What makes an irish heart beat
R. Smith | harlingen, texas | 11/22/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The latest offering by the Afro Celts is as great as the previous two installments. The album starts off with some dreamy worldbeat (`When I Still Needed You`) and then the trad Irish/dancehall stylings kick up into high gear with `My Secret Bliss` & the staggeringly beautiful `Mojave`. For those of you who prefer the `Nos` singing of Iarla O Lionaird, he makes the album sparkle with the songs `Mother` and the album's finale `Drake`.
For whatever it's worth, I'm convinced that the Afro Celt Sound System is the most important Celtic group of the 21st century. The end of the 20th century saw Sean O`Riada, Christy Moore and Shane MacGowan lead Irish music to a brave new world and the Afro Celts have managed to lauch the best of Irish music into deep space (marrying it to African music as they went along) Since Shane MacGowan's observation was dead on when he said there were "more pricks than kicks" it's great to find a band you can constantly get a kick out of ;-)"