Tracklist

01. The Fureys - Green Fields of France
02. Celtic Roots - Riverdance
03. Emmylou Harris, Dolores Keane, Mary Black - Sonny
04. The Voice Squad - The Parting Glance
05. Ben Lennon & Friends - Boys of Ballisodare, The Five Mile Chase
06. Tola Custy & Cyril O'Donoghue - Four Pence A Day
07. Nan Tom Teaimin - The Lambs On The Green Hils
08. Na Connery's - The Old Bush, Crooked Road to Dublin, Man of the House
09. Gerry O'Connor & Eithne Ni Uallachain - Mal Bhan Ni Chilleannain & the Destitution
10. Clannad - Dulaman
11. Eleanor Shanley & Eddi Reader - Bantry Girls Lament
12. Cotton Eyed Joe - Chieftains

Time-Life's 15-track Greatest Songs Ever: Ireland collection makes the assumption that the country's cream of the crop arrived between 1995 and 2005. Purists would most definitely disagree, as Irish music's late-'60s and early-'70s heyday were populated by some of the genre's most timeless figures (Clancy Brothers, Dubliners, Planxty). Taken as an overview of contemporary Celtic pieces, the compilation stands on firmer ground, displaying the talents of some of the island's finest modern practitioners such as Patrick Street, Altan, Lъnasa, and Danu. ~ James Christopher Monger