Steve and Ruth Smith
An Appalachian Winter
© 2008 Cabin Cove Music (634479872006)
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As the snowflakes fall each year across the Appalachians, a serene hush comes upon these ancient mountains. The stark, yet peaceful beauty of an Appalachian winter is captured here with gentle instrumental music of hammered dulcimer, guitar, flute & harp.
tracks
- 1 An Appalachian Winter
- 2 The Cherry Tree Carol Medley
- 3 I Wonder As I Wander
- 4 In The Bleak Mid Winter
- 5 Winter's Finale
- 6 Carol of The Bells
- 7 Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
- 8 Lo, How A Rose Ere Blooming
- 9 Hush My Babe
- 10 Snow Angels
- 11 Come Before Winter
- 12 What Child is This (Greensleeves)
- 13 Angels We Have Heard On High
- 14 One Wintry Night
- 15 Silent Night
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SONGS FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
"the soul of mountain music and the gentle grace of mountain air."
- Ohio Magazine
"Ruth Smith's touch on the hammered dulcimer is absolutely magical...exquisite phrasing."
- Dirty Linen Folk & World Music Magazine
The perfect accompaniment to a hot mug of tea and a relaxing afternoon spent looking out the window at the world going by.
If you liked "A Winter's Solstice," you'll love "An Appalachian Winter"
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"Beautiful and impressive . . .featuring 15 melodies of some of the finest Christmas music to accompany your holiday festivities and late night Christmas wrapping, "An Appalachian Winter" is sure to be one of your favorite Christmas CDs each and every holiday season.Perfect Christmas music to listen to by the fireplace or as the snow is falling out the window. 5 holiday Celtic Radio stars for "An Appalachian Winter."
-Paul MacArthur
Celtic Radio Music Network
Home of Highlander Radio
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"...overflowing with the intense beauty of strings and flutes. Married partners Steve and Ruth Smith have been playing together for over 30 years, and their marriage of hammered dulcimer (Ruth) and guitar (Steve) creates magical results. Not alone on An Appalachian Winter, Steve and Ruth are joined by Ryan Smith (percussion), Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham (flute & pennywhistle), and Liz Rose (Celtic harp).
For me, the offering is all about gorgeously interwoven, homespun instrumentals, providing beautiful organic colors and earthy textures. This is a new age/folk hybrid, lightly tossed with Celtic flourishes. The acoustics demonstrate appropriate reverb, which gives all instruments, particularly the hammered dulcimer, more depth and breadth.
The cover features a photo of Steve and Ruth's log cabin home in western North Carolina, a curl of smoke rising from the stone chimney. You want to be there, laughing by the hearth, and kicking back to hear Ruth, Steve, and their friends make excellent music as winter dusk turns to dark in the snow-brushed mountains. Every track is lovely, but I particularly enjoyed the flute counterpoint and elegant dulcimer strokes on Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming, the playfulness of Ruth Smith's Snow Angels, and the buoyant pleasures of The Cherry Tree Carol Medley.
Come, pull on your parka, shearling-lined boots, and warmest gloves. We're hiking over the mountains to the cabin of Steve and Ruth, to the place where the beautiful Celtic Appalachian music can be heard wafting up the chimney on a cold winter's night. Embrace An Appalachian Winter and savor the sweetness that the marriage of hammered dulcimer and guitar happily yields.
-Carol Swanson
ChristmasReviews.com
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