
   We Three Kings
   "We Three Kings", also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi", is a Christmas carol written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who wrote both the lyrics and the music. It is suggested to have been written in 1857 but did not appear in print until his Carols, Hymns...
   
   " (Traditional) – 5:10
2. "Sleigh Ride" (Anderson, Parish) – 3:43
3. "Two Santas: Here Comes Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
   "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934....
   
   " (Autry, Coots, Gillespie) – 4:32
4. "Christmas Don't Be Late" (Bagdasarian) – 3:34
5. "O'Carolan's/Welcome Christmas: O'Carolan's Farewell/Welcome Christmas" (Geisel, Hague, O'Carolan) – 3:38
6. "Skating/Feliz Navidad
   Feliz Navidad
   Feliz Navidad may refer to:* a Spanish phrase meaning "happy Nativity"; comparable to Merry Christmas* Feliz Navidad , an album by José Feliciano** Feliz Navidad , a 1970 song from that album...
   
   " (Guaraldi, trad.) – 4:12
7. "Silver Bells" (Evans, Livingston) – 3:59
8. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Cahn, Styne) – 3:20
9. "Christmas Time is Here" (Guaraldi, Mendelson) – 4:01
10. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Davis) – 4:13
11. "Christmas Don't Be Late (reprise)" (Bagdasarian) – 1:02

Personnel

• Alison Brown
  Alison Brown
  Alison Brown is an American banjo player and guitarist known for a soft nylon-string banjo sound. She has won and has been nominated on several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck for her unique style of playing...
  
   – banjo, guitar
• Larry Atamanuik – drums
• John Burr – piano
• Joe Craven
  Joe Craven
  Joe Craven is a Freestyle folk, world and roots music multi-instrumentalist, singer and award winning educator. Joe is the Director of RiverTunes Music Camp and a Co-Director of the Wintergrass Youth Academy...
  
  – fiddle, mandolin, percussion
• Gary West – bass