When I went to Irishfest a couple of years ago, I appreciated a performance by an artist who had an absolutely incredible voice, but it was an outdoor performance with a loud, drunk crowd, and she wasn't exactly showcased to her best advantage.
Mea Culpa. She is an amazing artist who can sing you to an orgasm if you let her. Having some Irish heritage I might consider myself biased, but I don't let that bias influence me with music.
She has received world-class glowing reviews from virtually every critic on the planet. Her music is lilting, has that beautiful Celtic overtone, the instrumentation on her cd's is just what you would expect...Keyboard, Guitar, Pipes, the Cauld Pipes, Tin Whistle and Bouzouki. fiddle done in that special Celtic style....and more. They are the perfect complement to her stunning vocals.
Having just bought her 1993 CD Somebody, I am three behind, but the next three could not be any better than this one. Her rendition of Shenandoah makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, and her song Rosemary's Sister made me want to just sit there and cry, and is completely apropos to today's world environment.
She is well known on the folk circuit internationally, and a much sought after artist for her haunting voice on other projects.
Her subsequent CD's, The Wishing Well (1994), If Ever I Return (1997) and The Border of Heaven (2000), are beautiful, but I have not listened to those in their totality, only heard snippets of them.
Somebody rocks my world. It is one of the most beautifully sung, expertly produced to match content, and well done pieces of music ever published.
Connie Dover has been hiding her light under some rock. Or I would have found her sooner.
Article comments
1 - Justene
This review was chosen for Advance.net. You will be able to find it on newspaper sites including Cleveland.com.
2 - Dana Huff
Sounds like it's right up my alley. I'll have to check it out.
3 - Claire
If this review can highlight the artist, it was worth the effort. She is amazing. Thank you dana...Thank you Justene. I suspect there are other thanks to be made which I have done in private.
Claire