Celtic Twilight

Various Artists

TRACKS
  1.  Farewell

         John Doan
  2.  Eastlander

         Steve McDonald
  3.  Diamond Dance

         Bill Douglas
  4.  Women Of Ireland

         Joanie Madden
  5.  Deirdre Of The Sorrows

         Mychael Danna
  6.  Windhorse

         Bill Douglas
  7.  Sweet Rain

         Bill Douglas
  8.  Skye Boat Song

         John Boswell
  9.  Origins

         Radhika Miller
10.  Lassie With The Golden Hair

         Alasdair Fraser
11.  Ancient Pines

         Loreena McKennitt
12.  Sky 7

         Mychael Danna
13.  Spirit Evermore

         Jeff Johnson
14.  Deep Peace

         Bill Douglas

Celtic Twilight is inspired by the swirling mists and the verdant hills of the Celtic landscape and the matchless folk music of Ireland, Scotland and beyond. With its poignant slow airs and brilliant dances, the compilation transports you to a dreamlike world. Celtic Twilight was the title given by William Butler Yeats to an 1893 book of stories and reminiscences of his Irish homeland. Like the musicians presented here, the young poet longed to reconnect with what was even for him a vanishing world. Celtic music sings of this world, embracing the extremes of a joyous society in its rollicking dances and somber introspection in its mournful airs and ballads. Suffused by centuries of suffering, redeemed by infinite beauty - it has captured the hearts and lifted the spirits of hundreds of generations of listeners.