Bones

Susan McKeown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 17, 1996)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sheila-na-Gig
• ASIN: B0000035L1
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #313,553 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cé Leis E?

2. Albatross

3. Snakes/Mná Na Héireann

4. Heart

5. Westron Wynde (Westlin Winds)

6. Salmoé

7. Jericho

8. Love and Superstition

9. Gorm

10. Curiouser

11. I Know I Know

12. Storm in a Teacup

13. Bones

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Susan McKeown: Discover Her Before Everyone Else Does!, October 24, 1998

By 

Kevin Brady (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bones (Audio CD)

Susan McKeown is, without a question, one of the most innovative young artists recording in Ireland today. In "Bones" she teams up with the lads from Chanting House to create an album which is destined to become a classic of Irish contemporary music. The great irony here is that so few people outside of Ireland know of McKeown. Like Paul Brady, Van Morrison, and Mary Black, McKeown has a talent for piecing together shards of Celtic tradition together with rhythm and blues elements. She also has a very sophisticated way of - inhabiting - a song. She saturates traditional lyrics in Gaelic and English with tremendous emotion, but she is never merely sentimental. Scoop up this CD before Susan McKeown is discovered by the masses and be the envy of your friends!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She doesn't do it like this anymore, December 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bones (Audio CD)

This is one of the most amazing albums I've ever heard: passionate, fascinating, beautiful, and troubling. It ranks right up there with Joni Mitchell's "Blue" in terms of emotional complexity and depth. Why isn't McKeown recording original material anymore? Though her traditional Celtic recordings are (of course) impeccably done, I can't help but find them boring by comparison. Once when McKeown was signing records after an event, she seemed almost to be steering fans away from purchasing this album. Please! It's the best one! I hope Susan McKeown will eventually tire of exploring traditional song and start taking real artistic/personal risks again.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catch a rising star!, March 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bones (Audio CD)

My wife and I caught Susan in concert at the North Texas Irish Festival and what a talent she is. Her range and styles provide the listener with some awesome entertainment. Songs like "My Mother" off the "Mother" album, "Snakes" from this album, and the unrecorded rendition of the 1939 classic of "Blue Moon" as an Irish Jig showcase her talent and help define her as a rising star to watch.