Sound of Ireland

1. Whiskey In A Jar

2. Brier

3. Come Out Ye Black And Tans

4. Roisin Duhb

5. Star Of Donegal

6. Finegan's Wake

7. March Selection

8. Butcher Boy

9. Shana Golden

10. Only Our Rivers Run Free

11. Dirty Old Town

12. Wild Rover

13. Fields Of Anthienry

14. Follow Me To Carlow

15. Back Home In Derry

16. Town I Loved So Well

Tracks:

There Stands The Glass
Half As Much
Things Have Gone To Pieces
Big Blue Diamonds
Playhouse
Your Cheatin' Heart
Don't You Make Me High
My Buckets Got A Hole In It
Back Street Affair
Pay The Devil
What Am I Living For
This Has Got To Stop
Once A Day
More and More
Till I Gain Control Again

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With stunning album-length explorations of jazz and 1950s acoustic skiffle and a country-rockabilly collaboration with Linda Gail Lewis behind him, Van Morrison continues exploring classic country with compelling reinterpretations of standards from the 1950s to the 1970s. He reaches back over half a century for Hank Williams Sr.'s "Half As Much," "Your Cheatin' Heart," and "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" and Webb Pierce's landmark honky-tonk hits "Back Street Affair," "There Stands the Glass," and "More and More." Moving to the mid-'60s, he capably explores George Jones's "Things Have Gone to Pieces" and Connie Smith's "Once a Day." The 1970s are his limit, however, as he probes Rodney Crowell's "'Til I Gain Control Again." Three Morrison originals blend nicely into this mix, as do two non-country favorites: Chuck Willis's "What Am I Living For" and a gleeful spin on Blue Lu Barker's 1938 jazzy, single-entendre favorite "Don't You Make Me High." Recorded in Ireland with uncluttered hard-country backing, Pay the Devil reiterates Morrison's own musical diversity and flair for making any song his own. --Rich Kienzle

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Astral Weeks
Moondance
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About the Artist

There's a reason they call Van Morrison the Belfast Cowboy. Now with Morrison's latest album Pay The Devil, that good reason has resulted in a great new album. From the start, the deeply soulful sounds of the American South helped inspire Morrison to one of the most enduring and consistently impressive careers in music history. For forty-years, he's drawn upon the greats of Rhythm & Blues to create his own distinctive and influential blend of soul and Celtic influences. On Pay The Devil, Morrison explores his inner cowboy more than ever before -- recording a compelling mix of his favorite country compositions as well as a few equally strong originals that more than earn their place among such distinguished company. And just as Morrison's longtime hero Ray Charles did once upon a time on Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, Morrison has taken some enduring, endlessly relevant songs of the south and somehow made them all his own. Those who have been following Van Morrison for years might praise him for his remarkable range in taking this turn down a country road. Recent years have seen Morrison cover the musical waterfront with recordings that touch upon traditional Irish music, jazz, skiffle and other musical forms that move him. But the secret of Morrison's ongoing artistic success is that he has never followed fashion in the slightest. Rather he continues to be a working musician who simply follows his own soulful muse wherever it may lead him. The outstanding, plainspoken songs on Pay The Devil range from the familiar, like Morrison's impressive take on Hank Williams' "Your Cheating Heart" and Webb Pierce's "There Stands The Glass" to somewhat less familiar Country & Western gems. It is a true tribute to Morrison's genius as a vocal stylist that he can take a song as often covered as "Half As Much" -- recorded over the years by everyone from Hank Williams to Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris - and manage to make it feel new all over again. He does so by clearly connecting with country's timeless themes of love and loss and life, sin and salvation. Through it all, Morrison proves to be one hell of a fine, subtle straight-ahead country singer in the grand tradition of George Jones. Indeed, one of Pay The Devil's many highlights is Morrison's take on "Things Have Gone To Pieces," a dark gem written by Leon Payne that Jones made famous. Then there's "What Am I Living For?" -- an old Chuck Willis number. Listen to how ! Morrison delivers Rodney Crowell's early masterpiece "Til I Gain Control Again" -- one of the more recent copyrights included here and a standout effort on an album full of them. Yet even among such high standards, Morrison's originals here are among the highlights - including "Playhouse" a sly, infectious song that one wishes the Genius of Soul had lived to record, and the title track - a reflection on making the devil's music and a fine reminder that "one man's meat is another man's poison" To listen to Pay The Devil, one might naturally assume that Morrison has traveled to Nashville and handed himself over to Music City's finest players and producers. Remarkably, Morrison has done nothing of the sort - recording Pay The Devil in Ireland with the same wonderful musicians who have been playing with him for years now with exceptional results. Even more remarkably, it turns out that Morrison has never even been to Nashville before. Regardless of that, he has made a classic album that sounds like Nashville at its finest and stands as tall as anything that's come out of the town in recent years. Pay The Devil is not just great country music, it's great music - whatever country you happen to come from. We've come to expect no less from Morrison. Finally, the Belfast Cowboy has come home.

Album Description

Pay The Devil is comprised of 15 tracks; three of these are originals and 12 are covers of some of Van Morrison's favorite classic country songs, including 'Your Cheatin Heart', 'Things Have Gone To Pieces' and 'Big Blue Diamonds'. Lost Highway. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

Best singer of my lifetime........2007-06-05

As the musician who, since possibly Stephen Foster or Souza, who best understands time, Morrison has always been a roots musician. On first hearing him in the sixties, I thought "this is what the doo-wop musicians were aiming at." His work with the Chieftans, and other roots musicians in other genres made me feel the same.

This album is no exception. Morrison has joined by great musicians, but he is leading the pack. Firmly in the pocket when he wants to be, shifting slightly out of it when he needs to. People who say he's not being as inventive "taking ownership" etc., are right. He doesn't need to. THe songs are great. The originals are great, Morrison is great. He owns any song he puts his immense presence behind.

