The Coventry Carol : Complete Sing-along & Ukulele Tutorial

Posted by on December 1st 2020 @ 10:10 pm

Is The Coventry Carol the most melancholy Christmas carol ever? Maybe. I’ve heard a lot of carols and I don’t know of any others that feature the mothers of Bethlehem singing to their lost children that have made it into the Christmas canon (though I doubt you’ll hear it on pop Christmas radio). I first encountered it as a high school student in choir, but lest you think it something only classical types like … some of the famous folk that have covered this song include:

Tori Amos
Anúna
Joan Baez
Chanticleer
Charlotte Church
John Denver
The King’s Singers
The Kingston Trio
Annie Lennox
Mannheim Steamroller
Loreena McKennitt
Mediæval Bæbes
Jessye Norman
Pentatonix
Sting
Suzanne Vega … and many, many more.

Ryan's favorite starter ukulele: The Enya Nova U Concert Ukulele 23” on Amazon sounds great, is easy to play, in tune and nearly indestructable. "I left it in the car through the heat of summer to see what would happen, and it still plays beautifully."

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