Cheap Celtic Christmas (Music) (Mckennitt, Nightnoise, Breatnach) Price

Another satisfying collection of Celtic music, traditional and contemporary, that includes such modern-day folkies as Luka Bloom and, for the lack of a better term, New Age composer Loreena McKennitt. Fans who remember Planxty, the Bothy Band, Silly Wizard, and Capercaillie will embrace the performances here by individual members of those critically acclaimed and popular groups. Nightnoise singer Triona Ní Dhomhnaill, who was once described as one of the greatest voices of the century, sings a haunting piece called "Solus," while her brother and former Bothy Band fiddler Kevin Burke create an enchanting place on "On a Cold Winter's Day/Christmas Eve." In the end, Celtic Christmas really is all of a piece. Each work stands on its own, but taken together they form real feelings for the holiday that run from reverence to revelry and from joy to solitude. Moody and transcendent stuff. --Martin Keller

ARTIST:	Mckennitt, Nightnoise, Breatnach
CATEGORY:	Music
MANUFACTURER:	Windham Hill Records
MEDIA:	Audio CD
TRACKS:	When the Snow Melts - Phil Cunningham, Solus (Light), On a Cold Winter's Day/Christmas Eve, Winter's End, Ciara - Luka Bloom, Nollaig Ma Mban (Women's Christmas, 6th January) - Cormac Breatnach, Third Carol for Christmas Day - Donal Lunny, Snow on High Ground - Nightnoise, Galacian Carol, Soillse Na Nollag (The Lights of Christmas), King Holly, King Oak - Johnny Cunningham, Snow - Loreena McKennitt, We Follow a Star - Brian Dunning
UPC:	019341117827