Celtic Woman at TPAC

Last night my wife and I has a chance to see Celtic Woman at TPAC in downtown Nashville. It was our second time seeing them live, and let me tell ya...it wasn't the last.

It's hard to say exactly what Celtic Woman is. The name makes it hard to describe because there isn't just one celtic woman. There are five. Orla, Lisa, Meav, and Chloe are four equally different, but yet equally beautiful vocalists and Mairead is the fiddler player who's onstage charisma in more like Tinker Bell than any fiddler player I've seen.

The show is a blend of theatre and concert. The voices may be uber fem, but the songs and orchestrations are not. David Downes, the composer and musical director, writes incredible scores and arrangments that showcase each of the woman on their own, but then brings them all together for some pretty breath-taking ditties. There's something very haunting and magical about the music of Celtic Woman.

A few facts:
Celtic Woman was officially launched in the US in March 2005 on PBS.

Since then, the Celtic Woman CD has been certified gold and the DVD has been certified platinum.

They have been No 1 in the Billboard World Music Charts for over 45 weeks and PBS has aired and re-aired the show on over 300 PBS stations across the US.

The girls solo albums were released in the US at the beginning of January 06 and all debuted in the Billboard World Music charts a feat only matched by Kiss in 1978. Who would have thought that Celtic Woman and Kiss would have something in common!

If they are ever within a 3-4 hour radius from you-GO AND SEE THEM! They are phenominal!