Product Details

• Directors: Robert Corkey
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Galician
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: KULTUR VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: October 28, 2008
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001E181YG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,535 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Gaelic Spirit offers a snapshot of the changing face of Irish music. The songs offer a unique perspective on the creativity and sheer talent in play in Ireland, embracing a range of influences from the blues and country, solo and ensemble, acoustic and electric, classical and contemporary, Gaelic and English which all combine in a musical exploration across idioms and traditions. Introduced by Donal Lunny, one of the country's most influential musicians and record producers, the program features performances recorded at the Music Center in Dublin's Temple Bar.

Van Morrison: St Dominic's Preview
Altan: A Stór, a stór, a ghrá
Emmylou Harris: Waltz Across Texas Tonight
Sinead O Connor: She Moved Through the Fair
Elvis Costello: Little Palaces
Christy Moore: Tiles and Slabs
Nollaig Casey: Causeway
Eddi Reader: The Blacksmith
Mark Knopfler: Raglan Road
Sinéad Lohan: 2 Romona
Sharon Shannon: The Mouth of the Tobique

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hangs together well, November 7, 2008

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Volunteer of America (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gaelic Spirit - Bringing Together the Best in Irish Music (DVD)

Irish folk musician and producer assembles an eclectic but well suited group of musicians on this DVD, with major stars Morrison, Costello and Knopfler and more as well as less well known, but exceedingly talented, performers.

Two of the songs - Raglan Road and She Moved Through the Fair - were on the extraordinary Van Morrison and the Chieftains cd, which sets a very high bar for Mark Knopfler and Sinead O'Connor. O'Connor does a nice job; Knopfler's rendering is worthy though he fails to capture the anguish expressed in Van's wrenching version. There are fabulous Dance Tunes, a marvelous St. Dominic's Preview, and several beautiful love songs. A very satisfying, varied, yet homogeneous, collection of performances, every one of them well worth repeated listens.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Gaelic Spirit" is just O.K., October 18, 2009

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William W. Bahr "Billy Wayne" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gaelic Spirit - Bringing Together the Best in Irish Music (DVD)

This concert is just O.K. for me. It is enjoyable but I already have a couple of songs on "Greatest Irish Artists Gaelforce". I prefer "Absolutely Irish" or my favorite "Ragus". dBahr