Warm music for chilly weather â a great collection of familiar and not-so-familiar holiday instrumentals and songs by a very popular performer.

17 MP3 Songs in this album (65:16) !
Related styles: FOLK: Traditional Folk, FOLK: Gentle



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Phil Passen is one of few musicians not only to play the hammered dulcimer, but also to sing while accompanying himself on the instrument. He is known for his driving, rhythmic style â energizing and soothing at the same time. His skills are captured on his CDs, "Swinging on a Gate: Traditional American and Celtic Music", and "Cold Frosty Morning: Christmas and Winter Holiday Music", both with guitarist Tom Conway. Phil played for 500 people at Borderâs State Street store in Chicago for Maeve Binchyâs only U.S. autographing. He frequently performs for the Chicago Department of Aviationâs tourist programs at OâHare Airport, where travelers often thank him for providing pleasure on a stressful day, and at the Green City Market. He also played in the World Symphony Orchestraâs performance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony at Chicagoâs Auditorium Theater. He plays primarily old-time American music and traditional Irish music.

Phil was born in Toledo, Ohio; grew up in Monroe, Michigan and Toledo; and graduated from high school in Ashtabula, Ohio. He attended Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, before participating as a full-time activist in the antiwar and civil rights movement of the 1960âs and 70âs. He began playing the hammered dulcimer in 1994 and in 1996 left his work in the graphic arts industry to devote his time to music. A member of the American Federation of Musicians Chicago Local 10-208, the North American Folk and Dance Alliance, the Old Town School of Folk Music, and the Recording Academy, he lives in Chicago.