Description: Tears Of Stone by The Chieftains [CD] Track Listing: 1 Never Give All The Heart - with Brenda Fricker & Anuna2 A Stor Mo Chroi - with Bonnie Raitt3 The Lowlands of Holland - with Natalie Merchant4 The Magdalene Laundries - with Joni Mitchell5 Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor - with The Ranins6 I Know My Love - with The Corrs7 Factory Girl - with Sinead O'Connor8 An Saighdiur Treigthe - with Mary Chapin Carpenter9 Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure - with Loreena McKennitt10 Sake In The Jar - with Akiko Yano11 Raglan Road - with Joan Osborne12 Siuil A Run - with Sissel13 The Fiddling Ladies - with Eileen Evers, Natalie MacMaster, Maire Breatnach & Annbjorg Lien14 Danny Boy - with Diana KrallThis album is a follow-up to the 1995 album The Long Black Veil. The idea is the same: the Chieftains play house band for many guest vocalists and musicians. The difference this time around is that all the musicians and vocalists featured are women. Sinead O'Connor is the one return performance, and she justifies that honor with her sorrowful and beautiful rendition of the traditional song "Factory Girl." The roster of guests is diverse, and it is a credit to the musical ability of the Chieftains to keep a common thread going and blend their arrangements with all the different voices. Bonnie Raitt sounds just as much an Irish folk singer on her track "A Stor Mo Chrio" as Loreena McKennitt does on her version of "Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure." The trick is that Paddy Maloney's arrangements highlight the unique talents of each guest. Most of the songs are traditional Irish tunes with new arrangements, the exceptions being the haunting "The Magdalene Laundries" written and sung by Joni Mitchell and strange but somehow fitting "Sake in the Jar" written and sung by Akiko Yano. The song features Japanese percussion instruments and should stick out among the distinctly Celtic contributions here, but it blends right in. Paddy Maloney states in the liner notes that the point of the project was to "marry the many-faceted voices of contemporary women artists from around the world with the simple beauty of traditional Irish music." It is a job well done. ~ Susan Cruickshank, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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Artist: The Chieftains
Type: Album
Format: CD
Producer: Paddy Maloney
Release Year: 1999
Record Label: RCA Victor
Release Title: Tears Of Stone
Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard
Custom Bundle: No
Style: Celtic, Celtic Folk, Traditional Celtic, Irish Folk, British Folk, Contemporary Celtic, German, Central European Traditions, Traditional Irish Folk
Features: Sealed
Genre: World Music, Celtic
