For the holidays, why not enjoy your favorite women musicians on these single- and multi-artist albums?
1. Ultimate Power of a Diva's Christmas
From Joan Baez to Pat Benatar, from Emmylou Harris to Carnie Wilson, from Donna Lewis to Everything But the Girl, a 2-disc collection of Christmas standards.
2. Women of Christmas in the Garden of Lilith
The same as volume 1 of the set above, artists on this disc include Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins, Karla Bonoff, Christine McVie, Victoria Williams, Jill Sobule, Nicolette Larson, Juliana Hatfield, Donna Lewis, Linda Eber and Deborah Gibson. (NOT from the Lilith Fair tours.)
3. Holiday Times by Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins is joined by a children's chorus on this album which includes favorite Christmas songs, plus some Hanukkah selections, a Kwanzaa tune, something for Chinese New Year and St. Patrick's day, and some general winter holiday songs including Over the River, Winters I Used to Know and Dark Winter Day.4. American Chanukah: Songs of Chanukah and Peace
Robin Spielberg, on solo piano, plays traditional, contemporary and original pieces commemorating Hanukkah and peace, for the troubled Middle East and for the world.5. At the Turning of the Year
Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills and Cindy Mangsen present a Winter Solstice themed collection.6. Ouroboros: Seasons of Life
Kay Gardner's oratorio is performed by female soloists, an all-female 100-voice orchestra and a 50-woman orchestra, and is directed by Nan Washburn of The Women's Philharmonic. Gardner's eight movements reflect the stages of a woman's life and the seasons of the ancient Celtic cycle of the year, beginning with birth at the Winter Solstice, moving through Spring, Beltane, Summer, Autumn and Death.7. In the Heart of Winter
Pianist Robin Spielberg with Christmas and winter solstice favorites. Her haunting, peaceful solo piano pieces are more gentle arrangements than usual for some well-known tunes.8. The Christmas Collection
Another Robin Spielberg album, 2002, this one with more of a religious Christmas slant.