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mappy
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response 119 of 226:
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Dec 5 15:35 UTC 1998 |
hmmm...that's odd...nobody is mentioning Loreena McKennitt...she is awesome...
she does mostly celtic music, but sometimes her sound delves into
middle-eastern sounds. She travels a lot and bases her songs (well, most of
them anyways) from her travels and documents them in liner notes. I also like
some Clannad (I like their music from the 80s TV version of Robin Hood...all
I can say is wow), and some of their later works (such as those from 'Lore')
are pretty decent and Celtic in spirit...of course a lot of them are just
plain New Age music too, which at times I have found kind of annoying, but
thats just my opinion. I also like Enya, but I own a few Celtic Collections
that are quite impressive...you can usually find good Celtic music at a store
called Natural Wonders...they even split their music section into categories
(Celtic, New Age, Native American...) and some record stores do the same thing
(I know Best Buy has a celtic section) ;)
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eeyore
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response 120 of 226:
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Dec 7 15:34 UTC 1998 |
Err....Seamus Egan's album is "When JUNIPER Sleeps". :) Whoops/ :)
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isis
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response 121 of 226:
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Dec 31 07:11 UTC 1998 |
Has anyone heard the group Secret Garden? They are pretty kewl...I love to
listen to them as I drift to sleep..the most peaceful music I know. Also I
love Cecilia...isn't exactly Celtic.., she is from Iceland.., but it does give
over the same feel.
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anderyn
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response 122 of 226:
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Dec 31 15:36 UTC 1998 |
I like Secret Garden, though I think of them as more ... mainstream.
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krj
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response 123 of 226:
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Mar 17 08:53 UTC 1999 |
Happy St. Patrick's Day to all the readers of this item!
Only 21 responses in the last year; I'll have to nudge some people
to help make this one more active.
I bought this year's ritual St. Patrick's purchase a day early,
so I could review it for you today. This year, it's
The Chieftains / HEART OF STONE. The theme of this new crossover
album is "women:" every track has a featured woman performer.
Unfortunately, from my one listen so far, most of the songs are in
a slow style with minimal accompaniment. The only songs which
grabbed me so far were the ones from Natalie Merchant and The Corrs.
The highlight of the album is a ten minute tune set called
"The Lady Fiddlers" or something like that, with Natalie MacMaster,
Annabjorg Lien, and two other guest fiddlers.
Maybe since this purchase wasn't so wonderful I'll try to pick up
Donal Lunny's COOLFIN album, though again that might be too traditional
for me. Also, Irish Music magazine was heaping praises upon the
new Solas album.
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anderyn
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response 124 of 226:
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Mar 17 18:32 UTC 1999 |
I *really* like the new Solas album -- we (my friend Linda and I) were
in Borders a couple of weeks ago, and heard it, and went -- oooh, that's
NICE, where is it? And so did about three other people, who were totally
disappointed that they appeared to be sold out, but we managed to dig
up three copies in the end, and I have to say that I like it quite a
bit. It has a lovely selkie song on it, and a cover of Woodie Guthrie's
"Pastures of Pleasure" which I never would have guessed was a Guthrie
song, instead of a traditional Irish one... and lots and lots of jigs
and reels and tunes. I just checked and it also featured Iris DeMent and
Bela Fleck as guest musicians, but I couldn't have told you that just
from listening.
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eeyore
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response 125 of 226:
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Mar 18 02:45 UTC 1999 |
I absolutely LOVE the song with Bela Fleck. :) ("Song Of Choice") At their
concert a couple of weeks ago, they did almost everything off of that
album...it was wonderful. :) At the first listen I was deffinately more
into the instrumental, but once I got used to Karan's voice, I've
deffinately become very fond of the singing ones too. Very deffinately one
ofthe best albums that I've purchased. :)
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krj
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response 126 of 226:
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Mar 30 04:11 UTC 1999 |
This is a note to jiffer. When you borrowed The Paperboys CD to preview
it for the upcoming Ark show, I could not remember the name
of the second Vancouver Celtic/pop-rock band. The second band is
Mad Pudding.
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anderyn
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response 127 of 226:
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Mar 30 18:28 UTC 1999 |
Which one do you have, Ken? Molinos is very good. I don't recall if I've
heard Mad Pudding yet.
Oh. Recommendation -- Great Big Sea is coming to the Ark on May 1st.
They're really really good, and I was shocked at how much I enjoyed
their compilation CD "Rant and Roar". I had already gotten a lot of
their music from Canada, so didn't buy it. Silly me.
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krj
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response 128 of 226:
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Mar 31 04:03 UTC 1999 |
I have both of the Paperboys CDs; "Molinos" is the one which I could
find to loan jiffer.
Second the recommendation of Great Big Sea. Expect a sellout at the
Ark: I think they sold out, or close to it, last time.
Even though their profile is very low in the USA, GBS has a manic
following in Windsor. I wrote about their last show somewhere
in the conference.
