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THE INDEPENDENCE SUITE CD~THE INDEPENDENCE SUITE~THE INDEPENDENCE SUITEDrawn from fourteen brilliant independent releases, this compilation gathers some of the finest performers and instructors of traditional music today. Pipers, fiddlers, dancers, singers, and many others prominent at countless traditional festivals and music schools worldwide -- including Ireland’s renowned Willie Clancy School, the Milwaukee Festival, Cape Breton’s Celtic Colours, and Valley of The Moon. The Tunes:Don't Touch that Green Linnet / Doolish / Gráinne's Jig (jigs) Tommy Peoples The Maids of Mitchelstown / The Bunch of Keys (reels) Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin & Patrick Ourceau Traditional Cape Breton Jig / Dan Hughie’s / Donald Angus’s (jigs) Dougie MacDonald Captain John's / The Queen of May (hornpipes) Geraldine Cotter Caisleán an Óir / The Humours of Scarrif / Over the Moor to Maggie (hornpipe / reels) Aidan McMahon & Anthony Quigney The Road to Dunmore (song) Robbie O’Connell with Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy An Trí is a Rian / The Ballymahon Reel / Caher Rua (reels) Randal Bays & Dáithí Sproule The Laddie with the Plaidie / Athole Brose / Captain David Stewart / The Spey in Spate (strathspeys / reels) Barbara MacDonald Magone & Alasdair Fraser Hè Mo Leannan (Scottish waulking song) Navan The Bush in Bloom / The Munster Reel / Captain Kelly's Reel (reels) Geraldine Cotter, Maeve Donnelly, Peadar O’Loughlin, Eamon Cotter Bríd Thomáis Mhurchadha (Irish sean nós song) Áine Meenaghan An Buachaill Caol Dubh (slow air) Mícheál Ó hAlmhain The Boys of Bluehill / The Stack of Barley (hornpipes) Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin & Pádraig O'Dea Shrip’s Clog / Virtuoso Hornpipe (clog / hornpipe) Maeve Donnelly The Silver Spear / Mullin's Fancy (reels) Mick O'Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh What the Critics are saying!The Irish Times, Dublin Review by Siobhán LongThe Independence Suite, Celtic Crossings **** (4 stars!)For those in need of a snapshot of Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton music, this is a timely infusion that's more likely to whet the appetite than sate it. With 15 superb musicians jostling for space, each is afforded a mere tincture of an appearance, but it's enough to send the listener scuttling back to the record shop for more. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin's and Patrick Ourceau's concertina and fiddle typify the stripped-down, bare-boned mood of the collection, one that reflects faithfully the reality of a session in all its intimate and communal glory. Tommy Peoples's jig set, heralded by the feistily monikered Don't Touch That Green Linnet, is a joy, as are Nova Scotian fiddler Dougie McDonald's jigs. A new year elixir to beat any chemical alternatives. "A timely infusion more likely to whet the appetite than sate it." Jigtime InternationalReview by John Cutliffe (Altan USA- tour manager)If you want to buy a compilation album of very pure traditional music that embraces the cultures of Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton, among others, you can't do much better than The Independence Suite. This producers of this CD scoured the best independently released albums in recent years and put them together in a celebration of all that is good in traditional music. The performers range from fiddlers and pipers to dancers and singers. All are known in the music world as both players and instructors and have been an important part of the quest to keep this vibrant music alive in a world of bland throwaway musak. In fact this CD is just one project among many from Celtic Crossings in California who have done a great job on the west coast of promoting music from all celtic traditions. They not only organize concerts but include event planning and cultural educational outreach programs in their work. So The Independence Suite is just another success in finding new ways to bring real music to our ears. From the opening notes of Don't Touch that Green Linnet by one of my own musical heroes, Tommy Peoples the music takes us on a fine trek across so many musical landscapes and back again. There are favorite tunes of mine like The Maids of Mitchelstown and unaccompanied songs (sean nós) like Bríd Thomáis Mhurchadha by Áine Meenaghan. This CD causes goose bumps at times with the authentic mix of tunes and instruments bringing me back to so many great sessions at home in Donegal. There is a lovely set of hornpipes played on piano played by Geraldine Cotter and I could easily have been back in Dinny McLaughlin's cottage so many years ago with a blazing peat fire in the hearth and Dinny's sainted mother calling for more tunes from her bed in the next room while she sipped a glass of something enlivening. My good friend and occasional fellow traveler Dáithí Sproule appears on this CD also with Randal Bays from their beautiful Overland CD and there are other tracks that JigTime has mentioned in the past including the lovely Shrip's Clog and Virtuoso Hornpipe by Maeve Donnelly. If your idea of good Celtic music is an afternoon of Enya, then this CD may not be for you, but if you want to get your teeth into some real music that can lift the spirits in the blink of an eye or bring a lump to the throat with the turn of a musical phrase then this collection will fill all your emotional needs. Well at least it will have your toes tapping. For more on this CD and other Celtic Crossings projects check out http://www.independencesuite.com "Get your teeth into some real music that can lift the spirits in the blink of an eye or bring a lump to the throat—this collection will fill all your emotional needs!" Hotpress.com (Dublin, Ireland)Review by Sarah McQuaidThe Independence Suite: Traditional Music From Ireland, Scotland & Cape Breton (Celtic Crossings) This eclectic compilation brings together 15 tracks by artists based in the U.S. and Canada as well as Ireland and Scotland; what they have in common is that they're all drawn from independently-released albums. For the most