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The Gathering

by Various Artists
Real World Region: Europe
Mar 1997

This album was recorded live in Cork at Éigse Na Laoi 1995: The Gathering. Like good music which does not want to stop, its end was its beginning. Another round was called, and everyone knew the tune - a tune that spins now like the globe itself, creating a celestial music for all who will listen.

Reviews

This is not Celtic music for the secular: it is a direct experience of a pagan mythos, and it makes the hairs on your nape tighten...all the work here has the understatement and deceptive simplicity of complete mastery...This is trans-Celtic music of the purest refinement, woven by masters of the form: Zen Celtic.

19-26 June 1997

Press review from: Time Out, New York (USA)

The talent level is consistently brilliant and the result is a rich and varied audio encyclopedia of today’s living traditions.

August/September 1997

Press review from: Dirty Linen (USA)

...delightful compilation of spirited live performances...

August 1997

Press review from: Insite (UK)

..a gathering of souls, hearts and hands, in celebration and anticipation.

9 June 1997

Press review from: Cmj New Music Report (USA)

..an album bursting with concert-performance drive and daring.