Album: Songs of the Winter Château: Yule in Strings – The Mt. Gillis Bard Does Yule…

….	Date: November 20, 2016 Songs of the Winter Château: Yule in Strings – The Mt. Gillis Bard Does Yule [51:22] 01) Sing We Noel [Spanish Guitar] 02) The Huron Carol [acoustic guitar] 03) Sweet Chiming Bells [acoustic guitar] 04) Sussex Carol [guitar] 05) Stay With Us [acoustic guitar] 06) I Saw Three Ships [Spanish Guitar] 07) The Snow Lay On The Ground [spanish guitar] 08) Pat a Pan [guitar] 09) Jingle Bells [acoustic guitar] 10) The Christmas Song [acoustic guitar] 11) I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day [Spanish Guitar] 12) Deck the Halls [acoustic guitar] 13) Here Comes Santa Clause [acoustic guitar] 14) White Christmas [acoustic guitar] 15) Carol of the Birds [guitar] 16) Veni Veni [acoustic guitar] 17) Still Still Still [guitar] 18) Wesford Carol [acoustic guitar] 19) Rockin Around The Christmas Tree [spanish guitar] 20) The Coventry Carol [acoustic guitar] 21) Oh Christmas Tree [acoustig guitar] 22) There’s A Song In The Air [Spanish Guitar] 23) The Friendly Beasts [Spanish Guitar] 24) Let It Snow [acoustic guitar] 25) O Sanctissima [acoustic guitar] 26) See Amid The Winters Snow [acoustic guitar] 27) Christmas Canon [acoustic guitar] I honestly wanted this to be the fourth album [and potentially divided into two or three albums], but “Songs of the Winter Château: Book III” remains in it’s infancy…and I had all these alternate guitar tracks on hand. At this late in the game, I’m not going to be able to crank out an entirely new holiday album. It’s been a hard year…I’ll try to get back to work on Book III, and release it in 2017…Potentially, I may aim for a shorter album…and maybe you’ll get a Book IV and Book V because of this. Book III is, essentially, supposed to be the final piano holiday album. On the whole, Yule in Strings is a nice album…Maybe I should have pruned a few tracks away…but, there’s nothing here that is especially hard to listen to. Happy Holidays! Steve Diamond	….