part, it's of an extremely high standard and there are some real gems here. Geraldine Cotter contributes an elegant arrangement of hornpipes on piano with cello accompaniment, and an a cappella quartet from Wisconsin do an impressively authentic-sounding job on a waulking (cloth-beating) song in Scots Gaelic; other highlights include Robbie O'Connell's poignant original emigration ballad 'The Road To Dunmore'. The extensive liner notes by Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and producer Cecilia McDonnell are highly informative and make for interesting reading in themselves. "The extensive liner notes by ÓhAllmhuráin and McDonnell are highly informative and make for interesting reading in themselves!" The Irish Music Review Review by Geoff Wallis, author, Rough Guide to Irish MusicAmidst the welter of compilation albums, it is thoroughly gratifying to review one which has the distinct purpose of highlighting sometimes hard-to-find independent releases, rather than rehashing a label's back catalogue or assembling a collection of hackneyed tracks in an attempt to make a quick buck. The Independence Suite has been collated by the Celtic Crossings label, whose only previous releases have featured Clare concertina player and long-time USA-based academic Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, both solo and with French fiddler Patrick Ourceau. Despite the album's subtitle, 'Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton', Gearóid's county origins should not be forgotten since The Independence Suite not only includes a track from his first album, Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond and one from Tracin' (with Ourceau), but samples music from the Ennis pianist Geraldine Cotter's album as well as Anthony Quigney and Aidan McMahon's A Clare Conscience and tunes from both Maeve Donnelly and Tommy Peoples. East Galway-born Maeve has been a Clare resident for many years and, of course, Tommy was once married to the daughter of the Kilfenora's Kitty Linnane and spent most of the 1980s and 1990s in the county before relocating to the USA. Then there's a track from Kitty Lie Over, from the duo of Mick O'Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, both from Dublin, though the latter has been studying pipe-making in Clare for the last couple of years. However, The Independence Suite has a broader remit, as revealed by the presence of not just the Cape Breton fiddler Dougie MacDonald and the pianist Barbara of the same surname, but different family. Add to that a tremendous sean-nós song, Bríd Thomáis Mhurchadha from Connemara originating Áine Meenaghan and the sublime flute of Mícheál Ó hAlmhain (Dublin-born, Aran Islands-based) and listening to the album becomes a thoroughly engaging experience. Then there's the only directly Scottish element which arrives in the form of the song Hé Mo Leannan from the Wisconsin group Navan, and, amnesia driven away, a set of reels from the Seattle fiddler Randal Bays' new album Overland (and we are back to the Clare element once again, thanks to Randal's former musical association with Martin Hayes!). The Independence Suite is indeed a fine collection—the music is just wonderful. The Independence Suite is indeed a fine collection- the music is The Tunes:Don't Touch that Green Linnet / Doolish / Gráinne's Jig (jigs) Tommy Peoples The Maids of Mitchelstown / The Bunch of Keys (reels) Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin & Patrick Ourceau Traditional Cape Breton Jig / Dan Hughie’s / Donald Angus’s (jigs) Dougie MacDonald Captain John's / The Queen of May (hornpipes) Geraldine Cotter Caisleán an Óir / The Humours of Scarrif / Over the Moor to Maggie (hornpipe / reels) Aidan McMahon & Anthony Quigney The Road to Dunmore (song) Robbie O’Connell with Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy An Trí is a Rian / The Ballymahon Reel / Caher Rua (reels) Randal Bays & Dáithí Sproule The Laddie with the Plaidie / Athole Brose / Captain David Stewart / The Spey in Spate (strathspeys / reels) Barbara MacDonald Magone & Alasdair Fraser Hè Mo Leannan (Scottish waulking song) Navan The Bush in Bloom / The Munster Reel / Captain Kelly's Reel (reels) Geraldine Cotter, Maeve Donnelly, Peadar O’Loughlin, Eamon Cotter Bríd Thomáis Mhurchadha (Irish sean nós song) Áine Meenaghan An Buachaill Caol Dubh (slow air) Mícheál Ó hAlmhain The Boys of Bluehill / The Stack of Barley (hornpipes) Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin & Pádraig O'Dea Shrip’s Clog / Virtuoso Hornpipe (clog / hornpipe) Maeve Donnelly The Silver Spear / Mullin's Fancy (reels) Mick O'Brien & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh What the Critics are saying!The Irish Times, Dublin Review by Siobhán LongThe Independence Suite, Celtic Crossings **** (4 stars!)For those in need of a snapshot of Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton music, this is a timely infusion that's more likely to whet the appetite than sate it. With 15 superb musicians jostling for space, each is afforded a mere tincture of an appearance, but it's enough to send the listener scuttling back to the record shop for more. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin's and Patrick Ourceau's concertina and fiddle typify the stripped-down, bare-boned mood of the collection, one that reflects faithfully the reality of a session in all its intimate and communal glory. Tommy Peoples's jig set, heralded by the feistily monikered Don't Touch That Green Linnet, is a joy, as are Nova Scotian fiddler Dougie McDonald's jigs. A new year elixir to beat any chemical alternatives. "A timely infusion more likely to whet the appetite than sate it." Jigtime InternationalReview by John Cutliffe (Altan USA- tour manager)If you want to buy a compilation album of very pure traditional music that embraces the cultures of Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton, among others, you can't do much better than The Independence Suite. This producers of this CD scoured the best independently released albums in recent years and put them together in a celebration of all that