It is November again, again the shops prematurely offer Xmas goods, again the myriads of little lights are appearing in the streets and the city gets blotted in silver and gold, in red and green and white, and again the Muzak has that sticky icing. But now I'm armed against these troubles. For now I can go home and recuperate by listening to the genuine, honest, deeply felt, at times even highly artistic, in a word: real, stuff, a real medicine, found in more than forty tracks on the 2 CD set "Strike the 'Harp — An Autoharp Celebration".  Don't plan to have these CDs as background music while doing chores in the house. Sooner or later you will leave your work, being drawn irresistibly near to the speakers of your CD player, getting helplessly immersed into the music, while your household slowly decays.
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This is a marvellously varied collection of song and instrumental tracks. I especially like the variety of songs, including some old favourites you would expect on a Christmas themed recording, but also less-well known songs from different regions of the USA and from other countries, and I'd recommend it to anyone who was looking for some new songs to add to their Christmas repertoire.

I expected that the sound of the autoharp would be well-suited to seasonal tunes, and so it is. But although autoharp plays a dominant role on many of the tracks, in others it's very much part of an ensemble of instruments. There's a wide range here - from solo/unaccompanied instrumentals and simple song accompaniment through complex arrangements with other instruments. 

It was great fun to discover a number of new 'gems' amongst traditional Christmas fare - and as a two CD set, you certainly get your money's worth!
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This is a marvellously varied collection of song and instrumental tracks. I especially like the variety of songs, including some old favourites you would expect on a Christmas themed recording, but also less-well known songs from different regions of the USA and from other countries, and I'd recommend it to anyone who was looking for some new songs to add to their Christmas repertoire.

I expected that the sound of the autoharp would be well-suited to seasonal tunes, and so it is. But although autoharp plays a dominant role on many of the tracks, in others it's very much part of an ensemble of instruments. There's a wide range here - from solo/unaccompanied instrumentals and simple song accompaniment through complex arrangements with other instruments. 

It was great fun to discover a number of new 'gems' amongst traditional Christmas fare - and as a two CD set, you certainly get your money's worth!
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Beautiful sounds, good vocals,unique, I'd recommend this to anyone who loves christmas music&the autoharp-Well done!
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