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Amazon.com Like the material heard on the A Woman's Heart series, the selections included on Celtic Woman represent the contemporary yet introspective side of Irish music. It includes a fair sprinkling the high, creamy, ethereal sopranos typical of the Celtic Twilight esthetic made famous by Anuna, Enya, and Clannad. But there are also a good many chesty altos and big-voiced pop belters. Rita Connolly packs a clarion-like mezzo of the stripe that has made Mary Black a household name, Áine Furey¹s loosely-raveled pipes sometimes channel Stevie Nicks¹ yeasty growl, while Marian Bradfield could easily become the Irish Patsy Cline. In fact, the tunes themselves often harbor haunting parallels with American old-timey music, which was after all descended from imported Scots-Irish traditions that got land-locked in the Appalachians. With so much high-end diversity on tap, the album has a remarkably broad appeal and should delight fans of modern Celtic styles, country pop balladeers, singer-songwriters or any combination thereof. --Christina Roden Product Description Seven labels have come together to produce Celtic Women, an album of over 60 minutes of some of the best in modern Celtic Vocal music. Celtic Woman immediately establishes an evocative mood, which sustains throughout. The contrasting styles of the artist featured compliment and enhance each other perfectly. This album features: Loreena McKennitt, Aine Furey, Marian Bradfield, Fiona Joyce, Rita Connolly, Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill and Melanie O'Reilly.