CELTIC CHRISTMAS - Putumayo World Music
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By Irish Bill
Out come the fiddles, harps, accordions and penny whistles for “Celtic Christmas,” as singers and groups like Aine Minogue, David Arkenstone and DruidStone arrange Celtic and American holiday songs — and a French one, “Noel Nouvelet” — for (mostly) traditional instruments. There’s even a “White Christmas” in Gaelic. It’s a cozy, folksy collection, mingling instrumental and vocal tracks. And it reclaims a wistful side in Dougie MacLean’s version of “Auld Lang Syne. From the New York Times Holiday Gift Guide, November 25, 2011. JON PARELES
