Narada Presents: The Best Of Celtic Christmas CD

This album focuses on the fiddle and was arranged and produced mostly by our fiddler, Kathryn. It's sort of her solo album. We tried to explore new areas which FiddleSticks could try out, at the same time being true to our family's sound. We see three categories of music on this CD -- traditional dance music, original fiddle tunes, and vocal songs. We hope the combination of heritage and exploration will make the relaxed appeal we were striving for. Liner Notes:1. Zebe's Girl (Liz Davis); Morrison's (Irish Traditional) 2:30 fiddle, cello, bodhran This set is based on a traditional tune called Morrison=s Jig that Liz and I funkified. I liked how Liz totally jammed out to this tune so I had to put it first on this collection. Liz wrote the slow cello air that opens the set.2. Adam Ondi-Ahman (American traditional/William W. Phelps) 2:30 voice, fiddle, cello, guitar This traditional hymn tells of hope for return to a lost paradise, and is one of my favorites. The tune was collected in the 1835 American hymnbook, Southern Harmony. The text by W.W. Phelps was included in the very first Mormon hymnbook, also published in 1835. Check out our website for the lyrics of this and our other songs. 3. The Fishing Reels (Irish traditional); Out of the Water (Mark Davis) 2:30 fiddle, bodhran This set is made up of two tunes, "Bonnie Anne" and "the Irish Girl," from Beandán Breathnach's awesome collection of Irish tunes called Ceol Rince na hÉireann (Dance Music of Ireland). My dad added the wild bodhran solo that closes the set.4. Cloudwaltz (Katie Davis) 2:30 fiddle, viola I performed this air a few times before naming it, so we just referred to it as the "slow violin thing." Finally, I showed it to a friend in ...