is good in traditional music. The performers range from fiddlers and pipers to dancers and singers. All are known in the music world as both players and instructors and have been an important part of the quest to keep this vibrant music alive in a world of bland throwaway musak. In fact this CD is just one project among many from Celtic Crossings in California who have done a great job on the west coast of promoting music from all celtic traditions. They not only organize concerts but include event planning and cultural educational outreach programs in their work. So The Independence Suite is just another success in finding new ways to bring real music to our ears. From the opening notes of Don't Touch that Green Linnet by one of my own musical heroes, Tommy Peoples the music takes us on a fine trek across so many musical landscapes and back again. There are favorite tunes of mine like The Maids of Mitchelstown and unaccompanied songs (sean nós) like Bríd Thomáis Mhurchadha by Áine Meenaghan. This CD causes goose bumps at times with the authentic mix of tunes and instruments bringing me back to so many great sessions at home in Donegal. There is a lovely set of hornpipes played on piano played by Geraldine Cotter and I could easily have been back in Dinny McLaughlin's cottage so many years ago with a blazing peat fire in the hearth and Dinny's sainted mother calling for more tunes from her bed in the next room while she sipped a glass of something enlivening. My good friend and occasional fellow traveler Dáithí Sproule appears on this CD also with Randal Bays from their beautiful Overland CD and there are other tracks that JigTime has mentioned in the past including the lovely Shrip's Clog and Virtuoso Hornpipe by Maeve Donnelly. If your idea of good Celtic music is an afternoon of Enya, then this CD may not be for you, but if you want to get your teeth into some real music that can lift the spirits in the blink of an eye or bring a lump to the throat with the turn of a musical phrase then this collection will fill all your emotional needs. Well at least it will have your toes tapping. For more on this CD and other Celtic Crossings projects check out http://www.independencesuite.com "Get your teeth into some real music that can lift the spirits in the blink of an eye or bring a lump to the throat—this collection will fill all your emotional needs!" Hotpress.com (Dublin, Ireland)Review by Sarah McQuaidThe Independence Suite: Traditional Music From Ireland, Scotland & Cape Breton (Celtic Crossings) This eclectic compilation brings together 15 tracks by artists based in the U.S. and Canada as well as Ireland and Scotland; what they have in common is that they're all drawn from independently-released albums. For the most part, it's of an extremely high standard and there are some real gems here. Geraldine Cotter contributes an elegant arrangement of hornpipes on piano with cello accompaniment, and an a cappella quartet from Wisconsin do an impressively authentic-sounding job on a waulking (cloth-beating) song in Scots Gaelic; other highlights include Robbie O'Connell's poignant original emigration ballad 'The Road To Dunmore'. The extensive liner notes by Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and producer Cecilia McDonnell are highly informative and make for interesting reading in themselves. "The extensive liner notes by ÓhAllmhuráin and McDonnell are highly informative and make for interesting reading in themselves!" The Irish Music Review Review by Geoff Wallis, author, Rough Guide to Irish MusicAmidst the welter of compilation albums, it is thoroughly gratifying to review one which has the distinct purpose of highlighting sometimes hard-to-find independent releases, rather than rehashing a label's back catalogue or assembling a collection of hackneyed tracks in an attempt to make a quick buck. The Independence Suite has been collated by the Celtic Crossings label, whose only previous releases have featured Clare concertina player and long-time USA-based academic Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, both solo and with French fiddler Patrick Ourceau. Despite the album's subtitle, 'Traditional Music from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton', Gearóid's county origins should not be forgotten since The Independence Suite not only includes a track from his first album, Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond and one from Tracin' (with Ourceau), but samples music from the Ennis pianist Geraldine Cotter's album as well as Anthony Quigney and Aidan McMahon's A Clare Conscience and tunes from both Maeve Donnelly and Tommy Peoples. East Galway-born Maeve has been a Clare resident for many years and, of course, Tommy was once married to the daughter of the Kilfenora's Kitty Linnane and spent most of the 1980s and 1990s in the county before relocating to the USA. Then there's a track from Kitty Lie Over, from the duo of Mick O'Brien and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, both from Dublin, though the latter has been studying pipe-making in Clare for the last couple of years. However, The Independence Suite has a broader remit, as revealed by the presence of not just the Cape Breton fiddler Dougie MacDonald and the pianist Barbara of the same surname, but different family. Add to that a tremendous sean-nós song, Bríd Thomáis Mhurchadha from Connemara originating Áine Meenaghan and the sublime flute of Mícheál Ó hAlmhain (Dublin-born, Aran Islands-based) and listening to the album becomes a thoroughly engaging experience. Then there's the only directly Scottish element which arrives in the form of the song Hé Mo Leannan from the Wisconsin group Navan, and, amnesia driven away, a set of reels from the Seattle fiddler Randal Bays' new album Overland (and we are back to the Clare element once again, thanks to Randal's former musical association with Martin Hayes!). The Independence Suite is indeed a fine collection—the music is just wonderful. The Independence Suite is indeed a fine collection- the music is~THE INDEPENDENCE SUITE - CD|CC2004|~6527~10081~THE INDEPENDENCE SUITE~

