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Kate Price -- Deep Heart's Core
One reviewer described Kate Price as "half fairy and half Gypsy." This is the album that proves it to be wonderfully true. Easily lumped in with Celtic or folk genres by unknowing music chains, Kate Price's music is in fact a mixture of those traditions combined with her own inspired compositions. Indeed, in the liner notes, Price remarks on how she spent many of her childhood nights listening to Bulgarian music, and that flavor has definitely stayed with her through the years.
Deep Heart's Core has a feeling of unity that Price's first album, The Time Between, did not quite manage. Price's storytelling slips well from selection to selection, making the entire collection vibrate with emotion as well as the irresistible beat.
Kate Price again combines ballads and instrumental songs, some her own and some with lyrics or music borrowed from other sources. The entire album is filled with her trademark hammered dulcimer and hummell, the warmth of her contralto voice and an energy which leads from dancing to dreaming and back again.
The first song on the album, "The Labyrinth," demonstrates immediately both how well she can write as and how keen her sense of how music and words work together. The song creates a vivid and almost palpable vision of the journey toward a wedding. A later addition, "The Journey On," proves that the first is no fluke, providing an energetic and poignant portrait of nomadic life.
"Rest Sweet Nymphs," "Si'il a R'in" and "So Ghostly Then the Girl Came In" are the songs which have borrowed lyrics and newly arranged music. "Rest Sweet Nymphs" is a sweet and playful lullaby accompanied by just the right amount of comfort and humor in Price's voice and music. "Si'il a R'in" is a commonly recorded traditional from Ireland, and here Price gives it more beat than is often done, which stresses the narrator's anguish and strength. "So Ghostly Then the Girl Came In" borrows its lyrics from poet Robert Hillyer, and the music is all Kate Price. In this song you can hear echoes of her first album's "Calling Me Home," the longing and delicate, ethereal music making a powerful emotional impact.
Of the instrumental selections, which are fewer than on The Time Between, "Rio Del Corazon" is a favorite, filled with layers of her voice as a wordless instrument and a story which the listener can create for himself. Traditionals such as "Eliz Iza -- Jump at the Sun" and "Sonatina Montenegro" sparkle with spirit.
There were no disappointments with this album for me. Every song leads easily into the next without losing their unique feel, and once again, Price's voice connects the album and emotions together. The entire album is at a higher energy level than her last, and the shift works well. There were many moments when first listening to the album for the first time when I was moved to boogie a little around my room, or at the very least chair dance, which for me illustrates just how much power a CD can have.

Tracks:
1. Labyrinth
2. Rio del Corazon
3. Sonatina Montenegro
4. Place of Spirit
5. Rest Sweet Nymphs
6. Journey On
7. Temple of the Wind
8. Siúil a Rún
9. Eliz Iza-Jump at the Sun
10. So Ghostly Then the Girl Came In
The best of Mary Black -- Looking Back

玛丽.布莱克（Mary Balck）1955年5月22日生于艾尔（Eire）。玛丽是深具音乐传统的布莱克家族的一员, 并与之一起灌唱片和演出. 她的父亲是一名小提琴演奏师，母亲是歌唱演员. 她的早期音乐生涯是在都柏林的民歌酒吧里度过的，但是在1983年，"玛丽布莱克"扩充到4名成员, 而且，她的专集还获得了爱尔兰独立音乐艺术奖，很显然，她们想有点大的作为. 此后不久，德.当那（De Dannan）加入布莱克乐队, 在1986年其离开之前，一起录制了两张专集, “献给爱尔兰的歌”（"Song For Ireland"）和 “赞美诗”（ "Anthem"），尽管不为人所知, 她还是在1984 年“布莱克家族最爱的歌”这张专集中担任一部分和声及部分制作工作。德当那在时，布莱克依旧担任主唱，并于制作人德克兰.西诺特合作了“无人喝彩”（"Without The Fanfare"）, 绝大多数为现代歌曲, 后来这些歌曲成为流行金曲。1987年和1988年, 布莱克被爱尔兰摇滚音乐奖选为最佳女艺人。“无止境”（"No Frontiers"）与布莱克家族合作的这张专集,除了是1989年的畅销唱片之外，还打进了美国的新成人现代榜（the New Adult Contemporary charts）的前20名。这张专集在日本也获得了巨大的成功, 并促成了布莱克1990年10月的首次日本巡演。尽管在一些乐评人看来，布莱克在近期的代表作品如“路之中间”（'middle of the road'）中，向循规蹈矩表示了公然的反抗，但仍然保留了对爱尔兰传统的真挚情感。但是，她的确对较现代的作品有着出色的演绎. 她还与布莱克家族共同合作了两张专集。除了在南茨.格里费斯（ Nanci Griffith ）的演唱会上友情演出外，布莱克还与艾美娄.哈里斯（Emmylou Harris）和桃乐斯.基恩（Dolores Keane）在纳什维尔的电视连续剧 “带它回家” （"Bringing It All Back Home"）合作演唱. 1991年的4月, 布莱克结束了她的美国巡演回来完成“树林中的宝贝”（ "Babes In The Wood"）专集的制作,并于同年7月发行. 这张专集取得了爱尔兰歌曲榜的冠军, 并在第一名的位置停留了5周的时间. 1991年，她的演唱会取得了巨大的成功并在英国和日本的巡演中赢得了更为广泛的听众群。直到 “树林中的宝贝”这张专集，她先前所有由答拉Dara公司发行的唱片才在英国得到广泛的销售。在以往的成功基础之上，“闪耀”（ "Shine"）这张专集到达她事业的颠峰，成为她的畅销唱片.

唱片曲目：

01.Soul Sister
02.No Frontiers
03.Summer Sent You
04.Columbus
05.Adam At The Window
06.Bright Blue Rose
07.Looking Forward
08.Only a Woman's Heart
09.Vanities
10.Loving Time, The
11.Carolina Rua
12.Ellis Island