Phil Coulter - Lake of Shadows

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Music Review: A Masterpiece
Rating: 5 Stars

He doesn't feel the need to show off by getting real busy on the
piano keys like some artists. He lets his splendid melodies do
the work. His unadorned, ofttimes plaintive style of piano,
brilliant in its simplicity, is a real gift to his
listeners.

Coulter's ability to pen a lyric rivals the wonderful melodies. No greater evidence is on Lake of Shadows. Each song shines, but three in particular have special meaning; Star Of the Sea, For Those Who Peril On the Sea, and The Shores of the Swilly. These three very personal songs, explained so delicately in the dust jacket, are tributes to Coulter's brother and sister, who both drowned in Lake Swilly. The woman who sings Star of the Sea has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. And Sinead O'Connor sounds as if she's crying while she sings Shores of the Swilly.

As I write this, bodies are still being dug up at The World Trade Center. The more I listen to this music, I can't help but see the parallel of these victims and fallen brave to those "buried in the arms of the deep" on Coulter's CD. Two years ago at Christmas time, my sister's brother-in-law, a fireman, was killed battling a burning house. He had a baby in his arms when they found his buried body... "May you peacefully sleep in the arms of the deep. May the sea that took your life now set you free. And in the dark of the night, With the wind at its height, May you guide the fearful sailor, like the Star Of The Sea."

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