Celtic music reviews

Awesome! Her best compilations. Use constantly for meditation, drifting off to sleep, and love-making. The combination of Celtic, Mediteranean, and Arabic instruments, themes, and melodies is sensational! Have given copies to siblings, off-spring, and close friends as gifts. All comment on their satisfaction. A must have for personal music libraries!

Loreena has a pure talent for weaving melody music and words together. Her song The Highwayman is absolutely astounding to be able to put the old poem into music melody and verse is quite amazing

The first time I heard Loreena's music I was with my best friend at the University, ten years ago, trying to escape from the burdens of the world. He gave me a copy of "The Visit" and I loved every song. I didn't hear from Loreena again until February 2001, when I came into a music store and, by instinct, I bought a copy of "Book of secrets". This gorgeous piece of art transported me to a magical and enchanted place. It was like to be born again in some fantastic land lost between the memories of my childhood and the beginning of my adulthood as Loreena's crystal voice starts surrounding your soul in a soft and lovely atmosphere. "The Mummer's dance"-one of my favorite pieces-is strongly linked to the most important and clue moments of my life. Every time I feel in a crossroad I play this song, close my eyes and, immediately, everything comes back to its original place.

Awesome! Her best compilations. Use constantly for meditation, drifting off to sleep, and love-making. The combination of Celtic, Mediteranean, and Arabic instruments, themes, and melodies is sensational! Have given copies to siblings, off-spring, and close friends as gifts. All comment on their satisfaction. A must have for personal music libraries!

Loreena has a pure talent for weaving melody music and words together. Her song The Highwayman is absolutely astounding to be able to put the old poem into music melody and verse is quite amazing

The first time I heard Loreena's music I was with my best friend at the University, ten years ago, trying to escape from the burdens of the world. He gave me a copy of "The Visit" and I loved every song. I didn't hear from Loreena again until February 2001, when I came into a music store and, by instinct, I bought a copy of "Book of secrets". This gorgeous piece of art transported me to a magical and enchanted place. It was like to be born again in some fantastic land lost between the memories of my childhood and the beginning of my adulthood as Loreena's crystal voice starts surrounding your soul in a soft and lovely atmosphere. "The Mummer's dance"-one of my favorite pieces-is strongly linked to the most important and clue moments of my life. Every time I feel in a crossroad I play this song, close my eyes and, immediately, everything comes back to its original place.

I am 13 years old, and when i was going to the store a man ask if i want help, i was said i wand nick drake - pink moon.
the man told me : " you are to young for this album.
i was very mad! , i started to look after this album and when i found it i pay for him. when i heard first pink moon i was was thinking: " mayde the man was right i am to young for this but when the album started again i was kind like!
i listn to this album a lot and love him, so i said to myself: " i am not to young for this ! "
i love this cd becaus its sad , and fantastic.
i love all the songs but my special songs are : pink moon , things behind the sun and free ride!

A friend of mine told me about this album many years ago. My friend was also suffering from major bouts of depression and taking a lot of anti-depressents. He told me how the song "From The Morning" helped him when he heard the lyrics " I can't think of words. I feel no emotion about anything. I don't want to laugh or cry. I'm numb-dead inside". He discovered he wasn't alone in feeling nothing because of the medication. This album works in so many ways. It's one you can listen to at any time and it fits. The first time I heard the whole thing was while driving on the interstate in my car late at night. Perfect. Drake could have been right up there with the premiere singer songwriters of his day had he lived to record more music. Bottom line, I love this CD!

does anyone need say more about nick drake? no. but i will anyway: this is a really, really great album, best listened to after dark, best listened to... well, just best listened to period. so get it. listen to it. life can be good with songs like these in it.

I am 13 years old, and when i was going to the store a man ask if i want help, i was said i wand nick drake - pink moon.
the man told me : " you are to young for this album.
i was very mad! , i started to look after this album and when i found it i pay for him. when i heard first pink moon i was was thinking: " mayde the man was right i am to young for this but when the album started again i was kind like!
i listn to this album a lot and love him, so i said to myself: " i am not to young for this ! "
i love this cd becaus its sad , and fantastic.
i love all the songs but my special songs are : pink moon , things behind the sun and free ride!

A friend of mine told me about this album many years ago. My friend was also suffering from major bouts of depression and taking a lot of anti-depressents. He told me how the song "From The Morning" helped him when he heard the lyrics " I can't think of words. I feel no emotion about anything. I don't want to laugh or cry. I'm numb-dead inside". He discovered he wasn't alone in feeling nothing because of the medication. This album works in so many ways. It's one you can listen to at any time and it fits. The first time I heard the whole thing was while driving on the interstate in my car late at night. Perfect. Drake could have been right up there with the premiere singer songwriters of his day had he lived to record more music. Bottom line, I love this CD!

does anyone need say more about nick drake? no. but i will anyway: this is a really, really great album, best listened to after dark, best listened to... well, just best listened to period. so get it. listen to it. life can be good with songs like these in it.