Great Old School Country.......2007-05-12

I love this album. It is great old school country with the Van Morrison flare.

I Liked it But It's Not Traditional Van.......2007-04-07

I really enjoyed this music even though it's not traditional Van. I first saw him perform many of these tunes on a PBS Austin City Limits. If you're looking for a remake of Astral Weeks you need to realize it's been 40 years and Van is a different person than when he wrote that music. What I find interesting about the music on this CD is the connection between Celtic music and Country Western, especially in the use of the violins. The musicians backing him are awesome and Van ads a special element to these tunes with his classic voice. As a previous reviewer commented it took me twice through to really catch on with the music. Now I can't get it out of my head.

Vandalized.......2007-01-10

Sorry Van, you wasted my hope and my money. I was banking on your raw quality and mellow empathy to these classic western tunes, you didn't deleiver. I'll keep the CD to be a part of my collection, but it won't be played again and it may be more valuable as a rare, limited edition than a prized Van Morrison effort. The Devil's been paid.

Best Country Record of 2006?.......2007-01-04

The CD is fantastic! The choice of songs was superb and Van Morrison really does them well. If you are a fan of old country, you will enjoy this record. Superb!

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An Antti Keisala Comment: The Temples of Sound
Relaxing envigorating refreshing music for your day
Afro Celt Sound System Volume 5: Anatomic
Very Mellow
Buy it - now!

Volume 5: Anatomic
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Vol. 2, Release

ASIN: B000AMUUIU
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

When I Still Need You
Secret Bliss
Mojave
Sene
Beautiful Rain
Anatomic
Mother
Dhol Dogs
Drake

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Their debut album broke down many tediously outdated barriers. Now the Afro-Celts are back with another genre-bursting, non-preachy, multi-culti soundscape. There has never been anything bland or generic about the ensemble's output as their concept of one-world music is less color-blind than color-appreciative; in other words, they don't ignore our differences but celebrate them. Anatomic continues an ongoing pilgrimage of respectful collaboration, wherein Western studio mastery abuts Irish flutes and percussion, harp-like West African koras, keening bagpipes, and gutty Greek bouzoukis, all presented over a resonant, crunchy bottom with beats and electronica for days. Iarla Ó Lionáird sings in English and Gaelic, sitting in with Sevara Nazarkhan from Uzbekistan (who is lovely if disembodied on "My Secret Bliss") and Dorothee Munyaneza, a genocide survivor whose soulful pipes made such a strong impression on the soundtrack to Hotel Rwanda. As always, Simon Emmerson's guitar fulfills dual roles as a melodic vector and tireless rhythmic powerhouse. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews:

An Antti Keisala Comment: The Temples of Sound.......2007-02-06

I'm preparing some commentary on Iarla Ó Lionáird, one of the true voices of our contemporary music. He has only released three albums so far, as much of his time has passed with this band, a sort of a super group of celtic fusion, or into whatever the brand we wish to demote them, if in the mood. So I'll start here, with their best album.

I prefer the quietude of Ó Lionáird, but the Afro Celt Sound System is, in its inexorable energy, a rather successful blend of the kind of febrile search of tapestries of sound, a play of culturally coloured and multilayered instrumentations and polyrythms, all tied together by the modern Western sonic dance beat heritage. Most people use the word 'fusion' with their music mostly because it resembles so seemingly and seamlessly the well-known formula of dance beats straight from the club floor, that somehow this is an intergration of the realm of world music and club beats. But I think the whole idea of their music goes beyond mere fusion of genres, a 'definition' already turgid enough to provoke resentment to the writer who unknowingly and happily happens to use the word. Let's talk about more cultural a word, that being 'tradition'. I'm no historist at heart, but to think of the streams of musical influence as traditions of influence is an attractive one. So we get to think of the collision of world music and modern dance music in this album as not as collision of genres but of the ways of approaching to music as tradition. Tradition, that is, the perspective of listening and producing music.

At this writing I've compiled only a single list of records, a Top 40 with only a single album from each artist. "Anatomic" was my selection for the Afro Celts, although their debut "Sound Magic" came close. And they are similar.

If you listen to the five volumes in retrospect, there is the visible (or rather, audible) change and evolution in how the different instruments are being blended together. The harshness, almost extraneous soundscapes of "Sound Magic" have in time been turned into lush and broad landscapes, temples of sound. I really like the solacing and otherwordly primitive atmosphere of "Magic", yet what was lost then and what has now been found is the ability to integrate. That is, to integrate and unify the whole traditions, concepts, into not only sweeps, but into dimensional sounds and impressions. In this they are growing and advancing with each new release, but what is not as easily determined is the other side of unity, and that's how the songs fit together.

"Magic", although being a sort of an impressionistic sound-piece, is surprisingly whole. The other albums in between, rather not. There were the epics like "North" and the transcendentals like "Cyberia", the pearls, but the whole was smaller than its parts. At last I've found an album that pragmatically states otherwise. There are some of the best Afro Celts songs to be found from here, "When I Still Needed You" and "Mojave", but also the most sophisticated structure they've yet pulled on us. Don't get me wrong, I could never critize the state-of-the-art engineering of these albums, as they are all as expertly made as ever, and at the same time they offer us the purest experiences in music; sort of sonic profundity. My idea on the other hand is that the whole album grows into and out of itself, through songs that complement rather than just follow each other. And whereas "North" is epic, "Mojave" is majestic. The only flipside is perhaps Sevara Nazarkhan's "My Secret Bliss", of which "Nevermore" or "Green" is the fuller counterpart; Nazarkhan doesn't fit perfectly (which in itself in its friction makes it still interesting), but you should really listen to her album "Yol Bolsin", which is deliciously gigantic in its intimacy, reminding me of the serenity of Yungchen Lhamo.