CELTIC ENIGMA - CD~THE CELTIC ENIGMA - CD. A mystical and enchanting collection of chillout classics, includes songs made famous by Chris De Burgh, Mary Black Christy Moore and many more.All songs performed by Usnagh.~1. Fields of gold 2. A woman's heart 3. Fields of Athenry 4. She moved thru the fair 5. Marino waltz 6. The derry air (Danny boy) 7. Molly Malone (cockles and mussels) 8. Carrickfergus 9. Ride on 10. Theme from Cal 11. Homes of Donegal 12. Cliffs of Doonen 13. Lady in red 14. Amazing grace 15. Dawning of the day 16. Mountains of mourne 17. The blackbird 18. Mull of kintyre~CELTIC ENIGMA - CD|EMCD9008|~6527~6528~Celtic Compilations~

CELTIC GOLD - CD~CELTIC GOLD - CD.~1. The land of green & gold 2. Paddy's green shamrock shore 3. The blackbird 4. King of the fairies 5. Amber rose 6. Bottom of a glass 7. Sweet sixteen 8. Carrigfergus 9. St. Patrick's day 10. The garden of daisies 11. Molly Malone/Kitty of Coleraine 12. The Spanish lady/The star of county down 13. Reels: The trip to down/Hand me down the tackle/The Queen's wedding 14. Jigs: The rambling pitchork/Sadle the pony/The black rogue 15. The wild rover 16. Black velvet band 17. Reels: The halfway house/The chopper plate/The star of munster 18. Reels: The pigeon on the gate/The long road/Mrs. Monaghan 19. Savoureen deelish 20. Oft in the stilly night~CELTIC GOLD - CD|CD300|~6527~6529~Celtic Compilations~

