Celtic Poets

Product Description
Reissue at a lower price. 1997 album, the first on Wobble's own 30 Hertz label. Features the Dubliners' Ronnie Drew reciting poetry from ex-Pogues Shane MacGowan, laid over trippy, dub rhythms mixed with swirling bagpipes, sitar and more! 10 tracks, 'The Dunes', 'A Man I Knew', 'Market Rasen', 'London Rain', 'Star Of The East', 'Third Heaven', 'Bagpipe Music', 'Saturn', 'Gone In The Wind' and 'Thames'.

Tracks:

The Dunes
A Man I Knew
Market Rasen
London Rain
Star Of The East
Third Heaven
Bagpipe Music
Saturn
Gone In The Wind
Thames

Album Description

Reissue at a lower price. 1997 album, the first on Wobble's own 30 Hertz label. Features the Dubliners' Ronnie Drew reciting poetry from ex-Pogues Shane MacGowan, laid over trippy, dub rhythms mixed with swirling bagpipes, sitar and more! 10 tracks, 'The Dunes', 'A Man I Knew', 'Market Rasen', 'London Rain', 'Star Of The East', 'Third Heaven', 'Bagpipe Music', 'Saturn', 'Gone In The Wind' and 'Thames'.

Customer Reviews:

Sounds of the Celtic Poets, Jah Wobble style........2005-06-27

The Invaders of the Heart capture the music of the celtic poets. Jah Wobble sets the poetry to a mixture of eastern influenced jazz and traditonal celtic music. One of the poems was written by former Pogue Shane MacGowan.
This was the first disc released by Jah Wobble's music label 30Hertz. Wobble had a nasty falling out with his former label Island Records. The music is great and enjoyable. The raspy vocals by Ronnie Lane only add to the
album's charm.

Strongly recommended.

Music is great, the poetry gets old.......2003-01-11

The music on this CD is great. The poetry is compelling the first few times, but after that it gets on your nerves. There's one spot on this CD that made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it, where the poet goes from talking about famine and murdering a bailiff and landlord to saying "and then I went for a drink..." It's the ultimate nonsequitor, but probably not intended to be funny. I plan on making my own copy of this CD without the poetry. I sorta wish Wobble had just been inspired by the poetry and not actually included it. But again, the music is great, jazz and world music with constantly changing beats and instruments.

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Listen to this----and head straight for the North Atlantic

Poets Say
Song of the Lakes
Manufacturer: Makenwavez
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006L5P0I
Release Date: 2004-10-20

Tracks:

White Bird
Butterfly/A Jug of Brown Ale
Old Testament Sky
Haggis
Bossman Joe
Poets Say
Amberetta
Montreux
Castle Kelly/Coleraine
Matty Groves

Album Description

The fifth release from Song of the Lakes, Poets Say, is a testimony of the versatility of the band. Traditional sounds of the Celtic Isles and Scandinavia keeps the band rooted in its own tradition. New sounds in new original songs takes the band into previously un-chartered territories resulting a mix of ballads, jigs, reels, chain gang song, almost country, and south American rhythms. With this project the band continues its quest to spread joy to its audience. This recording, with the band's creative song writing, musical arrangements, and strong delivery as cornerstones has brought the band to new heights. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Frontier Recordings in our home county it is a high quality product that does not compromise technical expectations of this day and age.

Customer Reviews:

Listen to this----and head straight for the North Atlantic.......2004-11-25

Hey, I've been listening to the new CD and am very impressed with the range of musical styles and the originality of so many of the songs. Favorites so far are Poets Say, featuring a lovely flute descant "trippling" and some cool lyrics, wrapped around a melody that one wants to sing along with, over and over. Amberetta is a joy. Montreux could only be described as silky and sensual, moist....and somewhere in Europe. Castle Kelly/Coleraine lilts along ever so Celtically until it erupts into the passionate urgency that brings to mind ancient rituals of sacrifice on smoky, dark ledges on dank nights somewhere in the Isles. Bossman Joe, of course, bites down hard and makes one cheer for the truth-telling that liberates.....while somehow hinting at revenge. Yeah, whips are good. Song of the Lakes has reached new heights with Poets Say. Bravo! See you at the Opera House.

