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Various Artists: Sarah Lacy (vocals, piano, background vocals); Terl Bryant (guitar, drums, drum, bodhran, cowbells, cymbals, djembe, ganza, pandeiro, shaker, tambourine, caxixi, bells, bell, chimes); David Bird (electric 6-string guitar, electric 12-string guitar, cittern, fretless bass, background vocals); Richard Lacy (whistle, piano, pianola, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards, drum, bodhran, finger cymbals, rainsticks, chimes, background vocals); Jon Large (fretless bass, background vocals). Additional personnel: Pauline Cato (pipes); Mick Doonan (Uilleann pipe); Bob Paylor, Dave Appleby, Dee Cook, Luke Southerton, Wayne Rapar, Geoff Boston, Andrew Boston , Jonathan Cook , Andrew Street, Jason Cook, Simeon Wood (drum); Darren Marchant (bell). The Starsong label's Irish Christmas compilation is a little bit misleading, as it is essentially a slick, "new-agey" collection of carols and devotional songs by temporal Celtic gospel outfit Eden's Bridge. That said, when the musicians play it straight, like on the "O Little Town of Bethlehem/It Will Be Well/O Come Let Us Adore Him" medley and "Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night All Christians Sing)," the results are pleasant enough. ~ James Christopher Monger