A New Journey [Deluxe Edition] (CD - 2007)

Personnel: David Downes (vocals, whistling, piano, grand piano, harpsichord, keyboards, percussion); Des Moore (guitar, bouzouki); Andreja Malir (harp); Eoghan O'Neill (bass guitar); Ray Fean (drums, bodhran); Robbie Harris (bodhran).

Audio Mixer: Andrew Boland.

Recording information: RTE Studio 1, Dublin, Ireland; Slane Castle; Windmill Lane Recording Studios.

Director: Tara Leigh Chiari.

Unknown Contributor Role: Dave Kavanagh.

Arranger: David Downes.

The chart-busting Celtic Woman are a group of vocalists whose thrilling harmonies and fiery interpretations of traditional and modern folk songs have charmed an international audience. What distinguishes Celtic Woman from other Irish folk groups is the clever way they weave their emerald webs around even the unlikeliest songs. So in addition to fife-and-fiddle rave-ups like "Dualaman" and "Carrickfergus," the women lend their dynamic choral singing to "Over the Rainbow," "Beyond the Sea," and "Scarborough Fair," and somehow make these chestnuts sound fresh and alive and, well, Irish.

Celtic Woman, a Riverdance-inspired PBS phenomena that boasts the talents of several female leads and a whole lot of orchestra and genre instruments like pipes, bodhrans, and fiddles, gives contemporary Celtic the Il Divo treatment on New Journey, a lovely and occasionally over the top collection of familiar melodies and grandiose sentiments that should please both the Celtic new age and the adult alternative crowds. [New Journey is also available in a "Deluxe Edition" that boasts four bonus cuts.] ~ James Christopher Monger

Celtic Woman, a Riverdance-inspired PBS phenomena that boasts the talents of several female leads and a whole lot of orchestra and genre instruments like pipes, bodhrans, and fiddles, gives contemporary Celtic the Il Divo treatment on New Journey, a lovely and occasionally over the top collection of familiar melodies and grandiose sentiments that should please both the Celtic new age and the adult alternative crowds. [New Journey is also available in a "Deluxe Edition" that boasts four bonus cuts.] ~ James Christopher Monger minimize