At its best, Afro Celt Sound System is soulful and as far from discrepancy as their size as a group would imply, and "Anatomic" sounds their finest moment yet; and never have they lost, even if they've changed, the huge energy and passion for music, for which I give extra points in any case. I recall the autumn of 2005 with fondness, for then were we blessed with two astonishing records: the first one is this, of course, and the other is Ó Lionáird's blissful "Invisible Fields". This is an amazing record.

With best regards,
AK

Relaxing envigorating refreshing music for your day.......2007-01-27

I enjoy the masterful blending of rhythm, tone, beat, instruments, and voice that to me is so well done by Afro-Celt Sound System. And this album is their best yet.

My current favorite song is "Mojave" - the third track on this album. I love to put ACSS on in the background as I'm working through the day, and Mojave takes me from a quiet start on an emotional journey through different stages and moods and then gently back down at the end. One day I was playing my way through the album and after hearing Mojave (which is nearly 11 minutes long) I wanted to hear it again, so I just set it to repeat. About 90 minutes later I got up and realized that I wasn't tired, wasn't bored, wasn't even remotely tired of taking the same journey again and again. That, to me, is the test of great music.

Afro Celt Sound System Volume 5: Anatomic.......2007-01-09

This is my second buy for the Afro Celts. I may like this one better than the first one. I'm sure this won't be the last. Thanks for asking.

Very Mellow.......2007-01-03

The songs were very beautiful and well done, however extremely mellow and something you could fall asleep to.

Buy it - now!.......2006-11-23

To be honest, I had to listen to this CD about three times before I got it. I was used to the faster paced earlier works but wow - the wait was worth it. I can't put it down now. The layers of melodies in each song blew me away. With ACSS, there are always layers and deeper sounds in their music. If you take your time and listen closely to this CD, it will blow you away. I highly recommend it.

Average customer rating:

Awesome CD!
Unique and upbeat
Incredible - the only word to describe it
My mind has been blown
Afro celt all the best the world has to offer in one band...

Volume 3: Further in Time
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Vol. 2, Release
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Seed
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ASIN: B00005ASHF
Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

North - Part 1
North - Part 2
When You're Falling (featuring Peter Gabriel)
Shadow Man
Lagan
Colossus
Life Begins Again (featuring Robert Plant)
Further in Time
Go on Through
Persistence of Memory
Silken Whip
Onwards

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

While not as out-of-left-field revelatory and astonishing as their exalted debut, nor as darkly magnetic as their sophomore follow-up, Volume 3: Further in Time finds Afro Celt Sound System fleshed out, funky, and fiercely fresh. Now a band of 20-some-odd players, the Afro Celts push forward with unbounded energy and focus, organically driven beats, and a thoroughly joyous fusion of West African and Irish traditional music enhanced with dissonant Eastern influence, psychedelic trip-hop groove, and a monster flood of sonic waves. The resultant sound is somehow both cutting-edge futuristic and primitive in its visceral virility. Demba Barry steps up with an unexpectedly punchy African hip-hop-styled vocal on "Shadowman," "Lagan" plays out into an orchestral swan dive, and, throughout, Johnny Kalsi and Moussa Sissokho come on like gangbusters with the drums. Real World label honcho and world-music champion Peter Gabriel does a stunning turn on the eminently catchy "When You're Falling," and Robert Plant contributes a powerfully epic rock vocal on "Life Begins Again." Fine as all these moments are, the centerpiece of volume 3, where the band achieves beyond perfect synthesis, is the ecstatic groove-lock on the African acid ceilidh of "Colossus." Volume 3 is the tune-in turn-on we've been waiting for. --Paige La Grone

Customer Reviews:

Awesome CD!.......2006-11-26

I just can't get enough of this group. They have such a unique sound: the name of the group sums it up pretty well. This is an awesome CD like the others.

Unique and upbeat.......2006-11-06

I was introduced to this music by a coworker and I really like it! I've always been a fan of celtic music, but this is like celtic on espresso. It's very upbeat and truly unique. I highly recommend it - enjoy!!

Incredible - the only word to describe it.......2006-08-02

My aunt put this in the car one day when we were driving to my uncle's house. I had just played the song "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Inside Man, and she said I bet you'll like this, it's a lot of the same style. As soon as she put it on, "North" came on, and absolutely blew me away. The beautiful ambient sounds and the sparse, yet undeniably enchanting African vocals were just beautiful. By the time "North Part 2" came on, we were both drumming our hands and dancing in the car. Whoever thought of mixing African and Celtic music, then setting it to a rave/techno beat is a genius.

She bought me the CD (and also "Seed, which is great too), and I've been listening to it obsessively since. I know it's now a cliche so rate this CD 5 stars, but the beautiful, haunting melodies and the catchy, rythmic tehcno beats make this CD one of the best in my collection. It was a great find for me especially, since I'm getting sick of all the horrible pop/rock/rap that's out there. If you're like me, and you're sick of all "today's hits" and are looking for something to dance to and have a great time listening to, BUY THIS ALBUM! It is something very fresh and amazing. Aah, North 2 just came on with that awesome celtic instrument riff and dance club style techno beat. I gotta get back to dancing!

My mind has been blown.......2006-05-30

Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, plus musicians from all over the world combining their grooves together to make a whole that surpasses anything I could have imagined. This CD not only transports, it elevates! Essential for the world music collector.

Afro celt all the best the world has to offer in one band..........2006-04-20

Every album is better than the one before...I love the depth to the music and the fact that it is depth from the number of musicians playing and not the number of sound effects is wonderful. There is a difference...and wow it is powerful....thank you thank you thank you

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Musical Erotica.....
Where to from here?
Ditto
A true merger of Celtic and African styles.
Excellent!

