THE ALBION CHRISTMAS BAND - Here We Come A Wassailing (2009)
CHARLES COZENS - O Come, O Come Emmanuel (2008)
THE GOTHARD SISTERS - Little Drummer Girl (2010)
DRUID STONE - Noel Nouvelet (2001)
DAVID HUNTSINGER - Angels We Have Heard On High (2009)
CHARLES COZENS - Good King Wenceslas (2008)
LASAIRFHIONA NI CHONAOLA - Nollaig Bhan (White Christmas)
STEVE SCHUCH & NIGHT HERON - Joy To The World (1998)
??? TERESA DOYLE - Bells Will Be Ringing ???
AINE MINOGUE - Jezebel Carol (1997)
DAVID ARKENSTONE - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (2006)
DOUGIE MacLEAN - Auld Lang Syne (1995)
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You can usually count on World Music label Putumayo to add a little extra fun, a little extra spice and seasoning, to the year's holiday festivities. Previous Putumayo Christmas releases include "Jazz & Blues Christmas", "A Family Christmas", and "New Orleans Christmas". For 2011, Putumayo casts their Christmas eye to the Emerald Isle, presenting us with a green Christmas...a "Celtic Christmas". Beautiful voices, entrancing Celtic instrumentation, and classic Christmas carols. Nothing could be finer on the road to Lisdoonvarna in the morning.
As there were promised a few tracks recorded specifically for this project, I went ahead and tracked down the release years of the tracks on the collection, revealing Lasairfhiona's gaelic rendition of"White Christmas" and Teresa Doyle's "Bells Will Be Ringing" to be the all new recordings and, knowing the little I do about the music of those two, I suspect that those songs alone will be worth the price of admission.
If "Putumayo Presents Celtic Christmas" is anything like previous Putumayo releases, you'll not only enjoy a unique old world holiday experience, you're likely to find yourself drawn to investigate further the music of these wonderful artists. And that's no blarney.