by Catherine L. Tully

Artist: Kilrush
Album: "Keltoi Anam"
Year produced: 2008

This CD is features a "good bunch 'o guys" doing their thing and letting you in on the fun while they are playing. Kilrush is a group of gentlemen who enjoy what they do when they get together and make music; it shows. Something about them has the fun vibe of the Kingston Trio--for those of you who have heard of that group before. A camaraderie like that isn't easy to come by, but it is here on the CD in each and every track. This is the band's second CD, and they dedicated it to their fathers.

The album has a traditional feel to it and it is a good, solid length at ten tracks--just enough to get a feel for the band's style and enjoy their music. The star of the show has to be track 9, "She Moves Through The Fair/Wind That Shakes The Barley". This is a song that the band has been playing and refining since they first came together, and it shows. There is a pulse and energy to the song that makes it a standout track here. Everything is capped off nicely by the last track as well, a mazurka--"Sonny's Mazurka," to be more specific. The mazurka was supposed to have been on CD number one, but makes its debut on this one instead.

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Catherine L. Tully is a freelance writer and photographer who specializes in the arts. She has written for American Style and Classical Singer, among other magazines, and reviews music for Marc Gunn's Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. You can reach her through her website at CatherineLTully.com.

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Posted by Catherine L. Tully, Saturday, August 23, 2008.
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