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ASIN: B000000HPO
Release Date: 1996-09-24

Tracks:

Saor/Free/News From Nowhere
Whirl-Y-Reel 1
Inion/Daughter
Sure-As-Not/Sure-As-Knot
Nu Cead Againn Dul Abhaile/We Cannot Go Home
Dark Moon, High Tide
Whirl-Y-Reel 2
House of the Ancestors
Eistigh Liomsa Sealad/Listen to Me/Saor Reprise

Amazon.com

Bodhran and kora? Talking drums and Uilleann pipes? Echoing ancient trade roots from a thousand years ago, Sound Magic reunites two seemingly disparate music traditions in a contemporary setting, reaching for a dance-oriented but spiritual hybrid that takes on a life of its own. Producer Simon Emmerson assembles some noteworthy artists including Ayub Ogada, Davy Spillane, Manu Katche, Caroline Lavelle, James McNally (of the Pogues), Iarla O Lionaird, and Masamba Diop to create evocative, clubby grooves that also incorporate samples and flavors from Armenia and the East. With its multilayered rich textures, Sound Magic grafts cultural respect and urban hipness for the global village of the '90s. --Derek Rath

Customer Reviews:

Musical Erotica............2005-09-28

I happened to have the good fortune one night, of catching a few moments of these fellows on a PBS special. It left me lusting for more. I cannot recall ever having been so enthralled after such a brief encounter with a group's music.

This album is the musical equivalent of a languorous, blissfully exhausting sexual encounter. From the undeniably seductive SAOR/FREE, to the tranquil lulling afterglow of SAOR REPRISE, The Afro Celt Sound System will having you rushing through that obligatory post-coital cigarette in order to do it all over again....

Where to from here?.......2005-07-16

Afro Celt Sound System's first album is, as their name says, a clever and in parts quite stunning mix of Celtic & world music that garnered huge praise and success on its release. But despite its ingenuity it's an odd record, veering often incongruously between "dance" music and much slower and occasionally quite turgid world/folk. Truth is that it's the more upbeat club/dance tracks, in particular the outstanding "Sure-As-Not/Sure-As-Knot", "Whirl-Y-Reel 1" & Whirl-Y-Reel 2", that make it come alive and which justify a great deal of the praise heaped on it.

So... if you want to discover similarly inspired, upbeat dance/world music where to? Well, Afro Celt's second album - "Release" - moves them much closer to the club area but, while good, loses a lot of the melodic intricacy & instrumental interplay that made "Sound Magic" such a success; better to go for their third outing - "Further in Time" - which more effectively combines the inspired enthusiasm of their early tracks with the driving club beats of "Release".

Better still, check-out their virtually unknown UK contemporaries, Elephant Talk, whose difficult to find albums follow a similarly infectious, more jazz tinged club/world "fusion" formula with more consistently upbeat and enjoyable results. Check out Amazon.co.uk for Elephant Talk's first two albums, "In a Big Sea" and the even better "Head", and the group's own web site at http://www.infrasound.co.uk/index2.htm for their quite brilliant last release "Leap". You won't be disappointed but you may be left wondering how such equally innovative and exciting music can remain so little known.

Ditto.......2004-05-20

Five stars to all four of the albums put out by these grand folks. I do not need to offer a description as other reviewers have done a perfect job; but if it's helpful to you to see an emphatic "ditto to that" as a review, then here it is.

This, along with Enya, is truly my above all, favorite music across the board. Beats all my other faves in every other music category.

A true merger of Celtic and African styles........2003-07-09

Imagine Irish jigs and reels powered by a heavy jungle beat, African jazz supported by Irish pipes, whistles and fiddles, songs of prayer combined with high-kicking dance tunes, delicate harp melodies with synthesized accents -- all linked together by driving African percussion and an electric rock sensibility. That's the Afro Celt Sound System, but it doesn't begin to cover their sound.

The Afro Celt Sound System isn't a band so much as a cooperative of musicians intrigued by an idea. United under the umbrella of Peter Gabriel's Real World label, nearly two dozen musicians added their personal touch to make the idea a reality.

The initial product of their joining is Volume 1: Sound Magic. It cannot be described as Celtic or African in nature; yet, both styles are evident in spades. Sound Magic is a true union of two completely dissimilar musical genres.

Excellent!.......2003-06-26

This is quite simply a highly essential album from an extremely unique group who fuse seamingly opposite cultures together: Celtic strings & African drums! This album started it all. The music is very traditional and has little of the electronic mayhem of their following albums. "Sure-As-Knot" is absolutely haunting and enchanting!

Although there isn't exactly any filler on here, I'm not so much into the final track but that's just because it doesn't quite rank up there with the others. Still, it's pretty good, just the others are better.

Tracks:

Cyberia
Seed
Nevermore
The Otherside
Ayub's Song/As You Were
Rise Above
Rise Above It
Deep Channel
All Remains
Green Instrumental

Amazon.com

In 1996, the Afro-Celt Sound System formed a sound clash that mixed Irish music, dance floor grooves, West African percussion, and the kora. While there were highlights, often with help from high profile singing guests like Sinead O'Connor and Peter Gabriel, the albums were fragmented. Now the members have shortened their name to the AfroCelts for their forth album, declaring that the Sound System isn't applicable because they've evolved into a more conventional and fully formed group. The change sounds radical, but it's really just a refinement in their working relationship and songwriting skill. Consequently, Seed holds together more strongly as an album. The songs are more consistently crafted and sonically rich here, with different voices and instruments coming to the fore, but never outshining the greater whole. Highlights include the blues slide guitar-driven title track, the wholly acoustic (which is a first!) and Irish jig-inspired "Ayob's Song/As You Were," and the Radiohead-influenced "All Remains." --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

Music Should Rule the World.......2007-02-15

If music ruled the world...there wouldn't be any wars. This album is a perfect blend of two very diverse cultures, & yet the music works in perfect unison & harmony. The mystical style of celtic music, combined with the rhythmic style of traditional african music is truly unique!
I first heard Afrocelts in the soundtrack from Riding Giants(in Laird Hamilton's story - when he discovers a new way to surf giant waves)and it blew me away!It's one of those 'Serendipitous' things...
'Lucky Me' to have found this little treasure!

absolutely wonderful.......2006-09-21

I just got this three days ago.
I have been listening to it at work non-stop, ever since I first put it in.
So far, that's about 25 hours. Seriously.

