This festive collection of traditional Celtic music for the winter holidays has an Old World feel-touches of British Isles folk, Renaissance and Medieval stylings. The Bay Area-based quartet Broceliande plays a wide range of acoustic instruments, including Celtic harp, cello, guitar, octave mandolin, oboe, flute, melodeon, drums and whistles, and performs up to four-part vocal harmonies, with some exquisite a cappella arrangements. Includes such favorites as The Holly and the Ivy, Bring a Torch Jeannette, Isabella, Away in a Manger, and more unusual selections such as Carol of the Birds, Noel Nouvelet, and Gloucestershire Wassail. Broceliande is Margaret Davis, Karl Franzen, Kristoph Klover, and Kris Yenney. Fans of Celtic and New Age music will be equally drawn to this CD.