CELTIC CEILI - CD~CELTIC CEILI - CD~St. Peter's Ceili Band - 1. Marches:The centenary/Henry Joy/Kevin Barry 2. Reels: The trip to down/Hand me down the tackle/The Queen's wedding 3. Jigs: The New York jig/The western lilt/Donnybrook fair 4. Hornpipes: The minstrel's fancy/The man from Newry/Kitty's wedding The Liam Ivory Ceili Band - 5. Military two step: The garden where the praties grow/How are you getting on?/The Irish washerwoman 6. Song: The shawl of Galway gey 7. Hornpipes: The Cuckoo's nest/Cooley's, The stack of barley The Noel Touhy Ceili Band - 8. Reels: La Russe/My love she's but a lassie yet/The duke of perth 9. Waltzes: The rose of Aranmore/Gentle maiden/Believe me if all those endearing young charms 10. Jigs: Jerry's beaver hat/Lanigans ball/Cherish the ladies 11. Marches: The dawning of the day/ The three flowers The Brophy Brothers Ceili Band - 12. Reels: Collier's reel/The Fermoy lassies/The boys of the Lough 13. Jigs: The rambling pitchfork/Saddle the pony/The black rogue 14. Hornpipes: The Kildare fancy/The boys of blue hill/Harvest home The Brendan Mulhaire Ceili Band - 15. Song: The close of an Irish day The Blarney Ceili Band - 16. Jigs: Boys of the town/The rose in the heather/Over the ocean 17. Hornpipes: The Dunleary hornpipe/The sandlark/Last of the twins 18.Reels: The Blarneystone selection~CELTIC CEILI - CD|CD310|~6527~6530~Celtic Compilations~

