Karan Casey - Seal Maiden: A Celtic Musical
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Artist: Karan CaseyEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-07-04
Music Label: Music Little People
Soundtracks:
- We're Going Sailing
- Dialogue
- Cradle Song
- Dialogue
- Silkie Song
- Dialogue
- Seasons
- Dialogue
- Wriggly Eels
- Dialogue
- Waves Down in the Ocean
- Dialogue
- Port Na Bpucal
- Dialogue
- Song of the Seal
- Dialogue
- Taim Cortha Bheith Im' Aonar Im' Lui
- Dialogue
- Seoithin
- Dialogue
- Maidin Aiseach
- Dialogue
- Loony Moon
- We're Going Sailing (Reprise)
Music reviews of Seal Maiden: A Celtic Musical
Music Review: Love it AND so does my daughter
Rating: 5 Stars
I've heard so many kids' CDs out there that are frankly pretty stupid; they seem to assume that kids are (musically speaking) idiots. This CD is different, though. The music is intelligent and gorgeous and you can say the same about the narration. We both really enjoy listening to it!
Description of Seal Maiden: A Celtic Musical
Using such traditional Irish instruments as uilleann pipes, the low whistle, the concertina, and the violin, as well as some of the purest, sweetest voices to be heard on a children's recording in recent memory, Seal Maiden: A Celtic Musical relates a mystical tale. Despite her mother's warnings, a playful seal pup frolics too close to the shore, magically molts her sealskin, and turns into a human. The Seal Maiden's humanness leaves her heartsick and discontented; she misses her mother and can't shrug off an atavistic affinity for biting off eels' heads and devouring them whole, as well as other strictly-for-the-seals behavior. Eventually, though, she marries and has a son. When he discovers his own hidden sealskin, he becomes her gateway back to the sea and the slippery, song-filled life she left behind. If this Emerald Isle legend sounds familiar, that's probably because it was recently given silver-screen treatment in John Sayles's The Secret of Roan Inish. Narrator and lead singer Karan Casey (of the traditional Irish group Solas) is enchanting, especially on "The Song of the Seal" and "Seoithin." Musicians Martin Hayes (violin) and Dennis Cahill (guitar) display near-magical heart-melting powers on "Port Na bPucal," which captures the Celtic spirit beautifully. And then there's this album's intended audience--kids--to consider. Children ages 6 and up will be left spellbound by the Seal Maiden's fantastic saga, and those under 6 will be lulled into sweet dreams by its gentle-voiced, exceptionally talented singers, whose far-off land of salty waves and endless possibilities they evoke so gracefully. --Tammy La GorceGeneral CDs
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