Celtic Woman, Vol. 2

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Although featuring some of the same singers who made Celtic Woman, vol. 1 so memorable (notably, Rita Connolly, Marian Bradfield, and Áine Furey), the overall tone of this second volume is at once more amorphous and less positive. New Age wall-of-sound close harmonies abound, and there are occasional nods to the Celtic electronica scene. But the tracks that make the strongest impressions are still those where the voice reigns supreme. Among the latter is The Fallen Angels' stunning a cappella version of She Moved Through The Fair, a tale of thwarted love that is surely Ireland's most chilling ghost story. Altan, led by Mairéad ni Mhaonaigh's girlish soprano, tells how easily an idealistic lover can become a embittered rake. Áine Uí Cheallaigh, accompanied only by a bodhrán, is uncommonly eloquent despite adhering to an old-style lack of histrionics. On the opposite extreme, Capercaillie's Scottish beats-and-puirt-a-beul (mouth music)-laced Hebridean Hale-Bopp is a jaunty, cutting-edge treat. --Christina Roden

Celtic Woman, Vol. 2,Various Artists,Valley,British Folk,Celtic,Celtic Fusion,Celtic New Age,Celtic/Irish,Contemporary Celtic,Int'l & World Music,Irish Folk,Pop,Traditional Celtic,World Music

Average customer rating: It's Great!!! Relaxing Better Than Medicine Woman Good Medicine Medicine woman II

Medicine Woman, Vol. 2 Medwyn Goodall Manufacturer: New World Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Medicine Woman Medicine Woman III Rhythm of the Ancients Moon Goddess Essence of Magic ASIN: B00000IQKU Release Date: 2000-12-05

Tracks:

1. Celebration
2. Invocation Part 2
3. Jungle Heart
4. Orchid Potion
5. The Gift
6. Talking to the Sun
7. Sacred Ground
8. After the rains
9. Emerald - Mayan Relic
10. The Gift _ Single version

Album Description

Medicine Woman II revisits the inspiration behind Medwyn's original and highly acclaimed Medicine Woman. The journey continues with a new album that echoes a land where storms have passed with the gift of new life. Through Medwyn's music the Goddess shares Her powers with us, evoking the Emerald's power and restoring the Earth to purity. Medwyn provides us with a beautiful and intimate performance. Recorded in his own studio, Medicine Woman II takes Medwyn's music to new heights. Spanish Guitar; Acoustic Guitar; Electric Guitar; Mandolin; Paraguayan Folk Harp; Panpipes; Bamboo Flutes; Marimbas; Celesta; Female Choirs; Male Choirs; Korg, Roland & Emu Synths & Sampler Systems; Tympani; Bongo Set, Conga Set; Latin Percussion; djembe & Timbale Drums; Latin Percussion.

Customer Reviews:

It's Great!!!.......2006-07-01

Very good!! Upbeat, all the songs are great. No weak link or anything. Lovely soothing and upbeat all at once in all the songs. Panpipes and Spanish guitar masterfully used. No pitiful electric sounds he plays many instruments very well, and records them all in his own home studio. Its Great!!!!

Relaxing.......2006-02-23

This Medicine Woman was just as good as the first one. Both me and my husband enjoyed it very much. The first time we listened to this CD was a Sunday morning with our coffees and we were quite relaxed just being in the moment!! I am looking forward to purchasing the 3rd in the series.

Better Than Medicine Woman.......2003-01-22

I have 22 Medwyn Goodall CDs (He's released over 70) so I am a big fan of his music. Medicine Woman II, The Gift was one of the first purchased and is still one of my favorites. The original Medicine Woman is excellent and a New Age classic, but this follow-up is an order of magnitude better. It is hard to imagine that only one person is responsible for all of the music here. Goodall composed, arranged, performed, produced, mixed and mastered this CD. It is guitars, panpipes, and lots of percussion in almost an hour of lively but soothing music that sets you down in the middle of the Central American jungles and then carries you away. Rhythmical and catchy tunes inspired by the ancient Mayan culture expand on the ideas explored in the original Medicine Woman plus introduce some new ones. With touches of male and female choirs and synths in the background, the music has an uplifting mystical quality.

Good Medicine.......2002-12-17

Medwyn Goodall is no stranger to fans of world and new age music. Having released well over 20 albums, this is one of his more appreciated albums. "Medicine Woman II: The Gift" is a follow up to one of Goodall's earlier album release "Medicine Woman" but topples the previous release effortlessly with this relatively perfect collection of songs. One of the amazing factors of this album is that all ten tracks are instrumental pieces as vocals become part of the arrangement and there's not a word that is sung, but the messages and feeling are successfully conveyed through the use of various instruments such as the Spanish Guitar, Bamboo Flute, Mandolin, authentic South American drums along with a host of other instruments.

"Celebration" the opening track sets the mood for the album. It's an uplifting, positive track that sets mind at ease and takes you to a different place. Where you imagine you are standing within an exotic tropical rainforest and the unique sounds only helps to provide you with a more vivid picture. "Invocation Part 2" seamlessly follows through with the positive theme and the rest of the album flows effortlessly from one track to the next. The stand out track would have to be "The Gift", instantly attracting you with it's unique guitar arrangements and it's soothing Enya-like vocals.

Unfortunately, the main downfall of this album is that after listening to the first five tracks, the next five seems like a semi-altered collection of the first five tracks and you get the idea that no new grounds are broken into or explored and you get the feeling that you've heard it all before. As a whole, this album seems relatively complete even if it was released only with the first five tracks with "The Gift" being a severely major reason for purchasing the album itself. Some of Goodall's other releases are not as easily satisfying on the ear as this release but this is definitely the one that is set to please. The album actually is a mediocre 55 plus minutes but the first 28 minutes or so should do the job at setting your mind at ease.

