With the Christmas season almost here, I find myself wishing I had any knowledge of, like, fiddler trios, or classical 12-string guitar players, or basically any instrumentalist of any genre who has released Christmas / winter solstice music. Can you recommend any? What's your favorite Christmas album? I love Yo-Yo Ma's Christmas album, for example. These albums don't have to have recognizable "Christmas songs," necessarily. The main thing is that most songs be instrumental, though if your favorite Christmas album has a lot of singing, go ahead and recommend it too.

Anything we can listen to while sitting around a lighted Christmas tree drinking warm cider during the longest nights of the year would be great!