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    I saw this a few months ago, also. Beautiful voices, beautiful women. A good combination, if you ask me! ;)

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    I saw them a few months ago as well. As has been said, great singers (and musicians) and definitely easy on the eyes.
    We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb

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    I just saw their CD at Target and I was wondering if it was worth getting. Based on your comments, I may have to give it a try.

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    I saw this PBS special and I have to say this is not my type of music. While the ladies are talented and beautiful, I found this act to be overly produced, like boy bands. I love traditional music and the rawness of it's organic energy and these ladies are a created product that is being marketed like lite beer. Just my 2 cents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by millar
    I saw this PBS special and I have to say this is not my type of music. While the ladies are talented and beautiful, I found this act to be overly produced, like boy bands. I love traditional music and the rawness of it's organic energy and these ladies are a created product that is being marketed like lite beer. Just my 2 cents.
    I feel the same way, and I can't help but wonder how many other more talented voices were passed over for pretty faces.

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    I won't argue with the point that the production is highly polished - maybe too much so. I WILL say that any talk that faces mattered more than voices is silly. Their voices are AMAZING.
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    My wife got the Celtic Woman CD while shopping for her sister's wedding, so here's my opinion, with apologies if I offend.

    I like alot of it. Some of the pieces are just happy, sappy PC stuff (reminds me of some pop 'Christian' praise and worship manure, but I digress), but the Gaelic stuff is very good.

    Other tracks are excellent, well produced, and really well put together.

    I'd say it's worth the purchase, just for the good tracks.

    My whole family hates the bad ones. Just too much Windham Hill type stuff.

    Their voices are good, and once in a while, very good.

    Whoever selected the music for these girls needs to be a little more consistent, and avoid the malarkey. Just weeding those few out would make it a truly great album.

    Just my opinion, though.

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    Not impressed...
    If you want real celtic women, try:
    http://www.dervish.ie/ Cathy Jordan
    http://www.moyabrannan.com Moya Brennan
    http://www.niamhparsons.com/ Niamh Parsons
    http://www.karenmatheson.com/ Karen Matheson

    just to name a few.

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    My cousin's sister-in-law is a Celtic musician as well, named Ashley Davis. She's American but studied music in Ireland. She sang an original song called "Beannacht" (I think) for their wedding and also sang a very ethereal version of the Cranberries' "Dreams". She's very talented. Just figured I'd share her website since we're talking about Celtic Women singers:

    http://daisyrings.com/

    Hope you enjoy.

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