The guest artists (22 according to the liner notes) on this disc are awesome. The energy.. mmmm... Somehow it's able to keep me going with a buzz all day, without forcing a frenetic burn-out as most of my other fast electro-ish albums inevitably do. Absolutely grateful. I have other albums by the Afrocelts, but at the moment, this is definitely my favorite. It's a gem.

A FABULOUS Blending Of Music!!!! 2 Thumbs WAY UP!.......2006-03-27

I maybe late in the game of knowing this group, but I am hooked now! My mother and I first saw them on tv, channel 35(wybe). We were just cruisin' thru the channels and heard this great music and just had to take a look! Glad we did! After I heard the song "Seed", that was all she wrote, LOL! I had to find out who this group was and I came down later that evening and looked them up on Amazon and orderd it! The blending of the different genres of music is pure genius!!! What a FANTASTIC find this CD is! Afro Celts' music will draw you in and keep you there! :0) All I have to say is ORDER IT!!!

4.5 stars - Just as good as Volume 3.......2004-12-30

"Seed" represents the fourth production of Afro Celt Sound System (here known as Afrocelts). This is one ensemble that only gets better with time. Their first and second albums I enjoyed, but nowhere as much as their third one. And this album, I find just as solid as their third production.

The album's balance between afro, celtic and new age music seems to favor the latter two, though there are plenty of african voice samples and drums. But the overall feel I get after listening to it, is that I've heard a very good new age album with touches of celtic music and a hint at african sounds. With the exception of "Cyberia" and the title track, in general I enjoyed more the shorter tracks. The best example of this is the introductory "Rise" and the 10+ minute-long piece "Rise Above It" that builds upon it. The intro is extremely powerful, yet the follow-up gets to a point where it cannot hold your attention much longer.

All in all, this is one solid production by this world music party. Don't miss it. Like most acts from Real World Music, it deserves a space in your music shelves.

Frightfully Disappointing.......2004-10-06

Let me start by saying I really love Afro Celt Sound System. My father introduced me to their first CD and now I'm more rapid about getting their new stuff than he is... Or anyway, I was.

The first two CD's were nothing short of relevatory for me, and the third seems to go in a different direction, but is still quite good.

Sadly, I feel like unlike Paul Mounsey (Nahoo, et al) Afro Celt doesn't seem to be aging well. I couldn't help but feel that Seed was very, very derivative and washed out compared to their other offerings. The same sort of over-produced sensation I get from Vanilla Pop rubbish on the radio.

I realize this is pretty harsh criticism of a group whose first 3 CDs retain an honored position in my CD case, but I just feel Seed isn't up to snuff. They can and have done much, much better.

Average customer rating:

More AfroCelt Wonder!
Yet another awesome CD
Toe-tapping rhythm, unique haunting melodies
well, i love it
Very good

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ASIN: B00000IWUW
Release Date: 1999-05-18

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Release
Lovers Of Light
Eireann
Urban Aire
Big Cat
Even In My Dreams
Amber
Hypnotica
Riding The Waves
I Think Of...
Release It (Instrumental)

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Lots of traditional-music recordings thrive when they're at their purest, stripping away influence to revel in a core sound. The exact opposite is the case with the Afro Celt Sound System's sophomore effort, Release, which hits its highest plateaus when it's juiciest and pulpiest, throwing everything into the mix. Hailed for their cross-cultural toss-together of traditional West African and Celtic musics on an electronic backbone, the Afro Celts indulge their digital-age ability to throw African drum patterns behind Uilleann pipes and Irish tin whistle all with a club-ready pulse. Their debut and various appearances at World of Music, Arts, and Dance (WOMAD) festivals cemented their success at this mixological approach, and Release makes the clarity of the group's vision all the more astonishing. Perhaps it's what Irish violinist Martin Hayes has called the "lonesome touch," but the Celtic contribution often squares up as a yearning cry, contrasting vividly with the techno beats and West African drumming. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

More AfroCelt Wonder!.......2007-02-11

Have all their CDs now. Can never get too much of this exotic blended music. Haunting, lively. Can't just sit and listen; have to move with it! Even little kids get caught up in the reels. A listening feast!

Yet another awesome CD.......2006-11-26

Like my other reviews for this group, all I can say is that they are awesome. I never get tired of hearing their unique sound. They have a beautiful way of conveying feelings, and have a terrific way of uplifting my spirits when I'm down. I love this CD.

Toe-tapping rhythm, unique haunting melodies.......2006-11-14

I first heard about Afro Celt Sound System in a Science Fiction Anthology for 2003. This group was listed in the anthology under "Best Music for 2003". So, I gave album #3 a try then, and loved it enough to ship it from Florida to overseas. Upon returning to the US this year, & after carefully sifting through reviews and sample tunes for all their CDs, I chose "Release" and was not disappointed.

If you want that international musical flavor, toe-tapping rhythm with great drums, guitar work and melodies that get you moving, this is for you. If you want ethereal, slow, Gaelic-singing atmospherics, try something else more appropos.

well, i love it.......2004-03-07

i first heard an afro celt song on the gangs of new york soundtrack. i fell in love with it and decided to buy a cd. i got release and i am so damn glad i did. "even im my dreams" is one of the best songs i've heard in a while. i play it whenever im feeling down or something, or just when i wanna hear something good. anyway, its a great cd.

