With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I decided to listen to some Irish songs. I’ve always enjoyed the Irish group, Celtic Woman. Diane and I attended one of their concerts and came away with their songs on our lips and joy in our hearts. I have many Celtic Woman CDs, but if you were to ask me which Celtic Woman CD to listen to, I’d recommend Decade.
Decade is basically a Greatest Hits set with 4 CDs full of Celtic Woman hits. Some are contemporary, many are traditional Irish songs, and some are classics. These CDs present the best works of the Celtic Woman group while celebrating 10 years of success.
Are you a fan of Irish music? Any favorites here? GRADE: A
TRACK LIST:
| The Songs | |||
| 1-1 | You Raise Me Up | 4:30 | |
| 1-2 | Caledonia (2013 Version) | 4:57 | |
| 1-3 | Orinoco Flow | 3:30 | |
| 1-4 | Fields Of Gold | 3:47 | |
| 1-5 | Danny Boy | 3:24 | |
| 1-6 | A Woman’s Heart | 4:24 | |
| 1-7 | When You Wish Upon A Star | 3:14 | |
| 1-8 | Amazing Grace (2013 Version) | 5:47 | |
| 1-9 | Harry’s Game | 2:29 | |
| 1-10 | When You Believe | 4:27 | |
| 1-11 | Bridge Over Troubled Water (2013 Version) | 2:56 | |
| 1-12 | May It Be | 3:45 | |
| 1-13 | The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress | 3:13 | |
| 1-14 | Isle Of Inisfree | 3:25 | |
| 1-15 | The Parting Glass | 4:15 | |
| The Show | |||
| 2-1 | The Sky & The Dawn & The Sun | 5:19 | |
| 2-2 | Awakening | 5:14 | |
| 2-3 | The Voice | 3:06 | |
| 2-4 | Newgrange | 3:06 | |
| 2-5 | The Call | 4:16 | |
| 2-6 | Songs From The Heart: Walking The Night/The World Falls Away | 6:41 | |
| 2-7 | One World | 3:47 | |
| 2-8 | Galway Bay | 4:12 | |
| 2-9 | Green The Whole Year ‘Round | 4:46 | |
| 2-10 | Follow On | 4:48 | |
| 2-11 | You’ll Be In My Heart | 3:59 | |
| 2-12 | Beyond The Sea | 3:19 | |
| 2-13 | The New Ground / Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears | 6:38 | |
| 2-14 | O, America! | 3:47 | |
| 2-15 | The Soft Goodbye | 3:58 | |
| The Tradition | |||
| 3-1 | Mo Ghile Mear | 4:49 | |
| 3-2 | Black Is The Colour | 3:43 | |
| 3-3 | Dúlaman | 3:04 | |
| 3-4 | The Butterfly | 3:00 | |
| 3-5 | Téir Abhaile Riu | 4:03 | |
| 3-6 | Siúil A Rún | 3:43 | |
| 3-7 | Scarborough Fair | 3:12 | |
| 3-8 | Granuaile’s Dance | 3:39 | |
| 3-9 | Níl Sé’n Lá | 3:34 | |
| 3-10 | Carrickfergus | 3:42 | |
| 3-11 | Spanish Lady – Live From Slane Castle | 2:22 | |
| 3-12 | The Coast Of Galiçia | 3:34 | |
| 3-13 | She Moved Thru’ The Fair | 3:29 | |
| 3-14 | My Lagan Love | 2:49 | |
| 3-15 | The Foxhunter | 3:27 | |
| The Classics | |||
| 4-1 | The Last Rose Of Summer | 3:36 | |
| 4-2 | Non C’è Più | 4:48 | |
| 4-3 | The Blessing | 3:48 | |
| 4-4 | Ave Maria (2011 Version) | 4:17 | |
| 4-5 | Lascia Ch’io Pianga | 3:30 | |
| 4-6 | You’ll Never Walk Alone | 3:57 | |
| 4-7 | Pie Jesu | 3:28 | |
| 4-8 | Nella Fantasia | 3:39 | |
| 4-9 | The Prayer | 4:18 | |
| 4-10 | Somewhere | 2:11 | |
| 4-11 | Vivaldi’s Rain | 2:10 | |
| 4-12 | The Lost Rose Fantasia | 2:16 | |
| 4-13 | Over The Rainbow | 2:36 | |
| 4-14 | Walking In The Air | 3:28 | |
| 4-15 | Nocturne | 3:32 |
I’ve never given Celtic Women a fair hearing, perhaps, since (or even particularly when I was dealing with them professionally for almost two decades) I’ve rarely been too fond of PBS pledge fodder.
But, on a slightly less Gaelic tip, check out this review of a “new”/newly-released (last year) Wings album which was actually recorded while BAND ON THE RUN was riding charts: https://bloggerhythms.blogspot.com/2025/03/paul-mccartney-wings-one-hand-clapping.html
Denny Laine doing in 1974 the biggest hit of his version of the Moody Blues, “Go Now”…I never paid close attention to wings, gather a reading of “Go Now” was not uncommon at their concerts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w31Y9egl4I&list=PL74Uecfru1pFuvyRkcCxBUPHbrLZB56aN