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- Record Label: Hear Music
- Genre(s): Celtic, Pop/Rock, International, Celtic Fusion, Contemporary Celtic, Celtic Folk
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Positive: 9 out of 14
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Mixed: 5 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Q MagazineApr 13, 2012Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. [May 2012, p.94]
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Apr 20, 2012If its purpose is to celebrate the traditional Irish music that The Chieftains have played for half a century, note their influence and even open them up to new audiences, it does exactly that.
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Apr 23, 2012There are occasional flat spots (Paolo Nutini, the Secret Sisters) but ease, exuberance and quality easily outweigh any faux moments.
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Feb 21, 2012Plumbs current indie folk and country, with varying degrees of success.
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Apr 16, 2012As a tastefully populist exercise this set represents a job well done.
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Feb 21, 2012Voice of Ages is a good Chieftains recording; its solid performances easily outweigh its duds, but it feels like something less than a 50th anniversary celebration.
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Apr 19, 2012Paolo Nutini brings the apt timbre and weary dignity to "Hard Times (Come Again No More)", while The Decemberists' Colin Meloy has the sturdy asperity of a righteous ranter on a version of Dylan's "When The Ship Comes In".