Very good.......2003-08-05

I love this music and listen to it a lot. It love how it mixes different music styles together. This CD is my favorite of the 3. My skating coach has cut music for a skater off this CD and one of the other volumes. People from my skating and Dance class found it very inspirational as well. The only thing I wish they did differently on the CDs is provide a translation for the non-English parts. I enjoy them singing in the other languages, it is beautiful and it fits the music perfectly but it would be kind of nice to know what they are sing.

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An Antti Keisala Comment: New Tapestries of Sound
Real Good!!!
Much better than you expect...
A Little Too Mixed Up
An amazing cd & dvd set

Pod (Bonus DVD)
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Volume 5: Anatomic
Seed
Vol. 2, Release
Volume 1: Sound Magic
Volume 3: Further in Time

ASIN: B0001XAOWK
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

Rise Above (remix by Simon Emmerson, James McNally and Mass)
Johnny at Sea (mix by Martin Russell and Mass)
Persistence of Memory (remix by Rae and Christian)
Further in Time (remix by Mass)
Full Moon Low Tide (remix by DJ Toshio)
Release (remix by Rollo and Sister Bliss)
Release It (Masters At Work segue/DJ edit)
Whirly 3 (remix by Simon Emmerson, James McNally and Mass)
Riding the Skies (remix by Mass and Simon Emmerson)
Eireann (remix by Mass)
Release (remix by BiPolar)
When You're Falling (remix by Wren and Morley)
Lagan (remix by Simon Emmerson, James McNally and Mass)

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Persistence of Memory (DVD music video)
When You're Falling (DVD music video)
Highlights from WOMAD USA 2001 (DVD)
North (5.1 surround sound and stereo mix music video - DVD)

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Most remix collections are disappointing, as new snare beats and/or bass lines do not a revelation make. However, one might expect better from the Afro Celt Sound System, as their savagely exuberant, flawlessly produced African/Celtic/Eastern collisions in club-land have re-defined both world and dance music for all time. On Pod, the band has not only assembled a series of eminently collectible remixes but added fresh instrumentals to certain tracks, giving recent band members a workout while linking the band's various incarnations. Highlights include the ethereal "Johnny At Sea," which was previously available only as a byte on the band¹s website, and Toshiro Matsuura's "Fantasisita Re-Formation" remix of "Full Moon Low Tide," on which remote, forlorn-sounding bagpipes are enveloped in organically primal yet frigidly machine-like barrages of beats. The 2-disc package includes a DVD containing a pair of videos, plus strenuously edited highlights from the group's epochal 2001 performance at WOMAD USA. --Christina Roden

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An Antti Keisala Comment: New Tapestries of Sound.......2007-03-01

I admit of not having been into this album until recently. I'm not generally fond of mixing songs that work in themselves and in the given context. But after "Anatomic", my stance towards this album changed. It's nice to listen to, the soundscapes are as rich as ever; I've come to think of this as the first cousin to "Anatomic" once removed, the needed chill-out between "Seed" and "Anatomic".

This is, above all, a fun album to listen to. Sort of like elevator music wrapped around itself times two. A new twist to the clichéd remix genre, much like how the band has been to the whole world music fusion phenomena. Just listen to the remixes of the song "Release", which is turned from a lament to celebration.

The distinction with "Pod" is that I can't find it drawing attention to itself nowadays I tend to listen to much of my music albums from start to finish while working, the music affecting in the background, and what stands out behind my wall of thoughts is not the difference of the remixed song when compared to the original but the overall looseness. This is a chill-out album if you're ever going to find one, at least according to my definition. That is, I think of that kind of music as such that channels your energy in ways that doesn't distract you from what you're doing yet is smooth and does work to change your perception of the surrounding environment. Profound musically yet not too marring; good-hearted; not too heavy-thinking and carelessly emotional. I prefer the original versions with only the Peter Gabriel song "When You're Falling" as an exception, but this album works so finely as a tapestry onto which you can hang your thoughts. It is decorated white space.

With best regards,
AK

Real Good!!!.......2007-01-19

I'm Spinning Instructor and I need music for push people to ride, Pod is perfect for that.....I'm very happy and I recomend other album from them, "ANATOMIC", fantastic too.

Much better than you expect..........2005-07-23

If you're put off by the idea of an album composed entirely of remixes of tracks that, in their own right, are more than good enough then think again... because this is really quite different. Conceived as an integrated whole, the Afro Celts take some of their best tracks and along with their guest producers come up with something that's closer to a superb live album than a series of "interesting" studio reworkings. Opening with a brilliantly ecstatic and very different version of "Rise Above" its trick is to sequence these harder, more club & afro beat dominated remixes pretty seamlessly into what becomes not only a genuinely exciting & cohesive record, but one that, if you know nothing about the Afro Celts, you'll be absolutely knocked out by.

The problem of course is that most people considering buying "POD" will already have many of its tracks and, as a result, comparisons become inevitable. But even on this pretty unfair basis it delivers some asbsolutely "must have" gems including, in addition to its quite stunning opener, versions of "Further in Time", "When You're Falling", "Persistence of Memory" & "Whirly 3", that are arguably better than the originals, two excellent "club" remixes of "Release", and the previously unavailable and ridiculously good "Johnny at Sea". Plus... you get a DVD which includes two ingenious and unforgettable music videos of "Persistence of Memory" & "When You're Falling", an excellent Dolby 5.1 remix of "North" with cleverly sequenced graphics, and a compilation of the group's WOMAD USA 2001 concert that really does capture how amazing they were when playing these tracks live.

