CD title "TEARS OF STONE". This CD is amongst my best buys! Combine the Cheiftains music with some superb female vocalists and you have a gem of an album to listen to. The fact that the special guests are all women gives you a clue to the main theme of the album, yes, it is love, and I unashamedly admit I am a bit of a softie! I won't list every track, but I will mention a few of my favourites The first track is a talk track, with background music composed by Paddy Molony. It is the voice of Brenda Fricker (better known from the TV series casualty) speaking the words of W.B. Yeats, and is entitled "Never give all the heart". ...  Read the complete review

On 'Tears of Stone' the Chieftains joined up with a variety of wonderful female singers to give traditional Irish songs a modern feel. Each song on this CD features a different female singer (the list includes:- Joan Osborne; The Corrs; Natalie Merchant, Sinead O' Connor and Mary Chaplin Carpenter). My favourite tracks from Tears of Stone are Joan Osborne's goosebump-inducing rendition of Raglan Road. I am not a huge Corrs fan, but I loved them singing I Know My Love (a very bouncy and upbeat song). Siuil A Run is one of those songs that never fails to move and The Fiddling Ladies will certainly get your feet tapping. One song is sung in Japanese (I ...  Read the complete review