Artist: Cliudan
Album: Anymore
Year produced: 2008

This is not the first album by Cliudan, and you can tell. There's a solid sound here, even though some experimentation takes place from time to time. The sound, a nice combination of traditional and progressive, never loses the influence of Celtic sound; drawing on both Irish and Scottish music for inspiration and direction.

Easy acoustics and friendly vocals make this an enjoyable CD to listen to. Nothing so heavy it will take you down, but enough thoughtfulness to make you reflect a little here and there. The band members cite a myriad of different musical influences as their muses, but the sound they deliver is all their own. It's nothing quite like other music I have heard, which is a refreshing change.

I particularly liked the last track, "Johnny Don't Go," which has a drive and feel to it that pulses and pushes it along quite nicely. The band really goes with the flow, which makes it almost feel like you are hearing live music--but with no crowd to interfere with the sounds. All in all, the sounds I heard here were both unexpected--and appreciated!

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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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