Our ‘American Angels’ Anonymous 4 release their 18th album. After a four year hiatus, this is their first album of original material since Gloryland and is, as ever, scrupulously researched and impeccably performed.

'The Cherry Tree' is a collection of medieval English carols and Anglo-American songs that are inspired by the Cherry Tree Carol.

The Cherry Tree is named after the miracle ballad of Joseph and Mary, the earliest text of which survives from a Coventry Play from around 1400. The ‘Cherry Tree’ story persisted in many forms, making its way into medieval British carols of the mid-15th century and into British and American traditional ballads. In it, Joseph doubts the divine origin of Mary’s pregnancy only to hear Jesus speak from within Mary’s womb, causing a cherry tree to bend its branches and offer his mother its fruit.

Contents:
1. Prophetarum presignata
2. Nowel syng we bothe al and som
3. Alma redemptoris mater  
4. The Shepherd's Star
5. Newell - Tydings trew
6. Mervele noght Iosep
7. Synge we to this mery cumpane
8. Qui creavit celum
9. A Virdin Unspotted
10. Now may we syngyn
11. Lullay my child - This ender nithgt
12. Star in the East
13. Veni redemptor gencium
14. The Cherry Tree Carol
15. Salve mater misericodie
16. Hail mary ful of grace
17. Bethlehem