reason06 wrote: 

Thanks for playing this to help me "rise above" my tedious work this afternoon!

No matter what you hear or don't, it's pretty kicking. Ach laddie, I be shoppin some of this, yeah, mon.

 TheFriendlyCat wrote: 
Yeah, there's only a bodhran, bones, fiddle and pennywhistle.  Nothing Celtic about that. 

I love this band.

I dunno, maybe i'm deaf, but i'm not hearing a lot of 'celt' to this...

Really quite nice indeed.
Riverdance, that schlock?

Didn't they sing this in The Lion King?

philbertr wrote: I don't think Bill's too worried about "the negativity". Everyone has their opinion about art (isn't that the point...to provoke an emotional reaction?) and if he didn't want to know ours these little message boards wouldn't exist.  He probably mines them for ideas and feedback and the occasional humorous bit. It would be horrible for there to be nothing here, or worse...all positive comments.

I give this one a 5 because I don't think it does a very good job of representing the genre but it's a pleasant enough listen and here, "5" is still "decent". What I don't get is how some people react to negative comments as being somehow illicit. If you record and release music into the world you are a professional even if you are an "indy artist" and fair game for artistic criticism. Even the little sucko-barfo dude is valid commentary since it comes from a listener.

 mgkiwi wrote: 
Nope, someone made me a present of one of their CDs ages ago - I think I played it once.  I really like Celtic music but this just hits all the wrong buttons. Elevator music for the Riverdance generation, this (and the Corrs fit that pattern too)

 mgkiwi wrote: 
Actually, its completely worth the investment.

 tony99 wrote: 
I know what you mean so I take it's not worth the investment then!

 mgkiwi wrote: 

Very well put, my friend - this kind of 'kitchen sink' approach to any ethnic music is annoying in the extreme ...

See them live, they are amazing.

the first three were great, but the Afro-Celts are so fake it's not funny.  And Bono has ben a moumental bore (musically and otherwise) for SO long ....

Who are these - U2 meets the Corrs. Quite like them - is the album with the investment?

AfroCelts-Rise Above It
Azam Ali-In Other Worlds
Cracker-Sidi Ifni
Led Zeppelin-Kashmir

Great sequence, Bill!  Keep up the great work!  Never mind the negativity ("rise above it") most of us love what you are doing!

it does have a U2 quality to it....but with a better beat.
I have a couple older AfroCelt Sound System recordings that are GREAT....this is a bit different.
I still prefer Baka Beyond tho'.

Gawd - the Afro Celts and someone who sounds like Bono.  Frightful ...

 Captain_D0D00 wrote: 
Well, since you obviously don't like the whole premise of what Bill and Becky are doing, why don't you just go somewhere else where you can be happy and spare the rest of us your whiny drivel.  You might want to try something from Clear Channel.

AfroCelts are bothering me these days...

cattail321 wrote:...so - farmers pray for rain and the pope prays for nazis?..

...i thought he looked kind of evil...

doctec wrote:

I think this is U2 everytime

Great background music to work to...which is what I do during the day.

MOTORSKILLS.....EVERYBODY'S RACIST...TO SOME DEGREE!!
EVEN THE POPE DISLIKES NAZIS!!!!! BUT HE STILL PRAYS FOR THEM

THINK OF IT AS PINK FLOYD WITH RYTHME....LOL...SORT OF!!

whtahtefcuk wrote:

whtahtefcuk/donnyballgame: you guys are tough.

mysteryplane wrote:

Huh? III

A bit more mainstream sound than ACSS usually goes for, but I like it. A lot. Now just play "Rise" before this song and it's epic!

3 minutes...not bad
4 minutes...ok
5 minutes...hmmm
6 minutes...wow, long song
7 minutes...WTF
8 minutes...Where's my Xanax
9 minutes...Where's my Colt 45

I know St. Paddy's is coming up, but c'mon RP.