I love the Irish Tenors. You can understand every word that they sing and their voices are just beautiful. The Cd is very patriotic and the song are very well known. I grew up listening to most of these, but did not know some of the words until I listened to this CD.
Wonderful.

This is one of the few albums that never fails to make me cry. It expresses so many true and real emotions and does it such a beautiful way that if you don't feel anything when you listen to its songs, you have ice water in your veins.

Buy it and play it for your SO or for yourself. Let it move you and it will.

I've had this for several years and am rebuying because the original now has a skip. I LOVE THIS CD!!! It has so many great songs I don't know where to begin. Anthony Kearns voice is absolutely beautiful. I still can not listen to Boolavogue with out crying. If you know anything about Irish history you'll understand. Also Danny Boy, Voyage, Grace, hell I just put this on when I need a good cry!!! But also Go Lassie Go and Girl From Claire make me smile. Irish music either makes you laugh or cry nothing in between!!!!! And this CD is one of the best!

arrived in good condition, cd is in perfect shape. I love her style of music and this cd is one of her best. Thanks for many hours of music bliss.

I am of Scotish descent. I look for my countryman's music and cherish it. When I discovered Loreena I was awestruck - I saw her on a PBS special and could not get my pen out fast enough to write down her name. As soon thereafter as possible I was out to the music stores looking for her. I bought everything I could get my hands on! Her music is timeless (and some songs have the pipes which just reach into my Scotish heart and make me cry - love them!). Her voice makes me weep too - it is the most beautiful voice, the clarity - aw. I also bellydance as a hobby and for exercise and found many of her boisterous songs to be quite satisfactory for that - especially with the drums and all! She makes you dance, makes you weep, makes you dream, makes you think. It is such an experience. Nothing like it exists! Love, Love, Love, Loreena!

I am by no means an expert on Loreena McKennitt's works. I own just this album and her most popular album The Book of Secrets. Although The Book of Secrets made Ms. McKennitt popular because of the song The Mummer's Dance, which received air play on even some popular music stations, The Visit contains some wonderful songs.

All Souls Night is a quick song about the ancient Celtic holiday Samhain. The pagans believed that on October 31st, the last day of summer, the spirits of the dead wandered the landscape looking for bodies to inhabit. The living lit bonfires, sang songs, and dressed in scary costumes to frighten away the dead. If you let your mind wander, this song can almost transport you to ancient Ireland. Historians know so little for certain about ancient pagan beliefs, McKennitt's well-studied songs and lyrics help bring this lost culture back to life.

The Lady of Shalott is the masterpiece of this album. Adapted from the poem by Alfred Tennyson, McKennitt sets it to music and brings the poem to life. Over 11 minutes long, McKennitt deleted hardly a word of the original poem, yet the music and intonation rivet the listener's attention. The poem is about a spirit or elfish woman drawn to the ancient mythical city of Camelot by the beauty of the castle and Sir Lancelot. Even the way McKennitt pronounces the word Camelot in the song conveys the sacred nature of this most important legend in English mythology. The poem and the song will touch your heart. For me, as I watch modern England quickly losing it's historic culture, this song serves as a reminder of the England that once was.

McKennitt adapts another long poem from English Literature in her later album The Book of Secrets. McKennit faithfully puts the word of Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman into a heart-wrenching song. Again, over 10 minutes long, this is a formula McKennitt does very well.

If I had to choose just one album by Loreena McKennitt, it would be The Book of Secrets. But it would be a cruel choice to have to make. I look forward to someday owning all of her works and anxiously await her next recording.

arrived in good condition, cd is in perfect shape. I love her style of music and this cd is one of her best. Thanks for many hours of music bliss.

I am of Scotish descent. I look for my countryman's music and cherish it. When I discovered Loreena I was awestruck - I saw her on a PBS special and could not get my pen out fast enough to write down her name. As soon thereafter as possible I was out to the music stores looking for her. I bought everything I could get my hands on! Her music is timeless (and some songs have the pipes which just reach into my Scotish heart and make me cry - love them!). Her voice makes me weep too - it is the most beautiful voice, the clarity - aw. I also bellydance as a hobby and for exercise and found many of her boisterous songs to be quite satisfactory for that - especially with the drums and all! She makes you dance, makes you weep, makes you dream, makes you think. It is such an experience. Nothing like it exists! Love, Love, Love, Loreena!

I am by no means an expert on Loreena McKennitt's works. I own just this album and her most popular album The Book of Secrets. Although The Book of Secrets made Ms. McKennitt popular because of the song The Mummer's Dance, which received air play on even some popular music stations, The Visit contains some wonderful songs.

