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Celtic Woman Proves Everyone Really Does Love an Irish Girl
By Colleen Jurkiewicz

John F. Kennedy said it best. What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart?

Irish music is usually gritty. Even the most hopeful ballads and the most lighthearted drinking songs have an edge of despair to them, and the same goes for the performers. Tommy Makem was a legend, but he wasn't exactly polished – if he had been, he probably wouldn't have been a legend at all.

But that polish was what struck this audience member most about the Irish supergroup Celtic Woman at the Milwaukee Theatre Sunday afternoon. These ladies are lace-curtain Irish through and through.

First of all, they're all alarmingly gorgeous. The quartet's members – Chloë Agnew, Lisa Lambe, Susan McFadden and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt – look like Druid Disney princesses, with long flowing hair and soft brogues. They speak like they attended finishing school and flash megawatt smiles.

I've always felt that Irish songs are best sung in dimly-lit pubs, with beer on the floor and curse words flying. So when you see these statuesque beauty queens in bejeweled evening gowns, you're not quite sure what to expect.

But then they start to sing – or in Nesbitt's case, play the fiddle – and you kind of forget that you ever underestimated them.

Whatever the singing equivalent of the gift of the Blarney is, these girls have it. Their vocal range is wide and they can – and do – hit any note. Each girl could have a successful solo career, undoubtedly, but their voices are made stronger by how well they complement one another, and it made for an intense theatrical experience.

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 That's  a wonderful article !  8)

Great article! :)