Celtic Collections: Hedge School

Celtic Collections (K-Tel Series), Hedge School | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 6, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K-Tel
• ASIN: B000000S1A
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #713,530 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. America (My Ma She Said)

2. The Rocky Road to Dublin

3. Black & Tans [Funky Feat Reel]

4. Wings of a Dove

5. Raggle Taggle Gypsy

6. Step It Out Mary [Mary's Wedding Reel]

7. The Lifeboat Mona

8. Hedge School

9. Galway Races

10. God Save Ireland

11. Lambs to the Slaughter

12. Botany Bay

13. Follow Me up to Carlow

14. The Foggy Dew

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleased, July 9, 2000

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David G Fackrell (Eugene, Or USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celtic Collections: Hedge School (Audio CD)

Ordered the CD after listening to the samples. While not necessarily Irish Music in the traditional mode. It is still great incorporating a hard riving rock sound to the traditional favorites. I in most cases preferred the upbeat sound with the utilization of the various instruments.

My two teenage daughters appreciated the music also, not bad when were talking music differences of a few decades!

Dave

3.0 out of 5 stars Dio-Era-Rainbow Guitar Solos Rescue Potential Mediocrity, February 9, 2003

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bogubundus2 (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celtic Collections: Hedge School (Audio CD)

Many groups abound today purporting to perform "Celtic Rock" or "Folk-Rock", which usually means that they perform traditional folk songs utilizing traditional folk instruments like mandolin, violin, Ulleian pipes, bagpipes, whistles, etc. combined with the rock instruments of electric guitar, electric bass, keyboards (possibly)and drums to modernize the folk style and create a rock-folk hybrid. This has been done with varying degrees of success. What makes Hedge School unique in this vast genre is that they perform traditional folk music SOLELY on the rock instruments of electric guitar, electric bass, and drums with NO traditional folk instruments employed whatsoever other than a very infrequent whistle or piano. The result is rock music that in no way resembles the folk-rock sound of Hedge School's contemporaries; in fact, the folk element is completely missing except for the folk melody which is usually played on electric guitar. This effort could best be described as mixed. The combination of churning metal chords and the weak, thin voice of the vocalist would become a complete, mediocre-bar-band-sounding bore were it not for the great, melodic guitar solos which kick in and rescue the songs just when you are about to start yawning. When the guitar solos come in, this album ROCKS and it becomes a pure joy to listen to. Some of the solos are so reminiscent of Ronnie-James-Dio-Era-Rainbow that I had to check the credits to make sure Ritchie Blackmore wasn't playing on this album! (Unfortunately, there are no credits). This is definitely for those who prefer the "rock" end of the spectrum of folk-rock. Bur be forwarned - it takes several listenings to get past the weak, at times slightly off-key vocals and the dull, churning power chords which, sometimes tend to bog down parts of some of the songs. And sign up the guitar player to a major contract, please, once we find out who he is!

3.0 out of 5 stars Dio-Era-Rainbow Guitar Solos Rescue Potential Mediocrity, February 9, 2003

By 

bogubundus2 (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Celtic Collections: Hedge School (Audio CD)

Many groups abound today purporting to perform "Celtic Rock" or "Folk-Rock", which usually means that they perform traditional folk songs utilizing traditional folk instruments like mandolin, violin, Ulleian pipes, bagpipes, whistles, etc. combined with the rock instruments of electric guitar, electric bass, keyboards (possibly)and drums to modernize the folk style and create a rock-folk hybrid. This has been done with varying degrees of success. What makes Hedge School unique in this vast genre is that they perform traditional folk music SOLELY on the rock instruments of electric guitar, electric bass, and drums with NO traditional folk instruments employed whatsoever other than a very infrequent whistle or piano. The result is rock music that in no way resembles the folk-rock sound of Hedge School's contemporaries; in fact, the folk element is completely missing except for the folk melody which is usually played on electric guitar. This effort could best be described as mixed. The combination of churning metal chords and the weak, thin voice of the vocalist would become a complete, mediocre-bar-band-sounding bore were it not for the great, melodic guitar solos which kick in and rescue the songs just when you are about to start yawning. When the guitar solos come in, this album ROCKS and it becomes a pure joy to listen to. Some of the solos are so reminiscent of Ronnie-James-Dio-Era-Rainbow that I had to check the credits to make sure Ritchie Blackmore wasn't playing on this album! (Unfortunately, there are no credits). This is definitely for those who prefer the "rock" end of the spectrum of folk-rock. Bur be forwarned - it takes several listenings to get past the weak, at times slightly off-key vocals and the dull, churning power chords which, sometimes tend to bog down parts of some of the songs. And sign up the guitar player to a major contract, please, once we find out who he is!