Secret Garden - Earthsongs (2005)

Earthsongs is a curious title for an album that is unrooted in the firmament and seems far removed from any traditions therein. Instead, the duo of Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and Norwegian keyboardist Rolf Lovland make music lost in a gauzy haze of nostalgia and sentimentality. On Earthsongs, they move further from the safely exotic, Celtic-meets-New-Age sound in which they forged their early successes and float down an easy-listening path. With this album, Secret Garden takes a seat in the faux-classical lounge, a room occupied by artists like Percy Faith, Bert Kaempfert, 101 Strings, and other forgotten meisters of orchestral pop who were washed aside by the breaking waves of rock in the early '60s. ~John Diliberto

Tracklisting:

1. Sometimes When It Rains
2. Fields Of Fortune
3. The Reel
4. Always There
5. When Darkness Falls
6. Sleepsong
7. Lotus
8. Searching For The Past
9. Daughters Of Erin
10. Half A World Away
11. Grace
12. Raise Your Voices


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