Many will recall Leahy from such high-profile gigs as its tour with fellow Canadian Shania Twain in 1999 or the PBS special that airs during a pledge drives. As with its last album, Lakefield, the eight brothers and sisters mix...more.
Didn't really listen to this CD...BUT I did see them live recently. So...if the recorded versions of what I heard can compare to the live...dead on. Didn't get everyone's name but the girl can play...more.
Leahy is unlike any other Celtic band because of their amazing fiddling. Said fiddling is definately the highlight here. The songs seem less than stellar at first, but they actually grow on you after a while. This album is not to...more.
I saw Leahy in concert at Milwaukee's Irish Cultural Center. The experience is beyond words. We were clapping, yelling, and dancing in our seats! That prompted me to buy their first album and I was not disappointed. The musicianship is...more.
The watershed moment of Celtic music hitting the American mainstream in the mid-1990s had mixed results. The genre of Celtic music has many aspects and to each their own, a good Celtic album should comprise mostly minor tunes. These tunes...more.