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Review "Barry and Beth Hall are folk musicians who play medieval music with exuberance." --Tom Manoff, Classical Music Critic for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" This CD was rated 4.5 stars (out of 5) in the Holiday 2007 issue of Renaissance Magazine and was featured as a top pick on NPR's "All Things Considered" in December 2010 --Renaissance Magazine and NPR Product Description A lively collection of familiar and unusual traditional songs and dances from the middle ages that celebrate the winter season and its associated festivals and holidays, with a focus on Yule and Christmas. Songs from the British Isles, Ireland, Germany, France, Poland and Sweden blend medieval and renaissance tonalities with a festive folk energy that awakens the spirits of past ages. Beth and Barry's robust voices combine with a wide array of rustic and refined musical instruments reaching back to medieval times. About the Artist Barry and Beth Hall sing and play a variety of acoustic instruments including lute, dulcimer, viola, violin, mandolin, guitar, sitgar, flute, recorders, French horn, herald trumpet, doumbek, tar, bodhrán, tabor, tambourine, cymbals, Moroccan and African drums, and many other percussion instruments.

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