Christmas & Seasonal Music

Two years or so ago, I made a post here about a Christmas CD that I had purchased that I thought was excellent -- not only fine music, but also very well recorded. The CD, "A Scottish Christmas", is on a small, private label called "Maggie's Music", and is the work of Maggie Sansone, who is from Annapolis, MD and plays the hammered dulcimer. The CD also features Bonnie Rideout, an internationally recognized artist on the Scottish fiddle; Al Petteway (acoustic guitar), and Eric Rigler (Highland bagpipes), who recorded all of the bagpipe music used in Mel Gibson's movie "Braveheart".

Since my original post, Maggie Sansone has recorded another half-dozen CD's of seasonal and Christmas music, several of which have received awards.

Even if you are not of Scottish, Celtic, or Gaelic ancestry, I am confident that many of you who like folk-based or "world music" will find Maggie's releases very satisfying and a welcome variation on traditional Christmas carols. For more info, go to the following link:

http://www.maggiesmusic.com/christmasproducts.html#cds

Greetings to all of you!

Scott Campbell