Rough Guide Celtic Music
Various Artists
Reviews
Decca
Reviewed 2005-08-10
Reviewed 2005-08-10
Fiddle? Check. Harp? Check. Vocals? Yup. Yeah, must be Celtic music. A typically good compilation, with artists from Ireland, Scotland, Spain, France, Canada, and the US. Great singing & playing throughout, with a nice blend of traditional/contemporary and instrumentals/vocals. You can’t go wrong with any track.
1. Sweet vox, pipes/fiddles. Great medly of midtempo dances.
2. Pipes, upbeat, catchy percussion. Cool, modern Celtic sound.
3. A capella layers of her voice then squalling electronic sounds.
4. Lightly funky w/beautiful fem vox. Mid/downtempo & catchy.
5. Fiddles, bright, nasally-fem vox. Starts mid, picks up.
6. Trumpet, pipes, guitar. A halting, quirky, midtempo instrumntl.
7. Thick Scots accent, lively, toe-tapping story song. Great sound.
8. Uptempo instrumental dance w/a great, snarly pipe sound.
9. Sweet midtempo Austurian folk w/a a catchy, midtempo bounce.
10. Instrumental blend of fiddles/guitars. Midtempo, lively dances.
11. Guitar/vox/fiddles, mid/uptempo story song. Very cool.
12. Whistle/vox/guitar/bodhran. Lazy & sweet in Gaelic.
13. Slow, a capella fem ballad. Rich, emotional voice.
14. Slow & spare w/crystal-clear fem. Vox. Dramatic.
15. Lively blend of vox/pipe/perc/strings. Upbeat & driving.
16. Tight vocal harmonies. Relaxed, almost jazzy, very cool.
17. Guitars/horns/flutes medley going from midtempo to fast.
18. Sweet folk dances, mid/uptempo w/great energy.
1. Sweet vox, pipes/fiddles. Great medly of midtempo dances.
2. Pipes, upbeat, catchy percussion. Cool, modern Celtic sound.
3. A capella layers of her voice then squalling electronic sounds.
4. Lightly funky w/beautiful fem vox. Mid/downtempo & catchy.
5. Fiddles, bright, nasally-fem vox. Starts mid, picks up.
6. Trumpet, pipes, guitar. A halting, quirky, midtempo instrumntl.
7. Thick Scots accent, lively, toe-tapping story song. Great sound.
8. Uptempo instrumental dance w/a great, snarly pipe sound.
9. Sweet midtempo Austurian folk w/a a catchy, midtempo bounce.
10. Instrumental blend of fiddles/guitars. Midtempo, lively dances.
11. Guitar/vox/fiddles, mid/uptempo story song. Very cool.
12. Whistle/vox/guitar/bodhran. Lazy & sweet in Gaelic.
13. Slow, a capella fem ballad. Rich, emotional voice.
14. Slow & spare w/crystal-clear fem. Vox. Dramatic.
15. Lively blend of vox/pipe/perc/strings. Upbeat & driving.
16. Tight vocal harmonies. Relaxed, almost jazzy, very cool.
17. Guitars/horns/flutes medley going from midtempo to fast.
18. Sweet folk dances, mid/uptempo w/great energy.
Recent airplay
Monymusk Lads, Jig Songs
A Bhean a Ti Song
Cognitive Overload — Mar 17, 2007
Dans Plinn
At the Cafe Bohemian — Dec 27, 2005
Monymusk Lads
The Minimum Memory Dog — Oct 14, 2005
Cabraliega, Cabraliega
Eels in the Loo — Oct 12, 2005
Monymusk Lads
At the Cafe Bohemian — Oct 11, 2005
Charting
2005-08-14 — 2005-10-16
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 16 | 3 |
| Oct 9 | 1 |
| Oct 2 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | 1 |
| Sep 18 | 1 |
| Sep 11 | 1 |
| Sep 4 | 1 |
| Aug 21 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Jig Songs | ||
| 2. | Hebden Bridge | ||
| 3. | O Mar | ||
| 4. | Hoireann O | ||
| 5. | Drunken Piper | ||
| 6. | Bal Plinn Du Vertige | ||
| 7. | Monymusk Lads | ||
| 8. | Dans Plinn | ||
| 9. | Cabraliega | ||
| 10. | Laride/Gavotte | ||
| 11. | Little Thatched Cabin | ||
| 12. | A Bhean a Ti Song | ||
| 13. | My Lagan Love | ||
| 14. | Y Gwydd (The Loom) | ||
| 15. | Cease Fire | ||
| 16. | Ged Is Graniach An Latha | ||
| 17. | Granny | ||
| 18. | Glenuig Hall |