A Midwinter Night's Dream [Digipak] (CD - 2008)

Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, accordion, piano, keyboards); Abdelli (vocals, mandola); Eddie Upton, Philippa Toulson, Gill Berry, Ellen Robotham, Bob Berry (vocals); Brian Hughes (guitar, guitar synthesizer); Dan ArBraz (guitar); Simon Edwards (acoustic guitar, marimbula, electric bass); Aidan Brennan (acoustic guitar); Ben Grossman (hurdy-gurdy); Stratis Psaradellis (lute); Hugh Marsh, Waiel Abo Baker (violin); Donald Quan (viola, accordion, tabla); Caroline LaVelle (cello); Robert A. White (whistle, Uilleann pipe, shawm); George Koller (acoustic bass); Hossam Ramzy, Rick Lazar (percussion).

Audio Mixers: Jeff Wolpert; Stuart Bruce.

Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig.

A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM is an expansion of a 1995 EP called A WINTER GARDEN, on which folksinger Loreena McKinnett tackled traditional Christmas carols. This 13 track version adds a few original holiday songs and more traditional material. Focusing on delightful but less overexposed tunes like "Coventry Carol" and "The Holly and the Ivy," A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM is a lovely antidote to uninspired cookie-cutter Christmas albums. minimize