To Warm The Winter Hearth: Windborne's Album & Book of Midwinter Celebration
Windborne is proud to announce our newest project: a book & album of music for midwinter called To Warm the Winter Hearth. Filled with lush vocal harmony, guest musicians, and a full-color book, it’s our most ambitious project yet!
Highlights
I'm already enjoying my digital copy, but I'd like to order an extra digital copy to send to a friend, directly to her email address. How can I do that? Thanks.
My order arrived today, but only had one copy of the book and cd. I ordered 2. Also, it was left on my step instead of mailbox, in the rain. I think I can salvage it, but would like my missing copy of book and cd. How do I resolve this?
Hello! I received the beautiful books I ordered. But I'm afraid I've misplaced the download link! Could you please re-send it?
Have been listening to this on repeat every since I got it -- it's wonderful!! A great mix of songs, some funny, some beautiful, and some personally touching ("Turning Year"). I'm so glad I 'discovered' you guys. Thank you, and happy holidays!
Project Update: Music of Midwinter Livestream Tonight (Dec 8)! PLUS After-Party!
Will you be joining us tonight (SUNDAY Dec 8th) at 6pm ET for our Music of Midwinter Livestream? We are going to be singing a bunch of music from the album, plus some brand new songs, and tying it all together with story, verse, and great sweaters! And then afterwards we have a Zoom after-party where we will sing some more songs, talk about the book, answer questions, and hang out for a while!
If you don't already have your tickets, we are offering a secret backers deal of $20 off the Concert+ Zoom and you can use the code THANKYOUBACKERS at https://tix.windbornesingers.com/events/windborne/1424440
Just make sure to click "Use ticket access code" and enter it in there!
it has simply the best to hear all of your reactions and delight at the new album and book, and to see your pictures, stories, and appreciation coming from folks all over the world! It feels so exciting to hear about choirs and families singing these songs, folks doing their holiday decorations while listening, and kids getting to explore the illustrations. If you feel moved, we'd love to hear your stories too!
The album has been getting a lot of great press, but our favorite so far is this review: https://klofmag.com/2024/12/windborne-to-warm-the-winter-hearth/
"Windborne have an almost supernatural grasp of harmony singing, their songs exudes bright warmth, wit and a sense of celebration delivered with, richness, delicacy and grit - incredible technical skill and a frighteningly accomplished intricacy of arrangement."
Thank you all for making this possible, for coming out to see the live show, and we hope to see many of you this evening!
In harmony and gratitude,
Jeremy, Lauren, Lynn and Will
Hello. I received an empty envelope mailed from Will Rowan in Williamsburg, MA. It is blue and was sent media mail. Again, it was completely empty. Was this supposed to contain my two books and CDs? As it wasn’t insured, usps won’t help. I don’t know of anything else similar that I’d be expecting, but do let me know if this isn’t the address you would have sent it from. Thanks. Cordelia Strandskov, Minneapolis, MN
Project Update: Rewards Have Shipped! (And 🇨🇦 Update!)
We spent all this week signing and packing and shipping out 11,000 preorder albums, and we can’t wait to hear what you think! Some of you have already received your copies and sent us photos or messages, and we love seeing them in your hands and homes!
A Reminder: some of you opted not to receive a CD in your survey, just to get downloads. If you didn’t get a cd this is probably why, though feel feee to double check with us!
A huge thank you is due to our intrepid crew of volunteers who put in countless hours helping us stick labels and stuff envelopes. This was a project that truly took a village, and we are so grateful to our community for showing up and helping out!
🇨🇦A note to our Canadian backers:🇨🇦
We had been really hoping that Canada Post would have come to a contract agreement with the union by the time we were shipping things out week, but the strike continues so seems that we and our Canadian customers will need to wait a little longer. Shipping with another carrier is prohibitively expensive, but more importantly we stand in solidarity with fellow union workers and do not want to cross the picket line by using another service. Some orders have been shipped out as a bulk export and will ship within Canada once the strike resolves. Some are already in the mail as individual orders, and we’re holding the last batch until the strike resolves. If you feel called you can support CUPW with an automatic email!
Thank you for your patience and understanding! We know you are eagerly awaiting your albums, and we are hoping for a speedy resolution of this labor dispute.
Finally, our deep gratitude goes out to everyone who backed this project! We are so excited to share our love of unusual winter folklore and traditions, and to discover that there is such an appetite for this delightful music. Thank you for supporting independent music and art! ❄️🎶🎄❤️
PS we now have the album on our pre-order store for friends who want to get a copy (or extra gifts!
Hi - I’ve only gotten 2 of the digital downloads. Is the third one (Malpas Wassail) going to be available soon? Thank you!