Good enough then, from either perspective, to justify some of your hard-earned cash and much, much better than you may expect because it is, quite simply, this excellent group's best album to date. And that's saying something.

A Little Too Mixed Up.......2004-07-23

I am glad the Afro-Celt Sound System decided to revert to their original name after a brief stint (i.e. their last CD) as the Afro-Celts. I have been a big fan of theirs, and own all four previous releases. That is perhaps why I have mixed feelings (pun not intended) about this new CD, with "clubbed-up" versions of their original tunes. They have always been a band that, surprisingly and successfully, has melded Celtic and African song and instrumental traditions, with a techno update. And they know how to keep a groove going. Maybe it's because I appreciate their musicianship more than their dance-ability, but I don't quite understand the reason behind this disc, which sounds like a "greatest hits on Ecstasy". To me, the original tracks had plenty of movement and beat to them, and for the most part I still prefer the originals. This is not to say I dislike the disc; the source material itself makes it still a cut above the average remix compilation. But given the choice, almost without exception, I'd rather listen to the original versions. If you are just introducing yourself to this great band, I suggest that you start with any of their previous releases: Vols. 1 through 3, or "Seed", their fourth CD. (My personal favorite is Vol. 2.) The bonus DVD is interesting, particularly the concert montage video.

An amazing cd & dvd set.......2004-06-24

An excellent set of remixes with dvd extras from an absolutely superb group of musicians. Be sure to check into their albums -- Seed, Further in Time (aka Vol. 3), Release (2), & Sound Magic (1). You will not be disappointed.

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Great Modern Countrypolitan
This Dog Wont Hunt
Dont call it alt-country-rock
This one will knock you out.
Ireland Shares A Haunting Lesson

Learning How to Live
Mike Ireland & Holler
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
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Try Again

ASIN: B000006J5M
Release Date: 1998-03-10

Tracks:

House of Secrets
Worst of All
Headed for a Fall
Biggest Torch In Town
Don't Call This Love
Banks of the Ohio
Christmas Past
Graveyard Song
Cold, Cold Comfort
Some Things You Lose
Cry
Learning How To Live

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Find some alt-country falling too far on the rock side to satisfy your yearning for twang? You won't have that problem with Mike Ireland & Holler's debut album, which brings to mind Dwight Yoakam's Bakersfield revisionism, with occasional forays into terse string arrangements inspired by George Jones's '70s hits and even Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billie Joe." Ireland recognizes the eloquence of those records, and borrows some of it for himself. While most of this music is understated in its pain, Ireland occasionally gets as wild-eyed as the great Texas honky-tonker Gary Stewart, who'd be proud to put his name to the bitter "Don't Call This Love." Not that sentimentality doesn't get its due: hear "Christmas Past" and the cover of Johnnie Ray's 1951 hit "Cry." --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Great Modern Countrypolitan.......2002-08-08

This is a great album. Mike is a great interpreter of classic country music. His voice is strong and smooth, and his lyrics are crafted with poetic imagination.

I agree that Mike deserves to be grouped with Yoakum and the Mavericks, as other reviewers have, in that he hews to what's best in the country tradition while maintaining his individuality. He differs stylistically, however, from Yoakum and the Mavericks. Mike follows the "countrypolitan" tradition of Charlie Rich and Billy Sherill. He does use strings more sparingly than traditional countrypolitan does, so the music never sounds overproduced.

This Dog Wont Hunt.......2002-04-20

What am I missing here? OK, Mike has a sweet enough voice, but to be valid, roots/alt country music has to have some edge to it. This CD is sandpaper smooth with nothing but slick rounded corners. And with a name like "Holler," the backup group is guilty of monumental misrepresentation. Comparing this guy with Dwight Yokum -- as does one of the Amazon editorial reviewers --would be just plain laughable if it weren't such a travesty. Dwight should sue for slander. The melodies here are mostly jingles and the lyrics mostly lame. I got this CD used and cheap -- and feel cheated nonetheless.

Dont call it alt-country-rock.......2001-09-07

I was more than a little disappointed when Mike's previous band The Starkweathers broke up, but due to his wife's infedelities with a bandmate I guess I understand. His agony and grief from dealing with that experience are laid out on this album. The result is a heartfelt sound that harkens the days of Jimmy Rogers and classic country sounds. Its a beauty.

This one will knock you out........2000-09-17

By all means, pick up this gem by Mike Ireland & Holler. It will get into your head, under your skin and stay there. If not for "World Cafe," a very fine alternative music program on public radio, I never would have heard of Mike Ireland. I'm very glad I did. This CD has as much emotion as the best 1960s country hits and any of today's retro work, Dwight included. It's that good. Really.

Ireland Shares A Haunting Lesson.......2000-04-20

I was amazed when I first listened to this CD, and I continue to be in awe everytime I play it. It's an all too rare case of simplicity equalling complexity. Ireland's straightforward style makes for an album that never sacrifices "listenability" for depth. I hesitate to call it country music because it's best described as GREAT music. Ireland will have you humming the tunes and feeling the heartache at the same time, a feat that few artists ever achieve. BRAVO!

