Artist: Beyond the Pale
Album: The Music Plays Me
Year: 2006

Every once in a while a moving CD can transport the soul from the pressings of rolling chair, desk and strobing pc text toward a barefoot meadowed respite. "The Music Plays Me" is such a vehicle.

There is variety, but it is of the up-to-par sort that provides a musical solace of consistency with the wherewithal to simultaneously interject clever phraseology.

Gordon McLeod's original Irish style reel combo "Princess Morgan/The Skipper" is a lively testament to this man's dedication to his craft. His composition "Sligo" will 'conjure up a double rainbow' bowed on a rhythmic and lyrical journey. A fiddled blend of harmonica coupled with the beguiling vocals of Christy McLeod and Betsy Cummings bring an emerald sparkle to a country song entitled "Old Silver" composed by Radney Foster. Saxophone and vocals are provided by John Delaney in "Who Are These People," which is just the Bohemian take on popular culture that could spill from any random coffee shop conversation in the heart of the Irish Channel of New Orleans.

Gordon, Betsy, Christy and John collectively play an incredible range of instruments including mandolin, hammer dulcimer, bodhran and tin whistle. The quartet artfully arranges the music, and they all sing, too! Definitely consider Beyond the Pale a must-see group if you are lucky enough to have them play at your local heritage festival.

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Dionne Charlet is a freelance writer based in Greater New Orleans. She is a contributing writer for Where Y'at Magazine and reviews music for Marc Gunn's Celtic MP3s Music Magazine. Dionne runs the Cast Aways Open Theatre Troupe and performs with her fellow Cast Aways volunteers at Ren faires, sci-fi cons, charity venues and festivals throughout the Gulf Coast and beyond. Mrs. Charlet also works as an Outreach Coordinator for the Humane Society of Louisiana. You can contact Dionne at SHIATARA@AOL.com.

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