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eeyore
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response 129 of 226:
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Apr 2 03:11 UTC 1999 |
I'm hoping to go to Great Big Sea, but we'll have to wait and see as to when
I get tix. :)
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krj
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response 130 of 226:
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May 19 21:50 UTC 1999 |
News, mostly for Twila:
Blue Horses has replaced one of its women fiddlers and they have a new
studio album due out this summer. (We don't even have the live album
yet, sigh.)
I just saw a usenet ad for an album called WOLFSTONE 7, with a claimed
release date in the UK of 31 May.
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anderyn
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response 131 of 226:
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May 20 02:01 UTC 1999 |
Want want want. (Am going to have to figure out a way to get the
first Blue Horses album.)
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krj
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response 132 of 226:
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Jun 17 22:56 UTC 1999 |
New here are the new albums from pop-celtic bands Wolfstone (SEVEN) and
Afro-Celt Sound System (RELEASE), plus the new Kila album.
Kila was originally more on the trad side, but the new album has a
sticker on it billing it as "acid ceili tribal groove" music, so we'll
see...
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lumen
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response 133 of 226:
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Jun 18 01:10 UTC 1999 |
Heard some of the Afro-Celt Sound System CD riding with Ken and Leslie--
pretty interesting stuff.
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orinoco
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response 134 of 226:
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Jun 19 21:28 UTC 1999 |
I've been listening to Boiled In Lead a lot recently - I've had the library's
copy of "Orb" checked out for the past month, but that's the only CD of theirs
the library has. Do any of you more knowledgeable types know anything about
this band? Any reccomendations for an album to buy?
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anderyn
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response 135 of 226:
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Jun 20 23:49 UTC 1999 |
Oh my. I think I have everything of theirs, well, except for the vinyl,
and the *ahem* expensive copy of "Alloy". What particularly did you
like on "Orb"? That'll help me figure out what you might like next. The
lead singer changes after that, btw, though both "The Gypsy" and "Antler
Dance" are cool, I don't like the lead singer quite as much.
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orinoco
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response 136 of 226:
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Jun 21 17:35 UTC 1999 |
My favorites on "Orb" were Harout, Siege of Delhi, Klezpolka, and Cunovo Oro.
In general, I like their Eastern-European-sounding stuff better than their
Celtic-sounding stuff, although both are pretty cool.
Actually, just yesterday I found a copy of "Thy Gypsy" in one of the listening
stations at Borders. On first listen, I didn't like it nearly as much, but
who's to say it wouldn't grow on me?
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anderyn
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response 137 of 226:
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Jun 21 23:18 UTC 1999 |
"The Gypsy" is a concept album, from a book by Megan Lindholm and
Steven Brust. One of the members of the band is Jane Yolen's son, and
they often use songs by Brust and Yolen in their sets. "Antler Dance"
has more Eastern-European sounding things on it, as well.
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jor
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response 138 of 226:
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Sep 15 18:44 UTC 1999 |
Anyone see Loreena McKennit last night on CBC?
I was impressed. Evidently she's become quite
a businesswoman running her own record company.
I think this might have been taped a couple years ago.
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otaking
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response 139 of 226:
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Sep 15 19:39 UTC 1999 |
Loreena McKennit was on CBC? Did anyone tape it?
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eeyore
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response 140 of 226:
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Oct 7 02:16 UTC 1999 |
I didn't know that it was even on...darn!
Well, in other Loreena news, she had a live, double-disc, best of cd come out
last week....if you like Loreena, you *MUST* get this cd....between me, my
roomie, and my boss, we've not had the discs out of the player yet!!! :)
For the most part, the songs sound mostly the same, with some variation. It's
a little less snoozy and a little more driving. Almost everything that I
ever wanted to hear live by her is on this album. (BTW, it's called Live in
Toronto and Paris). The only thing I don't like about it is that it has
absolutely nothing from her first two albums. But I think that they do sound
completely different from the more recent three, so I do kinda understand it.
But anyway, to make the whole thing short, if you like Loreena McKennit, the
disc is worth every penny to buy. Even songs that I was getting irritated
with (Like Lady of Shallot and Bonny Swans, which are right next to each
other!), I really enjoyed, because they were just different enough to not be
the same boring song.
Just go get the cd!
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anderyn
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response 141 of 226:
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Oct 17 22:37 UTC 1999 |
Seconded.
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eeyore
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response 142 of 226:
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Oct 19 04:46 UTC 1999 |
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one hooked on it. :)
Actually, my set just went missing....I'm going nuts trying to find it, so
that I can play it constantly again....:)
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krj
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response 143 of 226:
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Feb 20 23:52 UTC 2000 |
Lansing folk-ish radio stations are playing an interesting-sounding new
CD by a local Irish music band called Pub Domain. Their live album
comes out for St. Patrick's Day, of course.
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