Hanukkah Folk Songs

Hanukkah, also spelled Chanukah or Hannukah, is the Jewish Festival of Lights. It occurs in December near the time of the winter solstice, and lasts eight days. Here are dates for the beginning of Hanukkah (begins on the evening of previous day):

            December 12, 2009 (Jewish Year 5770)
            December  2, 2010 (Jewish Year 5771)
            December 21, 2011 (Jewish Year 5772)
            December  9, 2012 (Jewish Year 5773)

[played 2009]
Shelley Posen \ Light One Candle \ Manna \ Well Done
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason \ Lights of Chanukah \ The Pleasures of Winter \ self
Brave Combo \ Hey, Little Dreidel \ Holidays! \ Rounder

[played 2008]
Tom Lehrer \ (I'm Spending) Hanukkah In Santa Monica \ The Remains Of Tom Lehrer \ Rhino
Woody Guthrie \ The Many And The Few \ Hard Travelin' \ Smithsonian Folkways
Magpie \ Chanukah Chase \ Last Month Of The Year \ Sliced Bread

[played 2007]
Shelley Posen\ Put the Latkes on to Fry\ Manna\ Well Done
Woody Guthrie\ Hanukkah Dance\ Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3)\ Smithsonian/Folkways
Herdman, Hills And Mangsen\ Hanerot Halalu\ Voices of Winter\ Gadfly
Emily Kurn\ Light The Lamp\ Happy Holidays, Volume 2 (VA)\ Hudson Harding
Adam Sandler\ The Chanukah Song\ What The Hell Happened To Me?\ Warner Bros.

[hanukkah CDs]
Shelley Posen - Menorah - whole CD
Shelley Posen - Manna - several songs on this CD
Hudson Harding Sampler: Happy Holidays, Vol. 2 (VA) - two songs on this CD
"Taste Of Chanukah," Various Artists [Rounder] (8)
Various Artists / Festival of Light / Island Records

[hanukkah]
Bight the Lamp \ EMILY KURN \ Happy Holiday Sampler v 2 \ Hudson  Harding
Eight Candles \ MARCIA BERMAN \ Rabbits Dance \ B/B
Ballad of Chanukah | MAGPPIE | This Month of the Year \ Sliced  Bread
Chanukah Oh Chanukah \ LOUIE \ Jewish Fiesta \ Jerry Joy  Music
Hanukkah Waltzing with You \ ALEXANDER KLEZTET \ Happy Holiday Sampler 2  \ Hudson Harding
Hanukkah Rocks \ GIFILTE JOE & FISH \ Dr Demento's Holidays in  Dementia \ Rhino
Menorah \ LAURA BERKSON \ 12 Steps of Xmans \ Providence Music  Works
Light One Candle \ GATHERING TIME \ Single \ Triple G
Woody Guthrie\ The Many and the Few\ Hard Travelin'\ Smithsonian/Folkways
Peter, Paul and Mary\ Light One Candle\ No Easy Walk to Freedom\ Gold Castle
Dave Nachmanoff\ Let's Eat\ A Certain Distance\ Troubador
Magpie\ The Ballad of Chanukah\ Last Month of the Year\ Sliced Bread (this is a Woody Guthrie song)
Koneky & Wilde\ Medley: Dreydl Song / Calypso Hannukah\ Happy Hanukkah\ Optimism
Christine Lavin & the Mistletones\ A Christmas/Kwanzaa/Solstice/Chanukah/Ramadan/Boxing Day Song\ The Runaway Christmas Tree\ Appleseed
John McCutcheon\ Erev Shel Shoshanim\ Festival of Light (VA)\ Island (instrumental)
THE KLEZMATICS           Hanuka Tree
                         Happy Joyous Hanukkah www.klezmatics.com
MAGPIE                    Chanukah Chase
                        Last month of  The Year www.magpiemusic.com
From Ken Nagelberg:
Chanukah Song, Pt. II/Adam Sandler/Stan and Judy's Kid/Warner Bros.
All-Purpose Carol/Tom Chapin/Making Good Noise/Gadfly/
Not in Our Town/Fred Small/Only Love//fredsmallmusic.com
Shir Amani/Jane Siberry/Festival of Light/Six Degrees/
Hanukah, O Hanukah/Brave Combo/It's Christmas, Man/Rounder/
Oh Dreidel/Willie Bearstein/Ghost of Christmas Future//
Ma'oh Tzur-Rock of Ages/Marc Cohn/Festival of Light/Six Degrees
there's a superb rendition by the Klezmatics &
Susan McKeown on the Klezmatics' brand new album, Woody Guthrie's Happy
Joyous Hanuka (Woody Guthrie Publications).  This is the first of the
Klezmatics' two CDs of Jewish-themed songs by Woody Guthrie.  It's all
Chanukah songs and it's absolutely wonderful. 
The Klezmer Conservatory Band's Oy Chanukah (Rounder)

20. "Erev Shel Shoshanim" (8)
        by John McCutcheon
        from "Festival Of Light"
        also "Winter Solstice"
51. "Menorah" (6)
        by Laura Berkson
        from "12 Steps Of Christmas"
51. "Shaloo Shalom" (6)
        by Burns Sisters
        from "Tradition"

Chuck Brodsky - On Christmas I Got Nothing - Radio - Red House

MARGOT LEVERETT &
THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS         A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
                Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys www.margotleverett.com
MARK LEVY                  Ochos Kadelikas
                   Of Macabees & Miracles www.marklevymusic.com

ALAN EDER & FRIENDS                    Gota Medley
                        Reggae Chanukah www.reggaechanukah.com
THE WEAVERS               Shalom Chaverim
                    The Weavers at Carnegie Hall Vanguard Recording Society
JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE                   Narration / Mi Yemaleil
                   Seasons of Joy www.joyfulnoise.net
SINAI MOUNTAIN BOYS                 Oh Hanukah Oh Hanukah
                     A Chanukah Feast Vol 2 www.hungryformusic.com

DAVID GROVER & THE BIG BEAR BAND          Latkes
                        A Chanukah Feast Vol. 2 www.hungryformusic.com
POPPA'S KITCHEN                  Oy Vey Blues
                     A Rockin Hanukkah www.arockinhanukkah.com
TOM LEHRER                  Hanukkah in Santa Monica
                     The Remains of Tom Lehrer www.rhino.com
LAURA WARFIELD                Hannukah O Hannukah
                        MP3 Download--personal   copy www.laurawarfield.com
JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE                Light One Candle
                       Seasons of Joy www.joyfulnoise.net
DEBBIE FRIEDMAN              Not By Might ==Not By Power
                    At Carnegie Hall www.debbiefriedman.com
DEBBIE FRIEDMAN                   Light These Candles
                    At Carnegie Hall www.debbiefriedman.com

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