Dolores Keane - Night Owl

Dolores Keane is one of those rare singers whose voices mellow and improve rather than weaken with age. She has broadened her stylistic range and her performing repertoire in recent years, still focusing on the traditional music of her native Ireland but also exploring themes from other cultures and tunes by modern songwriters. Night Owl opens on a somber note, with a despairing song apparently about the Northern Irish Troubles, and the mood is scarcely lightened at any point thereafter; there is a gorgeous rendition of the mournful "Wind that Shakes the Barley," one lament, two back-to-back farewells, a lover's plea, a tale of mass martyrdom, and a song inspired by the street urchins of Sao Paolo.....Glorious.....Enjoy....xx

1 Dangerous Dance

2 The Wind That Shakes The Barley

3 New Deal

4 The Banks of the Nile

5 Dunlavin Green

6 Ballyroan

7 Aileen

8 Fare Thee Well a Stor

9 The Forger's Farewell

10 Jose

11 Make Me Want To Stay

12 Night Owl, The (Homeward Turns)

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Dolores Keane - Night Owl