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Almost as famous for their killer cheekbones as their astounding musical chops, this Platinum-selling Irish family band (sisters Andrea, Caroline and Sharon plus brother, Jim) has cut a major swath, garnering an international fan-base with their Celtic-flavored electrified pop and feisty live shows. They decided to cut an album of mostly traditional songs as a memorial to their mother, Jean, a musician and song collector who died in 1999. But as with Sinead O’Connor’s 2002 Sean-Nos Nua, their treatments, while perfectly authentic, also reflect their more usual style. The opening selection, a spooky lullaby called 'My Lagan Love', features martial-sounding drums, washes of parlor piano and banked strings straight out an Arab-Andalouse orchestra. 'Peggy Gordon', about unrequited love, has a retro folk-rock back-beat that works beautifully with the plaintive vocals. 'Old Hag' is a rollicking instrumental while the Irish-language 'Buachaill On Eirne' and 'Brid Og Ni MHaille', if a tad unidiomatic, do not lack charm. But the track that lingers longest in the ear is 'Dimming Of The Day', a gloriously moving ballad from the pen of British singer-songwriter Richard Thompson. --Christina Roden
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