My review of Ancient Land

Ancient Land
A very good, ethereal, dark opening. I feel like Tara's began to fiddle in a different style, lower and darker. A very nice sound with original quality. The vocals are a bit monotonous, but that does have a nice effect. Good way to start the album.

Homeland
I suppose they wanted to include it, since it was an important part of the last tour, and because it is a very nice original. However, I do think it doesn't fit well into this album. I don't mind it in the least.

Moorlough Shore
Very good arrangement, and a very good way for Éabha to show off her unusual voice! This could also have been a song for Órlagh in the original show, dark, and blue, and deep. A very good mystical song, and a very good first solo. Most of the album has a light, warm feel to it, this one if the opposite.

Follow Me
Méav co-wrote this, and it's really unusual! It sounds very modern, but at the same time very Celtic. A nice crossover, stylistically, and a refreshing original. It could have been written for a movie or video game, by the sound of it, which is very cool. The only low point is that it doesn't have enough intensity for its speed.

County Down
A very pleasant, sweet song, very well done by Mairéad. Nothing outstanding, but surely a lovely, easy little song.

Love & Honor
A beautiful, bittersweet violin solo for Tara. As mentioned before, I think Tara's style changed with this album - or for this album - to a darker, fuller tone. It's very interesting and original. I wonder what else she's got upher sleeve.

Mná Na hÉireann (Women Of Ireland)
My favourite song from this album, and one of my favourite Celtic songs in general. An unusual, beautiful arrangements, and gorgeous vocals of our girls!

Sive
As fun as always, very nice, I like it! No, seriously, it's always great and I love the instrumental intro!

Shenandoah
I love Megan's voice, and I love this song! The arrangement is perfect, delightfully simple and natural, showcasing Megan's voice without pushing it. A very good version of a classic.

Long Journey Home
This song very much showcases the group harmony, and Megan Walsh's quality and wide range. The way she used her voice in her first line in this song reminded me a little of, I don't know, Joan Baez, maybe? That lovely sound she made when she sang "ascend the ladder" was just a little thing, but somehow my highlight of the song. It's a gorgeous song, besides, and probably my second favourite on the album.

Tara's Tunes
Tara's the first CWutie to have her own Tunes, and her name in the title! That's something, to say the least. Delightful as always.

Ae Fond Kiss
My favourite solo song. It's absolutely beautiful, and my favourite Mairéad Carlin solo - aside from Scarlet Ribbons, which have a personal meaning for me. I love the way she, well, told the song. I know this is a strange way to put this, but I often feel she has a very compassionated and tender way of singing the lyrics of her songs.

Faith's Song
An unusually contemporary song for this album, and a very good one too, even though I dare say it isn't really my taste. Megan did a very good job though.

Garden of Eden
Éabha wrote this! And she did so amazingly well, as well as performing it. As with Faith's Song, this one just doesn't fit my taste too well, at least not upon hearing it only a few times. It's very nice still.

Be Still
Very lovely, very original, very short. A little gem, that song.

Going Home
Probably the highlight of the last tour, finally on an album. Beautiful as always.