Reunion: A Decade of Solas with bonus DVD

Solas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Compass Records
• ASIN: B000F1HG9M
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,435 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible musicians and what a price for a DVD/CD, September 24, 2006

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Lilting Banshee (Roseburg, OR USA) - See all my reviews

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You get more than 2 hours of DVD concert footage--one great tune or song after another. Wow. I'm not kidding. Wow. Driving duo guitars on one tune, then Karan Casey singing a song then the whole band rocking out on some incredible set arranged the Solas way. You really have to hear this to believe it. This is Irish music stretched into a Solas groove. There are too many highlights to name them all: 4 part female harmony on Reasonland; John Doyle rocking out; Seamus Egan playing banjo, flute, guitar; Winnifred Horan showing fiddle virtuosity on ripping jigs and reels, then making you weep on some slow tune. And the vocals of one breathtaking vocalist after another. Solas isn't just straight ahead Irish music played at breathtaking speed . . .they hit a groove and explore the territory; they cover all sorts of stuff besides Irish: Darkness Darkness by Jessie Colin Young (remember the Youngbloods?); Cold Rain and Snow (the Grateful Dead covered this trad tune on their first studio album in 1967 or something) and everything gets the Solas treatment and it works beautifully. So watch the incredible concert DVD, then pop the CD in your car or stereo or whatever it is you listen to and you will be amazed. And to think I wasn't much of a Solas fan before I saw/heard this reunion set.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The audio/video value of the century!, May 9, 2006

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P. Elosser (kernersville, nc United States) - See all my reviews
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Simply put, a terrific CD. If you are a Solas fan you will recognize much of the music, but it is performed here with a difference. It's like listening to Solas for the first time all over again! The DVD is equally stunning. Very professionally done, and the next best thing to being there. This was a very rare event, and I thank everyone at Solas for putting this together.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo!, August 5, 2006

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Andra Bohnet (Mobile, AL United States) - See all my reviews
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This CD/DVD set are reflections of exactly what fans of Solas love about the group. If you like high energy Irish music you will not be disapointed!