Lullaby, and good night ...

There's nothing sweeter than a lullaby, those silky-soft melodies that lull babies and small children to sleep.

And nothing sweeter than watching a baby fall to sleep, wondering what he's thinking as he stares up at you, his eyelids getting heavier. There are no words, only that precious gaze.

I didn't mean to create an album of lullabies. I don't usually play such mellow music.

But I wanted to create an album of my favorite Christmas carols and hymns, the songs that take me back to my own childhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. The melodies that remind me of fragrant Christmas trees and wreaths, of the beautiful stained glass windows in the church we attended, with the incense heavy in the air, of the snow falling outside the window and the fire in the fireplace.

These melodies for me are sweet, soft meditations. Gentle lullabies.

After we recorded the album, a few friends of mine told me that they used it to put their children to sleep, and that nothing worked better. I'm honored to have created an album that lulls babies to dreamland.

There's nothing sweeter ...