CELTIC CHILLOUT GROOVES - CD~CELTIC CHILLOUT GROOVES - CD~1. Amber Rose 2. Pipedream 3. Breathing 4. The American tourist 5. Underneath 6. Bottom of a glass 7. March 8. On the road 9. History(Part one) 10. Jamaican jig~CELTIC CHILLOUT GROOVES - CD|CD307|~6527~6531~Celtic Compilations~

CELTIC VISIONS - CD~CELTIC VISIONS - CD~Tracks Tbc~CELTIC VISIONS - CD|ARCD005|~6527~6532~Celtic Compilations~

CELTIC HEARTBEAT - CD~CELTIC HEARTBEAT - CD~1. Fisherman`s blues - Waterboys 2. Letter from America - Proclaimers 3. Pair of brown eyes - Pogues 4. Patience of angels - Reader, Eddi 5. Nothing compares 2 U - O`Connor, Sinead 6. Ride on - Moore, Christy 7. Madame George - Morrison, Van 8. Maybe you`re right - Rankins 9. I`d rather go blind - Coughlan, Mary~CELTIC HEARTBEAT - CD|TAECD4111|~6527~6533~Celtic Compilations~

HANDS ACROSS THE WATER~HANDS ACROSS THE WATER~Andrea Zonn and John Cutliffe
It was December 28th 2004 and I was watching the horrific news which had been coming out of Southeast Asia for the last two days. While I was watching, my good pal Andrea Zonn called from Nashville called to wish us a belated Merry Christmas. Somewhere in the conversation we decided that between us we knew some pretty good musicians and we were sure they wouldn't mind helping out if we were to set something up to ease the suffering caused by the Tsunami.

Of course it was one of those things that neither of us thought would really happen although we really wanted it to. So I wrote a quick email to Garry West the owner of Compass Records who I had met a few times in the past and who Andrea plays with as part of the Alison Brown band. Within an hour Garry, who was on vacation, replied to my mail and weighed in with 100% support for the idea.
Now of course the idea had become a reality and there was work to be done.
Some four months later we have spent thousands of hours on the project, some weeks working 15 or 16 hours a day in and out of the studio trying to put the pieces together. In the process we have used more than 100 musicians, 29 different studio engineers and 27 different studios from Nashville to Sydney Australia and all points in between. I myself have driven more than more than 6000 miles and we can't even begin to count the thousands of emails and hours of phone calls that have kept lines buzzing worldwide. We have uploaded and downloaded gigabytes of session tracks and mixes.
Now we have 16 tracks of beautiful music from some of our favorite people, working together to help children they don't even know in countries thousands of miles away.
The Music When we first started this project we had no idea just what sort of album would result from the basic idea of getting our friends on both sides of the Atlantic to work with each other, in some cases without ever meeting. We let the artists choose their own tracks and offer us a new song or a piece that they would trust us to mould into something a little different from their original intention. Some of the artists we approached knew many of their transatlantic counterparts and knew just who they might want to collaborate with. In many other cases we had to look at our list of people who wanted to participate and come up with some interesting and occasionally odd pairings. Below is the track list with audio samples from each song The Track List

1. Darrell Scott with Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Oisin McAuley and Paul Rodden - This Beggar's HeartDarrell wrote this song and recorded a rough demo of it after being inspired while on tour with Tim O'Brien and the Crossing. He offered it to us for the project and we brought in Muireann and Oisin from the great Irish band Danu. They recorded the fiddle, whistle and haunting harmony vocal in a small flat in Dublin. We added Paul Rodden, an Irish 5 string banjo player living in Nantes, France who played a beautiful banjo piece using clothes pins as mutes on the bridge.

2. Jon Randall with Máirtín O'Connor and Alison Brown - Get Through It Jon is one of our favorite songwriters and a great singer as well. As soon as he heard what we were doing he gave us a choice of four songs. We both liked this song right away and asked the amazing Máirtín O'Connor to sit in. He headed to Tuam Co Galway and recorded an inspired, fun accordion track. Then we asked award winning banjo player Alison Brown to add her own magic on the banjo.

