Women of the World: Celtic II

Women Of The World (Putumayo Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Putumayo World Music
• ASIN: B000003EK8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,905 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Scottish Folk
  • #70 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Celtic Folk
  • #73 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Europe

Track Listings

1. The Drunken Piper - Natalie Macmaster

2. Sovay - Cristina Crawlay, Kerstein Blodig

3. The Rights Of Man - Eileen Ivers

4. Bog A' Lochain - Mary Jane Lamond

5. Jericho - Susan McKeown & The Chanting House

6. Black Is The Colour - Marcy D'Arcy & The Prodigal Sons

7. Ta Se Na La - Eithne Ni Uallachain

8. It Ain't Funny - Pamela Morgan

9. Raindance - Annie Grace & Lynn Morrison

10. Mi Le M' Uilinn - Karen Matheson

11. Cowboi - Julie Murphy

12. Home Again In Eireann - Sharon Murphy With Whisp

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This just cries for jigs and reels, April 28, 2005

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P. Alther - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Women of the World: Celtic II (Audio CD)

Women of the World: Celtic II is quite an excellent CD, filled with techno mixed and modernized music of the Celtic peoples. This CD provides great examples of the wonderful music played by the Celts. Being part Scotts and English, I was quite interested in this style of music to begin with, and I am not dissapointed at all with this CD. I, however, don't recommend this CD to people who aren't fans of this style! If you don't like Celtic music to begin with, then I doubt you'll be interested in this, and the 30 second demos do this CD no justice. Natalie MacMaster's "The Drunken Piper", while as I could see had no piping in it, had excellent fiddling and is a great way to open up the CD. Over all, this CD totally deserves a 5/5, if not more!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of the best CDs I own!, July 12, 1999

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[e-mail] (Bodega Bay, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Women of the World: Celtic II (Audio CD)

This CD is filled with many enchanting voices and is very Celtic. I thought that "Black is the Color" was very beautiful and touching.I would recomemd this CD to everyone (esspecily people of Celtic herritage).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an emerald in the rough, January 1, 1999

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Alice Donlin (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Women of the World: Celtic II (Audio CD)

I basically only got this cd for "The Drunken Piper" which I heard on the UPN show "Legacy" (more on that later). After tracking it down and listening to all the rest of the songs, I was even happier that I found 11 great songs to go along with my favorite "Drunken." My only hesitation with the selections is that a lot are sung in gaelic- which isn't bad if you know gaelic- but kind of difficult to sing-along if you don't know it. I probably would've preferred more Irish (rather than Scotish) artists, but that's just me. Regardless of where they are from these women are great. Speaking of talented women, Loreena McKennitt is another artist (though not on this CD) that I tracked down from "Legacy." Her "Mummer's Dance" plays during the opening credits- and yet another well-worth-it CD. FYI- I don't know how many people watch UPN, but "Legacy" seems to be a hotbed of good Celtic music. Happy listening!