BOSTON GLOBE ...Familiar melodies such as "Noel Nouvelle" and "Greensleeves" are delivered gracefully, with gorgeous string and oboe support from Cunningham and Kathy Halverson. Minogue's shy whisper of a soprano delivers a lulling Gaelic version of "Silent Night" and the ethereal "Darkest Midnight...

.... a spellbinding portrait of midwinter's moods and textures. Her harp is austere, never glissando-glossy or aimlessly lush.

...Spun together with brief snatches of spoken narration, this is a tender holiday masterpiece...

THE PATRIOT LEDGER ...a musical treasure...

THE IRISH ECHO ...a haunting and beautiful creation.... on the of the most unusual, original and beautiful Christmas (or should I say Holiday) Albums to appear in a long time...

FOLK ALMANAC ...One of the flat out prettiest Christmas albums to tumble down the chimney in a long time.... This is a soft masterpiece; ancient yet fresh, always lovely, always true to the warm spirits of this cold season...

ALBUM CREDITS Áine Minogue: Irish Harp, vocals, spoken word Johnny Cunningham: Fiddles, spoken word, percussion Cillian Vallely: Irish pipes, whistles Byron Duckwall: Cello Alasdair Halliday: Vocals Kathy Halvorson: Oboe Bob Patton: Soprano sax

Produced by: Johnny Cunningham All tracks published by Little Miller Music (BMI) for Aine Minogue.