3. Karen Matheson with Donald Shaw, The Duhks and Bryan Sutton - Ae Fond KissThis is one of the most beautiful songs ever written and is sung here by Capercaillie's Karen Matheson. We met up with Karen and pianist Donald Shaw in January in their native Glasgow and they immediately offered to help. When they sent us the tracks we added our friends the Duhks who spent two days in a studio in Winnipeg, Canada. We also called our buddy Bryan Sutton to come in and add a gorgeous guitar track in Nashville.

4. Andrea Zonn with Flook and Bill Shanley - Standing StillThis was the first track that we worked on in Nashville. Andrea chose this beautiful Sally Barris song for her contribution to the project and we brought in English trad band Flook to add a touch of magic. Flook recorded their parts in Ed Boyd's home studio in Bath in England. The track also features a guitar part by Bill Shanley recorded at his own studio in Dublin.

5. Tim O'Brien with Lúnasa - Fair and Tender LadiesTim has been a fan of Irish band Lúnasa for some time so when we asked him to be part of the project he specifically asked if he could work with them. They were fans of Tim's as well and were delighted to sit in on this beautiful version of an old traditional song. We had to do some rushing around though to get Tim's track to Lúnasa before they left for a huge tour.

6. Sharon Shannon with Jackson Browne - A Man Of Constant SorrowThis track was originally released on Sharon's Diamond Mountain Sessions CD. This is the only track we haven't added anything to and except for some remixing we left this is the beautiful state in which it was given to us.

7. Solas with Mindy Smith - Reason LandSeamus Egan and his band Solas arrived in Nashville two days early for the start of their US tour to record a song especially for us. We spent two great days in Bil VornDick's studio in the hills outside of town. The band then downloaded the tracks to an iPod and took it on the road with them. They added the accordion and fiddle tracks in various hotel rooms on tour. We brought in the amazing Mindy Smith to share the vocals with Deirdre.

8. John and Fiona Prine with Dermot Byrne - Til a Tear Becomes a RoseThis is a rare duet between John and his Donegal born wife Fiona. The song was originally recorded for an earlier John Prine album, In Spite of Ourselves, but they gave us the original tracks to work with. We decided to keep the Donegal spirit intact and added Altan's Dermot Byrne on accordion.

9. Beth Nielsen Chapman with Christina Quinn, Bonnie Raitt, Michael McGoldrick and Donald Shaw - Be Still My SoulBeth was the first person to record a track for us and when we heard it we were afraid to touch this gorgeous piece of music. We knew we needed something exceptional and so we asked Michael McGoldrick and Donald Shaw to help us out. They took time out during a tour of Australia and recorded the flute and accordion tracks in Sydney then transferred all the tracks back to us via the internet.

10. Paul Brady with Rodney Crowell - 40 Shades of GreenPaul took on this Johnny Cash classic while recording his latest album in Nashville. With Garry West at the production helm he has managed to do something very special with it. Rodney dropped in and added his own great vocals on the track.

11. Blue Merle with Pauline Scanlon - Part of Your HistoryOne of the hottest young bands in the country right now generously picked up the phone and offered to help as soon as they heard of our project. When they gave us this great song from their Burning in the Sun cd, we thought of Pauline Scanlon who is one of Ireland's most unique singers. Pauline headed to Dublin to record her vocals at Bill Shanley's studio.

12. Altan with Vince Gill - Lets HealJohn had suggested to Altan that they think of doing a collaboration with Vince Gill a couple of years ago but when this project started all the pieces fell together and it quickly became a reality. Altan reworked a traditional Irish song with new words in English. Vince jumped at the chance to help and recorded his unique vocal and guitar in the Compass Sound studios in Nashville.

13. Cerys Matthews with John Jorgenson and Stuart Duncan - An Occasional SongCerys is know as a rock star all over Europe but when John saw her name advertised for a local Nashville show he suggested to Andrea that we ask her to sing a traditional Welsh song. Cerys loved the idea and Andrea brought in some of the finest session players in Nashville as well as the amazing John Jorgenson and Stuart Duncan to give this traditional song its exiting and unusual sound.