Track listing:
1. Celebration 6.43
2. Invocation part 2 5.46
3. Jungle Heart 5.43
4. Orchid Potion 5.24
5. The Gift 6.24
6. Talking To The Sun 5.24
7. Sacred Ground 4.56
8. After The Rains 5.31
9. Emerald - Mayan Relic 7.00
10. The Gift (Single Version) 3.33

Medicine woman II.......2002-07-01

We heard this for the first time in Kauai driving along the sea. It will fire up your soul!

Average customer rating: Celtic Women 2 Celtic Woman Vol. 2 Just not the same! Be careful - there are two series of "Celtic Women" albums. This is the worse one. BETTER THEN THE FIRST

Celtic Woman, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Valley ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music New Age | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Fusion | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Celtic New Age | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Celtic Woman Celtic Woman Walking in the Air Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration Lisa ASIN: B00004S2TK Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

1. Our World - Maire Brennan
2. Vanities' Child - Aine Furey
3. Valparaiso - Rita Connolly
4. Brighid's Kiss - La Lugh
5. Home Of The Whale - Caroline Lavelle
6. Camera - Orla
7. I Still Hear Your Voice - Marian Bradfield
8. Hebridean Hale-Bopp - Capercaillie
9. She Moved Through The Fair - The Fallen Angels
10. Citi Na gCumann - Altan
11. Brave Heart - D'goya
12. Lifting The Veil - Fiona Joyce
13. Mo Ghile Mear - DEIRBHILE NI BHROLCHAIN
14. Seoladh Na nGabhna - AINE UI CHEALLAIGH
15. Waltz For My Father - West Of Eden
16. Oiche Mhaith (Good Night) - Hazel O'Connor

Product Description

1. Our World - Maire Brennan
2. Vanities' Child - Aine Furey
3. Valparaiso - Rita Connolly
4. Brighid's Kiss - La Lugh
5. Home Of The Whale - Caroline Lavelle
6. Camera - Orla
7. I Still Hear Your Voice - Marian Bradfield
8. Hebridean Hale-Bopp - Capercaillie
9. She Moved Through The Fair - The Fallen Angels
10. Citi No gCumann - Altan
11. Brave Heart - D'Goya
12. Lifting The Veil - Fiona Joyce
13. Mo Ghile Mear - Deirbhile Ni Bhrolchain
14. Seoladh Na nGamhna - Aine Ui Cheallaigh
15. Waltz For My Father - West Of Eden
16. Oiche Mhaith - Hazel O'Connor :: Good Night - Hazel O'Connor

Format: CD

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Although featuring some of the same singers who made Celtic Woman, vol. 1 so memorable (notably, Rita Connolly, Marian Bradfield, and Áine Furey), the overall tone of this second volume is at once more amorphous and less positive. New Age wall-of-sound close harmonies abound, and there are occasional nods to the Celtic electronica scene. But the tracks that make the strongest impressions are still those where the voice reigns supreme. Among the latter is The Fallen Angels' stunning a cappella version of She Moved Through The Fair, a tale of thwarted love that is surely Ireland's most chilling ghost story. Altan, led by Mairéad ni Mhaonaigh's girlish soprano, tells how easily an idealistic lover can become a embittered rake. Áine Uí Cheallaigh, accompanied only by a bodhrán, is uncommonly eloquent despite adhering to an old-style lack of histrionics. On the opposite extreme, Capercaillie's Scottish beats-and-puirt-a-beul (mouth music)-laced Hebridean Hale-Bopp is a jaunty, cutting-edge treat. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews:

Celtic Women 2.......2007-01-09

This was a gift for my husband, who loves the original Celtic Women Vol. 1. He was dissapointed because it is not the same artists or the same style of music. He actually changed to another CD before getting to the end.

Celtic Woman Vol. 2.......2006-07-14

Vol 2, like Vol 1, is a treasure of tradtional Irish music performed by young women with angelic voices and wonderful instrumental skills.

Just not the same!.......2006-06-21

I purchased this thinking it was the women from the PBS special. It wasn't, and it wasn't nearly as good. The singing had no emotion and the song selection wasn't that great. Skip and buy the real thing with Meav, Lisa, Chloe, et al. I gave this one and Celtic Woman, Vol. 1 away.

Be careful - there are two series of "Celtic Women" albums. This is the worse one........2006-05-28

My wife and I bought the album "Celtic Women" a few months ago and _loved_ it. We couldn't stop playing it. We even went to the concert when it came through our city. Then I saw this and thought it was the sequel, but it is not. It is nowhere near as good. The "Celtic Women" with a blue cover and a red-haired woman's face on the front was released in 2004. This "Celtic Women 2" was released in 2000, so it is apparently a different series. If you're like me and buy this thinking that it is a sequel you will be very dissappointed.

BETTER THEN THE FIRST.......2006-04-29

All of the artists sing beautifully.

My favorite is the last song, Oiche Mhaith (Good Night) - Hazel O'Connor - Very Celtic Tribal; you'll find your body wanting to dance around a bonfire.

Vanities' Child - Aine Furey is a close second favorite.

Brighid's Kiss - La Lugh is also beautifully done.

This whole album is very sexy and alive in a very subtle way.

Did I mention Lifting The Veil - Fiona Joyce - WOW to have a voice like this gal...........rocks!

I didn't LOVE every single song presented on this cd but almost all of them are extraordinarily good.

I'm very happy I purchased this cd.

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