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With contributions from Uillean piper Liam O'Flynn, Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler, former Skara Brea singer Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, harpist Patrick Cassidy, and country singer Ricky Skaggs, the fourth in Windham Hill's Celtic Christmas sampler series is a varied and somewhat austere collection of winter ballads and yuletide airs. Guitarist William Coulter turns in a lovely arrangement of J. Scott Skinner's "Cradle Song," while harp and mandolin player Lisa Lynne, backed with bouzouki and double-bass, performs the two-beat "Morning Star." W.G. Snuffy Walden's lyrical "St. Stephen's Green," with added guitar by Dean Parks, sums up the album's moody yuletide sentiment. A Christmas to reflect and relax.
CONDITION: NEW
TRACK LISTING
1 –Liam O'Flynn An Droichead = The Bridge 3:35
2 –Phil Cunningham (2), Manus Lunny Sior-Uaine = Evergreen 4:15
3 –Maire Breatnach* Derdriu 3:48
4 –Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill Airdi Cuan 5:08
5 –Mícheál Ó Domhnaill Sweeney's Buttermilk 3:47
6 –William Coulter Cradle Song 5:05
7 –Lisa Lynne Morning Star 4:10
8 –John Fitzpatrick Ar Droim Na Gaothe 2:56
9 –Nightnoise (2) Whiter Than Snow 3:30
10 –WG "Snuffy" Walden St. Stephen's Green 4:26
11 –Brian Dunning, Jeff Johnson December Rain 2:47
12 –Patrick Cassidy Kitty Magennis 3:00
13 –Ricky Skaggs Christmas Time's A Comin' 2:42
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