Northern Light: Celtic and Scandinavian Music on Harp and Finnish Kantele

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Undeniably cheerful music...
Step into Northern Light

Northern Light: Celtic and Scandinavian Music on Harp and Finnish Kantele
Valerie Klemetti Blessley
Manufacturer: Soundtracks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Ice Flowers Melting: Music For Kantele, The Finnish Folk Zither

ASIN: B0006HHIF2
Release Date: 2004-10-27

Tracks:

Planxty Fanny Power
Kalevala Melody
Hermanni ja Miina (Herman & Miina's Waltz
Bridget Cruise & Eleanor Plunkett
St. Urho's Waltz
Lapatossu
Carolan's Dream
Fynbo
Mun Kanteleeni
Runolauluja
Nonesuch
Pakkasjenkka
Valssi Halsualta
Mairi's Wedding & Fairy Dance
Birchwood Harp
Tuoll' on Mun Kultani
Lord Inchiquin
Deer in a Riverside Meadow
Maitopolkka
My Lagan Love
Planxty Irwin
Carolan's Draught
Lachen

Album Description

Celtic and Scandinavian music on harp and Finnish kantele

Customer Reviews:

Undeniably cheerful music..........2006-07-23

Listen to Northern Light when the mind and spirit are in need of an infusion of optimism and cheer. You will find a wonderful mix of traditional Celtic and Scandinavian selections, played on the Celtic harp and the unique-sounding kantele. Tasteful flute further enlivens this recording. Put it on for a delightful music experience.

Step into Northern Light.......2004-11-18

Step into Northern Light and drift through the mystical lands of the Irish bards and Finnish poets with dulcet harp, bright kantele and lyric woodwinds. Valerie Klemetti Blessley gently leads listeners through the music of ancient northern lands to discover the mysteries, songs and dances of the Celtic folk harp and Finnish kantele. Your heart will smile and your toes will tap as you bask in Northern Light.

A self-described lover of "Celtinavian Music," Valerie's music reflects her Scandinavian and Irish heritage. She began playing music during childhood, when she learned to play the recorder and the flute. Valerie has studied harp with David Harper, in Albuquerque, NM and Marion Fouse in Portland, OR. Most recently, Valerie has studied kantele with Wilho Saari and Cathy Cushing of Washington state, and Dr. Arja Kastinen, a respected Finnish kantele professor.

Valerie plays harp, kantele, and woodwinds in the popular northwest duo, Celtic Muse, with Jennifer Pratt-Walter. She also performs with the Finnish-American kantele ensemble, Livakat, and the trio Soittorasia (Music Box).

You can hear samples of this CD at her record label site at www.soundtracks.com

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Dr. Andrews
stolen cd
Karen Schubert

The Road to Killeshandra
Brady's Leap
Manufacturer: Rosewood Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000ZH0D0
Release Date: 2003-11-10

Tracks:

Yellow Bittern; The Drinking Song
Dublin in the Rare Old Times
St. Brendan's Voyage
Green Grow the Rushes
Achill Island
Polkas: Brady's Leap; Powers Polka; Leaving of Liverpool
Cavan Girl
Weela Wallia
Maid in Her Father's Garden
Girl in Spain
I'll Tell My Ma
Beta Male Blues
Old Oman of Beare
Galway Town

Album Description

Our first CD, The Road to Killeshandra, features a wide variety of Celtic, folk and original music, from comic songs to romantic ballads, from a capela to instrumental, from modern to the eighth century. To every tune, we bring a passion for the life of sound and word.

Customer Reviews:

Dr. Andrews.......2006-02-20

He isn't on this CD, but he's my old Physics prof and on the 2nd one. He rules. I own this one and have yet to get the second from him. They are amazing to see together in concert. Dr. Andrews, next time I'm in Ytown, I'll harass you for the second.

stolen cd.......2004-03-13

I loved the cd and apparently the guy who broke into my car and stole it is loving it too. We had it for a few days and curiously enough the lowly criminal didn't abscond with all my cd's. He was very selective and passed over the pop cd's, but took the Road to Killeshandra and a couple flamenco and tango cd's. Of course, this all happened outside the Albatross in Berkeley which attracts a very erudite and eclectic crowd which likes to munch popcorn and read Nietzsche in the dark.

Karen Schubert.......2004-02-20

This is a wonderful CD, richly textured with voice, nostalgia, instrument, longing, and toe-tapping drum beats. Some cuts are straight-up fun and others express the poignancy of old age, love, home. It's a delightful mix of original and traditional Irish folksongs. As one of my favorite CDs, I find myself going back to it again and again.