All Souls Night is a quick song about the ancient Celtic holiday Samhain. The pagans believed that on October 31st, the last day of summer, the spirits of the dead wandered the landscape looking for bodies to inhabit. The living lit bonfires, sang songs, and dressed in scary costumes to frighten away the dead. If you let your mind wander, this song can almost transport you to ancient Ireland. Historians know so little for certain about ancient pagan beliefs, McKennitt's well-studied songs and lyrics help bring this lost culture back to life.

The Lady of Shalott is the masterpiece of this album. Adapted from the poem by Alfred Tennyson, McKennitt sets it to music and brings the poem to life. Over 11 minutes long, McKennitt deleted hardly a word of the original poem, yet the music and intonation rivet the listener's attention. The poem is about a spirit or elfish woman drawn to the ancient mythical city of Camelot by the beauty of the castle and Sir Lancelot. Even the way McKennitt pronounces the word Camelot in the song conveys the sacred nature of this most important legend in English mythology. The poem and the song will touch your heart. For me, as I watch modern England quickly losing it's historic culture, this song serves as a reminder of the England that once was.

McKennitt adapts another long poem from English Literature in her later album The Book of Secrets. McKennit faithfully puts the word of Alfred Noyes' The Highwayman into a heart-wrenching song. Again, over 10 minutes long, this is a formula McKennitt does very well.

If I had to choose just one album by Loreena McKennitt, it would be The Book of Secrets. But it would be a cruel choice to have to make. I look forward to someday owning all of her works and anxiously await her next recording.

A very relaxing album from Van, with plenty of great songs. Example? Try the opening one-two punch of And It Stoned Me and the title track, two of Van's most popular songs. But wait! Don't go away yet. There's also Caravan, a song that SHOULD be a classic but isn't quite, as well as Crazy Love and Into the Mystic, two songs I like but not as much as the first two and Caravan. It really is a shame about side two, since one song rises above the average level: Brand New Day, with a joyful chorus.
Oh well. Even if you have the best-of, it's still worth it for Caravan, Crazy Love and Into the Mystic.

Van Morrison's Moondance is a great, soulful record from one of the best of the late 60's and early 70's. Featuring his finest collection of songs, the album has a little bit for everyone. Romantic songs like "Moondance" and "Crazy Love" as well as energy-filled tunes like "Caravan" and just great songs like "And it stoned me" help to make this one of the finest collection of songs ever assembled.

This is early Van Morrison and Great Blues from a Well Traveled Artist. I recommend you add this to your collection if your a Real Blues collector.

If you really want to know what these guys are all about...see them live when they come to your area...this is a compilation for the US of their second & third Canadian releases, and is just a taste of what they do. Road Rage, their live CD...or the Great Big DVD & CD is an even better representation of these fun loving Newfoundlanders. I've been to four of their live shows in the Burlington VT area since 2002 and I'm ready to see them again when they come to Lebanon NH in the fall of '06. Live in concert is the way to truly experience these guys. They love what they do and it shows. If you can't get to one of their shows, at the very least, get this and then the live albums, and by all means, keep going till you have them all (there are eight). Alan Doyle, their lead singer, puts it this way: "We're not a band you come to see or hear. Great Big Sea is something you do." Audience participation only gets them going even more, and it's impossible not to get caught up into it. Whoever said they were "annoying and cloying after a few listens" needs to learn how to cut loose and have a great time. These guys are the real deal!

Come in, take off your hat and coat and grab a seat near the fire. Order a pint of 'screech' and relax, the music is about to begin. Welcome to Newfoundland!

'Rant And Roar' is a fun, rollicking CD by the Great Big Sea, four native Newfoundlanders who draw their inspiration and music from a unique and rich cultural heritage. English, Irish, Scottish, French and who knows what else come together with a flair that reminds us all of what the "Old World" was like in simplier times.

Though I'm not a native Newfoundlander I have spent numerous summer's there visiting the maternal side of my family. In my youth I've walked up and down Saint John's fishing docks listening to my Grandfather barter in Portugese with fisherman for the best price on the catch of the day and watched the icebergs float by while standing atop Cabot's Tower on the hillside overlooking Saint John's Harbor. All the pleasant memories of the time I've spent there is embodied in this wonderful music. Come with me to other time, another place and sing the type of songs your Grandparents sang. Songs of love, songs of life, songs for drinking and a dirge or two thrown in for good measure. Just be sure to bring your stomping shoes if you got any!

My Highest Recomendation!!

If you like traditional Irish music that has grown with the times, this is for you. The album moves along at a great pace and there is just enough of Irish tradition to make you feel right at home. Don't try to drive while listening and singing along unless you have your cruise control set!

It does not matter for me what people say about Watermark. The Celts is still Enya's masterpiece.

I see the reviews from some that they really seem to hate this cd. That is really to bad. I love it. But I'm the type that likes to have soft beautiful music play low while I work. I have not found any of her work that I don't like. I like my rock and roll but there is a time and place for that music too.

I ordered online via Amazon.com; used One Click for easy and fast check out. CD arrived within five working days.