Karan Casey - Distant Shore
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Artist: Karan CaseyEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-02-11
Music Label: Shanachie
Soundtracks:
- Distant Shore
- Another Day
- Song of Lies
- The Curra Road
- The Ballad of Tim Evans
- Just a Note
- Lord MacDonald's
- Quiet of the Night
- Bata is Bothar
- The Four Loom Weaver
- The Jute-Mill Song
Free Music Notes for Distant Shore
Free Music Review: Fantastic for what it is
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD is really excellent in its genre. Generally, I listen to more mainstream things, though I really enjoy most talented female singers. Karan Casey did not disappoint. I heard her live at an Irish Festival and her haunting vocals, often teamed with gorgeous accompaniments, keep me a big fan. The other reviews have covered her style quite well, so I won't even try to.
If you have an appreciation for talented female singers and enjoy moving, traditional pieces, this CD is absolutely for you. And that's coming from someone who is about to go write reviews for Outkast, Linkin Park and TuPac.
Distant Shore Poster
The Waterford-born singer Karan Casey has been on a highly personal journey since she left the Irish-American supergroup Solas. Her solo albums, of which this is the third, reveal a questing nature and a deceptively fragile-sounding, vibrato-enhanced soprano. At times, Casey brings the early Dolly Parton to mind, especially when she's essaying modal ballads that recall the Celtic-derived American Appalachian tradition and its tributaries. Her material ranges from Irish and Scottish folkways to modern story songs, many of which deal with immigration and other forms of displacement. The poignant opening tune, composed by British songwriter-activist Billy Bragg, is a meditation about a frightened, uprooted newcomer dealing with homesickness and hostile natives. The sensuous yet coolly ascetic semi-acoustic arrangements feature prominent banjo, fiddle, low whistle, and accordion vamps, plus an atmospheric solo piano. Guest artists Karen Matheson (lead vocals in Capercaillie ), bluegrass singer-mandolinist Tim O'Brien, and American roots player Dirk Powell all make indelible impressions. --Christina RodenFolk Music CDs
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