National Geographic: Destination Ireland

Product Description
Ireland and its music are steeped in traditions that have survived invasions, famines, and cultural restrictions meant to curtail customary dances and the speaking of Gaelic. This collection invites you to hear pipes, flutes, mandolins and banjos come alive over the rhythmic pulse of the bodhràn. Feel the energy that drives the dancing of jigs, the stomping of feet and the widening journey of these musical styles across oceans and continents. These are the works of some of the premier artists playing Irish traditional music today, compiled in an invigorating introduction to this land's rich musical tapestry.

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Average customer rating: An anthology of contemporary Irish performers with traditional arrangments

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Tracks:

1. Ailein Duinn - Meav
2. Dulaman - Altan
3. From the Heart - John Whelan
4. Johnny's Gone for a Soldier - Solas
5. Silver Spear/The Earl's Chair/The Musical Priest - Liz Carroll
6. righ a Shi MicheDomhnaill
7. Willie and Mary - Deanta
8. Raggle Taggle Gypsy/Tabhair Dom Do L - Planxty
9. righ Suas a Stn (Rise Up My Love) - Clannad
10. Miller of Drohan - Lunasa
11. Planxty Hewlett - Anne-Marie O'Farrell
12. Danny Boy

Album Description

Ireland and its music are steeped in traditions that have survived invasions, famines, and cultural restrictions meant to curtail customary dances and the speaking of Gaelic. This collection invites you to hear pipes, flutes, mandolins and banjos come alive over the rhythmic pulse of the bodhràn. Feel the energy that drives the dancing of jigs, the stomping of feet and the widening journey of these musical styles across oceans and continents. These are the works of some of the premier artists playing Irish traditional music today, compiled in an invigorating introduction to this land's rich musical tapestry.

Customer Reviews:

An anthology of contemporary Irish performers with traditional arrangments.......2006-12-23

This album is a lovely collection of songs by contemporary Irish musicians performing mostly traditional Irish pieces. Because it is an anthology, the songs each sound quite different from one another giving the listener a varied listening experience. Note that some of the recordings are older and performed by groups that are no longer together. I discovered this when I tried to find recordings on Amazon of some of the individual pieces on their original albums.

I was surprised at how much I liked the album because, upon looking at the cover, it looks like it could be one of those cheesy collections of inauthenic cultural music. Not so at all!

The collection includes the haunting Ailean Duinn by Meav (before she came one of the Celtic Women). The song is from Rob Roy and is, I believe, a poemic lamentation from the 17th century (?) by a women whose fiance is lost at sea. It is sung in Gaelic and is beautiful.

The CD cover itself is paper - my copy was not contained in a plastic CD cover, so it is showing some wear since I received it as a gift 3 years ago. The tradeoff for the design is that the CD opens up to reveal some beautiful pictures of Ireland, and it includes a glossy pullout sheet that has: artist information (to learn more about the performers on the album), relevant facts relating to Ireland and Irish music such as what Uilleann Pipes and Donegal Fiddling are, a time line of Irish History, and a National Geographic map of Ireland showing landmarks.

Well worth the cash. Not just an album, but a cultural experience.

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