Karen Mal & I have created some wonderful ad-free holiday music for you to enjoy with family and friends. Ancient classics & modern standards of the Holiday season paired with a few fun facts and a story or two about the songs. This episode is about The First Noel Like the music? Here's how to get the music and support the work we do. Get “Austin for Christmas” for yourself here https://stringsattached.bandcamp.com/album/austin-for-christmas You like CDs?  http://Budurl.me/austinforchristmascd Spotify: https://budurl.me/afcspotify Amazon is your zone: https://budurl.me/afcamazon Youtube: https://budurl.me/afcyoutube Buy our companion recording A Mandolin Christmas here. Austin for Christmas. With Austin for Christmas, we decided to record a collection of half ancient and half modern songs. And by modern I refer to the mid-20th-century gems which have become almost as classic as the traditional carols. As it turns out, the songs in both categories go together beautifully. This owes a lot to Will's loving and masterful arrangements. His delicious jazz harmonies are delivered with a pristine subtlety worthy of a quiet firelit midwinter's eve.  We went for less is more: a classical guitar, a violin, a couple of violas, and an occasional trumpet line supporting the vocals. If any music is suited to this crystalline economy, it's Christmas music.  - KAREN MAL Read more about us on FACEBOOK and Here.