Those of you who find my musical tastes a bit too eclectic will really think I’m “out there” with this one! I’ve always been drawn to Irish/Celtic music—what can I say? It’s in my blood!—so it’s not surprising that I would have a few of Windham Hill’s Celtic Christmas CDs in my collection. But today’s carol—if you can call it that—is an unexpected find on one of those CDs. It’s called “We Follow a Star”, and it’s a sound and instrumental representation, I believe, of the journey of the Three Wise Men to the birthplace of Jesus. You don’t have to work too hard to hear the plodding of camels’ feet or imagine the sting of sand blowing in your face.

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