14. John Cowan with the Brock McGuire Band - Cumberland Plateau This song was co-written by John Cowan and Darrell Scott and features some great picking all round. We added the lively and fun Brock McGuire band who were in Nashville on tour from Ireland.

15. Jim Lauderdale with Maura O'Connell - This World's FamilyWe asked Jim to write a song for the project and he was delighted to help especially when he knew we wanted him to work with Maura O'Connell. He took a tune by his friend Tania Elizabeth from the Duhks and wrote a beautiful song of how we all unite in times of need. We recorded this in one afternoon at Brent Truitt's studio in Nashville.

16. Jerry Douglas with Ciaran Tourish - In The Sweet By and ByJerry very generously gave us this beautiful track from his Lookout for Hope album and asked that his old buddy Ciaran Tourish from Altan add something to it. Ciaran recorded low whistles to make this one of the most haunting tracks on the CD and the perfect tune to close our project.

~HANDS ACROSS THE WATER-CD|COM744112|~6527~11037~HANDS ACROSS THE WATER~

THE CELTIC COLLECTION - CD~THE CELTIC COLLECTION - CD -~1- Cailin Na Gruaige Baine - James Galway and Phil Coulter / 2- Perfect Time - Maire Brennan / 3- Little Wing (Album Version) The Corrs / 4- The Crowded River - Runrig and Abhainn an T-Sluaigh / 5- Saltwater (Mothership Mix) - Chicane with Maire Brennan / 6- Women of Ireland - Joannie Madden / 7- Ballyshannon - Bill Douglas 8- The Hazel Woods - Declan Masterson / 9- The Memory of Trees - The Taliesin Orchestra and Athair Ar Neamh / 10- Leaving the Land - Mary Black / 11- Lord of the Dance - Ronan Hardiman / 12- Hills of Ireland - Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna / 13- Awakening - Celtus / 14- A Place Among the Stones - Davy Spillane / 15- Irish Boy - Mark Knopfler / 16- Dealramh Go Deo - Clannad / 17- Theme from Braveheart (Main Title) - London Symphhony Orchestra / 18- Riverdance - John Anderson Concert Orchestra~CELTIC COLLECTION - CD - Special Offer While Stocks Last|MOODCD65|~6527~6534~Celtic Compilations~

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO CELTIC MUSIC-CD~The rough guide to celtic music~Tracks 1.Dervish(Ireland) Jig Songs 2.Kíla (Ireland) Hebden Bridge 3.Mercedes Peón (Spain) O Mar 4.Capercaillie (Scotland) Hoireann O 5.Natalie MacMaster (Canada) The Drunken Piper:primrose Lasses/Far Am Mi Fhin/ Father John Angus Rankin 6.Skolvan (France) Bal Plínn du Vertige 7.Old Blind Dogs ( Scotland) Monymusk Lads 8.Kornog (Brittany/France) Dans Plinn 9.Llan De Cubel (Asturias/Spain) Cabraliega:Romance De Cangas/ Canteros De Cuadonga / A La mer fui pro Naranxes 10.Celtic Fiddle Festival (France/Ireland) Laridé/Gavotte 11.Bohola(USA) The Little thatched Cabin 12.Téada (Ireland) A Bheam a Ti Song 13.Niamh Parsons (Ireland) My Lagan Love 14.Ffynnon (Wales) Y Gwydd(The loom)15.Alan Stivell(Brittany/France) Cease Fire 16.The Poozies ( Scotland/France) Ged is grianach An latha (Sunny) 17.Flook (Ireland) Granny: Granny in the attic / Blue ball/ The false proof 18.Shooglenifty ( Scotland) Glenuig Hall: Glenuig Hall / The wrong box Total Playing Time 69.25~THE ROUGH GUDIE TO CELTIC MUSIC|RGNET1155CD|~6527~10386~rough guide to celtic music~