Siren Song

Artist: Connemara
Label: Blix Street
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 739341003127
EAN: 0739341003127
ASIN: B000004BTG

Release Date: 1996-09-03

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Tracks:

The Song of The Seals - The Song of The Water Kelpie
The Selchie & The Fisherman
Sea Moods - Rowing from Isla to Uist - Welcome Home Grainne
Dublin Lady
Far Away - Sea & Sky
Silent Star
Sea Fever
Sailing - Ships Are Sailing
Abbie's Music Box - The Witch Of The Wave
Ripples In The Rock Pools - Kiss Of The Fiddle
Dialogue With A Brook
SirenSong
Da Slocket Light
The Mermaid's Tale

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Customer Reviews:

why did they have to break up?.......2006-01-17

This is one of my favorite CDs. If you like Art Garfunkel, but without the bombastic endings on most songs, or if you like Celtic music at all, you will probably love this. Grace Griffith has a beautiful alto voice, and she is accompanied by a harp as well as other instruments, such as guitar.

Some of these tracks include singing, and others are instrumental. The instrumental tune I like the best is "Silent Star," which is played by Grace on the pennywhistle. It is eerily beautiful. It is immediately followed by "Sea Fever," in which Grace sings about the love of the sea.

My favorite song is the last one, "The Mermaid's Tale," which describes a shipwreck from the point of view of the mermaid. Grace sings with a lush accompaniment, alternating with a verse sung by a man who represents the drowning sailor. The song ends with the sound of the sea. It is haunting!

An added benefit is that this CD treats all kinds of topics without getting too depressing, and although the accompaniment is lush, to my ears it is never overdone (and I hate Wagner). I highly recommend it.

An entrancing CD, full of poignant beauty........2004-05-30

It's a world of enchantment that Grace Griffith and Cathy Palmer, the duo that comprises the Irish music group Connemara, reveal to us in their CD, "Siren Song." Every cut on this CD is so lovely that it's hard to choose a favorite, though any number that features Griffith's pure, exquisite mezzo-soprano is a standout. "Siren Song" is a must-have for anyone with even the slightest interest in Celtic music.

A great CD that deserves to be better known.......1999-10-19

This CD is outstanding. A great treatment of "sea music". Connemara is truly a great group!

Gem. Classic. Spectacular........1998-11-26

Thanks to Connemara for bringing these beautiful songs to life in such a distinctive setting. Gem. Classic. Spectacular. Don't miss it.

An Enchanting Dream-like Audio Voyage of Celtic Sea Songs.......1998-09-15

Once again the team of Vocalist/Guitarist Grace Griffith and Fiddler/Arranger Cathy Palmer, who call their group "Connemara" has produced an awe inspiring recording with their latest (1995) recording "Siren Song." Grace and Cathy are once again joined by Zan Mcleod, and also Harpists Sue Richards, Julia Lane, Carol Thompson and Mary Fitzgerald. Other musicians of note here are box player Billy McComiskey and hammered dulcimer player Jody Marshall, and more. Together these fine musicians have produced a rare pearl (Pun intened!) of an album. At once it transports you to the foggy mists and seascapes of the Brittish Isles. You will vision Sea spray, and foam and feel the gentle rocking of the boat when your feet are not moving to the lively jigs and reels. There have been many Celtic based recordings made with the theme of "The Celtic Sea", but not many as effective and beautiful as this recording. The album opens with the gourgeous instumental "The Song of the Seals/The Song of the Water Kelpie", the first piece an ancient Scottish air and the second being one of the most beautiful examples of tradtional Manx folk music. All of the instrumentals on this album evoke a calming and healing "Sea Mood", and will transport you to another time and place, if you allow it. Other instrumentals to note are "Sea Moods/Rowing from Isla to Uist", which makes you feel as if you were on a fishing boat, Peter Jungs' "Far Away/Sea and Sky", and Harpist Sylvia Woods' "Dialogue with a Brook." Cathy Palmers' arrangements here hit the mark, and her shining moment comes at the end of the album with her piece "The Storm Tossed Sea." Grace Griffith's lush, mystic and simply outstanding vocals on the songs are the glue along with the great instumentals that make "Siren Song" the gem that it is. Vocal highlights include "Dublin Lady", "Sea Fever" with the beautiful instumental introduction "Silent Star", by Executive Producer Susan Maule, "Sailing/Ships are Sailing", "Ripples in the Rockpools/Kiss of the Fiddle", "Siren Song", co-written by Grace & Zan, and "The Mermaid's Tale/The Mermaid's Song" inspired by the Tannahill Weavers. To sum this album up--you quite simply cannot find a finer balance of songs and instruments about the sea anywhere. Each album by "Connemara" gets better and better, and one only hopes for something new from them soon, as previously mentioned in my review of "Beyond the Horizon", they are among the best of the fairly unknown Celtic groups in America today.--do not hesitate to pick up this album up if you are a lover of Celtic, World, New Age or just heartfelt music-this certainly fits that billing.

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