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Karan Casey sings for Solas, one of the hottest young Irish folk bands of the last five years. Her solo debut is a wonderful album, a program consisting primarily of traditional material presented with minimal arrangements that show off her crystalline voice to best advantage. The instrumentation is not always strictly traditional -- that's an electric guitar providing cloudlike washes of chordal harmony on "She Is Like the Swallow" -- but the overall feel is very much in the folk idiom. Despite the intrinsic lightness of her voice, Casey manages to deliver a blistering rendition of Ewan MacColl's acerbic "Ballad of Accounting," and she sings about the jilted "Roger the Miller" with deceptive sweetness. She also brings new energy and insight into such chestnuts as "Shamrock Shore" and "One, I Love." Her excellent backing musicians include members of Solas, notably flutist Seamus Egan, who also provides excellent production. ~ Rick Anderson
Recording information: Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, PA.
Photographer: Colm Henry.
Unknown Contributor Roles: John Anthony; John Doyle .
Arrangers: John Anthony; Karan Casey; Michael Aharon; Seamus Egan; Winifred Horan; John Doyle .
Personnel: John Anthony (guitar, drums, bass drum, bodhran, hi-hat, djembe, timpani, tom tom, percussion); John Doyle (guitar); Seamus Egan (mandolin, flute, tin whistle, bodhran); Winifred Horan (violin); Michael Aharon (cello, piano, synthesizer, bass guitar, fretless bass, dumbek); Steve Holloway (snare drum); Daryl Burgess (djembe).
Liner Note Author: Earle Hitchner.
Songlines Music | List Price | $17.97 (You save $3.22) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, International CDs, Celtic, Irish, World | | Label | Shanachie | | Orig Year | 1997 | | All Time Sales Rank |  37774  | | CD Universe Part number | 1016793 | | Catalog number | 78007 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 18, 1997 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Seamus Egan | | Engineer | Rick Ridpath; John Anthony | | Recording Time | 42 minutes | | Personnel | Michael Aharon - cello, piano, synthesizer, bass guitar, fretless bass, dumbek
John Doyle - guitar
Seamus Egan - mandolin, flute, tin whistle, bodhran
Winifred Horan - violin
John Anthony - guitar, drums, bass drum, bodhran, hi-hat, djembe, timpani, tom tom, percussion
Steve Holloway - snare drum
Daryl Burgess - djembe
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Karan Casey Songlines Songs | 1. | Roger the Miller |
| 2. | She Is Like the Swallow |
| 3. | Ballad of Accounting  |
| 4. | Shamrock Shore |
| 5. | Martinmas Time |
| 6. | Buachaillin Ban, An |
| 7. | Creggan White Hare, The |
| 8. | Song of Wandering Aengus, The |
| 9. | One, I Love |
| 10. | World Turned Upside Down, The (The Digger's Song) |
| 11. | Labouring Man's Daughter, The |
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Purchase Songlines CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Solas CD (1996)
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| | Solas Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers CD (1997)
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| | Karan Casey Winds Begin To Sing CD (2001)
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Karan Casey's reputation as a singer has continued to grow, first as member of Solas, and then on her solo debut, Songlines. Now, with The Winds Begin to Sing, Casey has released another high-quality album of contemporary Celtic songs. The album gets started with the bouncy "Who Put the Blood," a traditional ballad freshly arranged. "Weary of Lying Alone" has a lovely arrangement, featuring no more than Donald Shaw's wash of keyboards, painting a spare and atmospheric background. The same simple background is used for Lewis Allen's "Strange Fruit." This choice may seem odd at first. Why would anyone try to place a song about Southern lynching into a Celtic song cycle? But on closer reflection, the song contains the same pathos of many traditional ballads, and Casey does a good job with it. Two songs -- "Éiright Suas a Stóirín" ...
| | Karan Casey Distant Shore CD (2003)
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Having established herself as a marvelous traditional Irish singer, Karan Casey's decided to spread her wings and head into contemporary folk-pop. It's a good decision, as she proves to be just as adept and intimate a performer on modern material as the old songs. She's also an astute judge of songwriters, whether it's Billy Bragg's title track, a meditation on emigration, Tim O'Brien's "Another Day," or Ger Wolfe's excellent "The Curra Road." She keeps the feel loose throughout, almost like a session, ...
| | Karan Casey Chasing The Sun CD (2005)
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| | U F O Time To Rock: Best Of Singles A's & B'S CDs (1999) (Import) Germany
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| | Pockets Golden Classics CD (1996)
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| | Clancy Brothers Traditional Irish Folk Songs CD (1994)
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| | Iron Muse CD (1993) (Import) United Kingdom
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This 1993 Topic release is an expanded reissue of the label's original 1956 LP. Iron Muse was the first of its kind, a collection of folk music derived almost exclusively from the experiences of industrial workers in the north of England. The folk tradition of rural and historical Great Britain was well known and documented. But to think that the specific hardships and experiences of the country's industrial workers would be chronicled in a similar way -- through heartfelt lyrics and playing -- ...
| | Maria Do Espirito Santo Amplify The Good Times CD (2002) (Import) Bonus Tracks; Japan
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| | Rick & Bubba Radio Gold Volume 1 CDs (2006)
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| | Il Divo Promise CD (2008)
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