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Music : Song for Ireland
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Song for Ireland by: Mary Black |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0739341005022 Label: Gift Horse Manufacturer: Gift Horse Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Gift Horse Release Date: March 30, 1999 Studio: Gift Horse Sales Rank: 46299 MPN: 410050 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: Song for Ireland is a collection of contemporary and traditional Irish songs drawn from Mary Black's previous albums. Unlike most folk singers, Black is comfortable in modern pop settings such as on the emigrant song "Ellis Island," which features electric guitars and synthesizers. But she is at her best when her backing musicians unplug and she blends her gorgeous voice with their traditional acoustic instruments. When she sings selections like the heart-rending ballad "Loving Hannah," Dick Gaughan's moving call for peace "Both Sides of the Tweed," or "The Shadow," a haunting ode to the Irish statesman Michael Collins backed by fiddle, uilleann pipes, and tin whistle, she weaves a spell few performers can equal. Song for Ireland may not be a greatest-hits album in the normal sense of the phrase, but the music here ranks among Mary Black's finest. --Michael Simmons Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Mary Black at her bestI bought this cd based on reviews by others. I was not disappointed. "Song for Ireland" is easily the highlight but pleasant surprises such as "Colcannon," "Loving Hannah," "Leaboy's Lassie," "Men of Worth," and "School Days Over" make this an eminently listenable cd. "The Shadow" is one of the better songs you'll hear about the patriot Michael Collins. I defy you to listen to "Colcannon" a couple of times and then try to get it out of your head! This cd is lots of fun. Rating: - Song for Ireland and Legacy of LoveThis is a beautiful Cd. Song for Ireland brings tears to my eyes evertime I listen to it even though I've never been to where my grandparents come from. If you come from Irish ancestors Song for Ireland and Liz O'Connors Legacy of Love are two recordings you'll always treasure. Rating: - Beautiful Irish RecordingMary Black is at her best here, with a recording that emphasizes traditional Irish ballads. (The one Scottish song and the more modern number, "Ellis Island", also fit in due to compatible themes.) The accompaniment is spare, but Black's voice is so beautiful and evocative that this is much more effective than some of her more modern (and somewhat overproduced)efforts. Her a cappella song with the Black Family, "Colcannon", is one of my favorites, as well as the concert recording of "Loving Hannah", but there is hardly a bad number here. If you don't have any of her other recordings, start here. Rating:  - Beautiful singing, some pedestrain arrangementsThis is my first exposure to mary Black, but not to several of the songs on this CD. The Holy Ground, for any fan of Irish Music, belongs to the Clancys, and this spare, somewhat somber version, sounds inapporpriate. It's hard to hear rowdy, carousing sailors singing this song in the melancholy mood Mary ascribes to them. And the title cut is also lacking. Dick Gaughan's version is, to my mind, authoritative. Can't imagine it improved. This certainly doesn't. The recording often has a sterile feeling to it, possibly the different tracks from different sources. But the sound is of quite skilled instrumentalists laying down their tracks, yet no music-making occurring among them. That being said, Mary's voice ... Read More: Rating:  - Many Good SOngs for IrelandThis album is made of up of a collection of songs from Mary's other albums plus one live song. The album starts off on the slow side but warms quickly and finishes with Mary at her best. Songs like "Loving Hannah", "Lea Boy's Lassie", "My Donald" and "Holy Ground" are tradtional Irish songs sung by Mary with minimal music - almost sean-nos but not quite. "Men of Worth" is the first song on the album that has all the usual Irish instruments and you love it all the more for it. It also has great harmony as does "Colcannon" which is sung by the entire Black family. "Both Sides the Tweed" is a Robert Burns poem put to music. Even though Burns was Scottish, Mary's voice really brings the song to life. "Schooldays Over", about leaving ... Read More: |
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