Product Description

A Holiday Celebration of winter's majesty with Holiday classics, traditional Celtic carols and mountain melodies from the Southern Appalachians performed on acoustic guitars, mandolin,banjo,Celtic harp,piano, fiddle, bass and percussion. Al Petteway & Amy White, GRAMMY award winning artists, turn their talents to the celebration of the Holidays in their first national holiday release on Maggie's Music. It's a stunning follow up to the immensely popular Land of the Sky- music inspired by the Appalachian Mountains. A Scottish Christmas, featured on CBS-TV- Sunday Morning with AL Petteway.

Track Listing

1. Breakin’ up Christmas (4:10)
2. Joy to the World / The Gift (4:36)
3. The Holly and the Ivy (4:12)
4. Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella (3:07)
5. People Look East (3:21)
6. Cherry Tree Carol (5:06)
7. Into the Light (5:16)
8. Roving on a Winter‘s Night (5:27)
9. Aerial (3:49)
10. Gabriel’s Message / I Wonder as I Wander (5:00)
11. A New Year’s Carol / Sussex Carol / Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day (4:59)
12. Christ Child's Lullaby (4:15)
13. Star in the East / Born in Beth’ny (3:29)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7630 in Music
• Released on: 2009-04-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Review
"Sprightly, sensuous, sunny, entrancing and wonderfully evocative." --The Washington Post

Review
"Simply one of the finest albums of Celtic-influenced music you are likely to hear... stunning... awesome... majestic." --Dirty Linen Folk & World Music Magazine

Review
"Understated and clean, painterly and well-developed compositions... Petteway offerings hit the spot." --Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Customer Reviews

One of the best
I admit a bias for liking seasonal music, and out of all the recordings I've collected or heard, this is one of the best. It is simple, gorgeous, and touching. There are more instrumentals than vocals, but even Amy White's voice is angelic. The clean musicianship serves the melodies and harmonies. The emphasis is on acoustic instruments played with heart. Every time I listen to this recording, I want to sit by the fireside with my dear ones and a cup of hot cider, watching the snow gently fall.

Talented Artists
In the Washington Metro area, we have enjoyed listening to Al Petteway and Amy White in concert and on CDs for years. They are very talented and their music is always enjoyable, inspiring, and interesting. Every music lover should have these artists in their private collection.

A wonderfully performed and enthusiastically recommended addition
The musical team of All Petteway and Amy White are known and appreciated for their blends of contemporary, Celtic-influenced, original and traditional instrumental music employing acoustic guitars, the mandolin, the piano, Irish bouzouki, and incredible beautiful vocals. "Winter Tidings" is a CD collection providing their musical tributes to winter in the Southern Appalachian mountain country and includes Breakin' Up (4:09); Joy to the World/The Gift (4:34); The Holly and the Ivy (4:11); Bring a Torch Jeannete Isabella (3:05); People Look East (3:22); Cherry Tree Carol (5:05); Into the Light (5:15); Roving on a Winter's Night (5:27); Aerial (3:44); Gabriel's Message/I Wonder as I Wander (4:57); A New Year's Carol/Sussex Carol/Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day (4:59); Christ Child's Lullaby (4:10); and Star in the East/Born in Bethany (3:30). "Winter Tidings" is a wonderfully performed and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal and community library Christmas Season CD music collections.