Here in the Kansas City metro area (for the uninformed, there is a Kansas City, Missouri and a Kansas City, Kansas), Strawberry Hill is renowned for its povitica, a traditional Croatian nut bread. You can find the famous Strawberry Hill povitica all around the KC area. Well, now we know that in addition to Croatian pastry, Strawberry Hill produces some fine music for Christmas worship. This album contains 18 songs recorded at the Midnight Mass at St. John the Baptist Church. Most of them are in traditional Croatian (and you'll find other versions on previous shares this year), while a few are historical English carols. This is a great record capturing a slice of history from this venerable KCK church.
As I noted in an early post, all of the album shares this year came from records owned by Don Lipovac, the Polka King of Kansas City, that I acquired at the family estate sale. I feel that these records, now shared on this blog, form a small tribute to Mr. Lipovac and the music he shared with so many through his long, successful career.
Please enjoy "Christmas on Strawberry Hill"
download link Updated!
Strawberry Hill Povitica website
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