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a voice teacher and early music fan
Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord
Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord
God is an Englishman

English Hymn 1

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
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A Vaughan Williams Hymnal

ASIN: B000038I68
Release Date: 1999-12-14

Tracks:

Christ Triumpant, Ever Reigning (Guiting Power)
How Shall I Sing That Majesty [Coe Fen]
Like a Mighty River Flowing (Old Yeavering)
Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer (Cypress Court)
I Vow to Thee, My Country (Thaxted)
We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died (Bow Brickhill)
I, Lord of Sea and Sky (Here I Am, Lord)
All My Hope on God If Founded (Michael)
Give Me the Wings of Faith (San Rocco)
Lord Jesus Christ (Living Lord)
For All the Saints (Sine Nomine)
My Song Is Love Unknown (Love Unknown)
Praise the Lord of Heaven (Vicars' Close)
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Abbot's Leigh)
Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
Hark What a Sound, and Too Divine for Hearing (Highwood)
King of Glory, King of Peace (Redland)
Holy Spirti, Ever Dwelling [Salisbury]
For the Fruit of His Creation [East Acklam]
Lead, Kindly Light (Alberta)
Lord, for the Years Your Love Has Kept and Guided (Lord of the Years)
Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided (Thorbury)

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a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-02-05

This is a really good representation of 20th century hymn tunes sung by a typical British Choir made up of boy sopranos, male altos and the usual number of tenors and basses. The choir sings very well using good diction and appropriate interpretation. The arrangements are varied, different groups of voices singing parts of a hymn usually alternating and eventually the full choir joins in; nothing unusual in the arrangements themselves. There is a nice variety of hymns, some more interesting than others. I will comment on a few of them as follows:
The opening hymn:'Christ, triumphant, ever reigning' is a good opener in that it is quick and begins with the boy sopranos and immediately gets your attention. John Barnard's majestic 'Guiting Power' tune sweeps the words up in a wide-ranging,flowing melody that creates from them a fine hymn.
'I, the Lord of sea and sky(Here I am, Lord) is a truly striking hymn! The words of this song begin with a proclamation in the verses; this is answered in the refrain by the singer's commitment to service. This is reflected in the tune. The melody for the verses has a vigorous movement to proclaim the work of God in creation, His continuing love for that creation,and His call for service. Both the words and music are by the American Jesuit musician Daniel L. Schutte, who has served both on college campuses and in parish ministry.
'All My Hope On God Is Founded' the tune of which is written by Herbert Howells and is called 'Michael'in memory of his son who died in childhood. It is a lovely melody and the words suit it very well.
The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was the music editor of the 'English Hymnal'. The most widely used of his own tunes was the 'Monk's Gate' which he created from a folk tune. It is subtly contrived, as the rhythm of the alleluias shows. 'Sine nomine' simply means without a name.The resulting hymn is 'For All the Saints'.

The Wells Cathedral Choir under the direction of Malcolm Archer accompanied by Rupert Gough on the organ have produced an excellent disc.

Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord.......2001-01-08

I bought this collection because I saw the song, Here I Am, Lord written by Daniel Schutte. I grew up singing this song and many other pieces from the St. Louis Jesuits and this continues to be one that has deep meaning for me. In addition, the other pieces in this collection are very enjoyable to listen to, not only for worship but for time of reflection.

Dan Schutte's Here I Am, Lord.......2001-01-08

God is an Englishman.......2000-06-05

After the Anglican Communion, particularly the American branch, has completed its transformation from a church to a political-social club, at least it will be remembered for two things: the beautiful and influential language of its Book of Common Prayer (1662) and its wonderful music. The English Hymn, volume 1, is a promising start to another English music series by Hyperion. This series complements Hyperion's English Anthems series, its Psalms at St. Paul's (many volumes of Anglican chant), and its two-CD collection of "Mags and Nuncs" (My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord and My Spirit Hath Rejoiced). Volume 1, "Christ Triumphant," features hymns written in the 20th century. The styles of the hymns range from confident, pre-Great War, "God is an Englishman" roof-raisers to insipid, happy-clappy jingles, which inadvertently, I assume, parallel the decline of the church. The Wells Cathedral Choir sings with gusto and, typical of Hyperion, the sound quality is excellent. My only disappointment came when the CD ended - is this all there is to the 20th century? I hope Hyperion plans to include more than one volume on the 20th century in this series. If you enjoy this type of music, you will be satisfied with this CD. If you have CDs from the other series listed above, the English Hymn, vol. 1, and a programmable, carousel-CD player, now you can click your heels and transport yourself to Evensong at King's College, Cambridge, or St. Paul's, London!

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breaking it down
What a Fusion!

Release Remixes
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Volume 5: Anatomic
Volume 1: Sound Magic
Vol. 2, Release
Pod (Bonus DVD)
Volume 3: Further in Time

ASIN: B00005090N
Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

Release (Radio Edit)
Release (Masters At Work Main Mix)
Release (Rollo Remix)
Release (Bi-Polar Remix)
Release (Nu Yorican Soul Mix - Masters At Work)
Release (Nu Yorican Instrumental - Masters At Work)
Release (Keyapella - Masters At Work)
Release (Masters At Work Dub 1)
Release (Masters At Work Instrumental)
Release (Masters At Work Bonus Beats)

Customer Reviews:

breaking it down.......2003-05-28

The title track from Vol. 2-Release is a fantastic song. When I saw 10 versions of it on one CD for the price listed above, I thought it sounded like a bargain, as well as something fun to listen to.

If you want something more danceable than the original Release track, there are a couple of drum and bass intensive things here for you. There is also a Reggae-ish mix, as well as a couple of instrumental tracks with the vocals mixed right the heck out of there. The Keyapella is sort of the inverse, vocals only with very minamalist insturmentation.

This CD was almost like a study of Release, dissecting it and looking at the individual elements. It is impressive, in a way. It helped me to appreciate that "Release" is not just a lucky shot. It is an expertly assembled piece with very beautiful components. But there was nothing on this CD that made me sit up and say "Now that's an improvement to the original."

Perhaps it was unreasonable for me to hope for that.

What a Fusion!.......2000-11-15

When I first heard the first volume of Afro Celt I was very excited. Quickly snapped up the 2nd volume and I hear that they are working on the next as we speak. This single, "Release" is from this second album. Very dancy, funky and with a real gaelic/afro flavour. Something different! Each album released grows and matures and I can't wait to get my hands on the next one. If you are into rare Gaelic Fusion and global dance beats then this is your cup of tea.

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