1 Chi Mi Bhuam (I See Afar)
2 Cronan Beloghainn/'s Moch an Diu Gun d'Rinn Mi Eirigh
3 Gleann Baile Chaoil (Ballachulish Glen)
4 I Will Not Wear the Willow
5 O Mhairi 's Tu Mo Mhairi (Mary, You Are My Mary)/Riobainean Riomhach
6 Laoidh Fhearchair Eoghainn (Song for Farqhuar Ewen)
7 O Nach Eisdeadh Tu'n Sgeul le Aire (Oh That You Would Listen to ...)
8 Singing in the Dark
9 Puirt a Beul (Mouthmusic)
10 Luadh an Toraidh (Harvest Waulking)
11 Crucan Na Bpaiste (Burial Place of the Children)

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Silky and Lovely

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Beautiful, silky, sensuous music from one of Scotland's finest singers, frontwoman for Capercaillie. Considerably softer than Capercaillie's usual, and pure pleasure to listen to. I also recommend "Time to Fall" and "The Dreaming Sea."

A wonderful album, the cover says it all

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I really enjoyed this album. Karen's voice is pretty amazing to me anyway, but the music on this album really hangs together as a listening experience and I listen to it often. If you like Karen, or Capercaillie, you need this one.

Cellular Level??

 Album Rating: (3 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Nice voice in a provacative way within the confines of the Celtic tradition.Vastly unaware of a great talent, it is without doubt a mystery to me why such great artists are not as wealthy as the Sinead O Connors or Amy Winehouses of this world.On a Lunar level I would have to say this is a good cd.On a molecule level it's lovely.Ta,ta.

Supple yet vulnerable brilliance

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: There has never been any doubt about the vocal skills of Karen Matheson. The superb lead singer of Scotland's Capercaillie has one of the finest voices in the entire folk or world music scene. On this her third solo album she has finally matched that voice to songs that fully illustrate its supple yet vulnerable brilliance.

The songs are a deft combination of traditional and contemporary. Many are in Gaelic, some harking back to Matheson's childhood (the achingly beautiful "Chi mi bhuam" and the delicate "Gleann baile chaoil"); others of more recent provenance (eg Brendan Graham's haunting "Crucan na bpaiste"). James Grant (fretted instruments and backing vocals) provides two of the English language songs. The touching "Singing in the dark" is unusually but effectively in waltz time.

Another outstanding feature is the musical input of Ireland's Donal Lunny. His characteristic bouzouki work and co-arrangements with Matheson and producer Donald Shaw give considerable rhythmic drive to a number of tracks. An exquisite Gaelic song "O nach eisdeadh" and a mesmerising "Puirt a beul" exemplify this. The result is to broaden the appeal of an album that was already full of heart and soul. And it tends to reinforce my view that it's in the marriage of Gaelic language and Celtic music that Karen Matheson's talents are most powerfully manifest. Without doubt this is her finest solo album so far.

DownRiver CD -- O Nach Eisdeadh

 Album Rating: (4 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Heard this song on my car radio and loved it so much i was compelled to pull over to make sure i got the title and artist. her voice and this music resonate on a cellular level.