Spend $9.49 at Amazon and get Mairead Nesbitt's brand new (in fact, I think that I read on one website that it was still a pre-order item there) album,
Hibernia. Alternatively, pay
nothing, and get the entire 15-track album from NoiseTrade.
You may have never heard of Nesbitt before. But you may have heard of the music group
Celtic Woman. Well, Nesbitt was a member of that group, until she decided to strike out on her own recently.
Hibernia is her first solo album.
Let me quote a few lines about Nesbitt, and her new album, from NoiseTrade:
No stranger to the Celtic and world music scene, Máiréad Nesbitt, formerly of global phenomenon Celtic Woman steps out on her solo journey with Hibernia
. Steeped in the traditions of both classical and Irish folk music, Máiréad brings the seemingly irreconcilable worlds of the Celts and the Classics together to create an exhilarating album of the music and tunes of Éire. Hibernia features beautiful slow airs, vocals, lively dance tunes and ferocious fast paced reels.
I listened to the entire album, courtesy of my free account with Spotify. I would call her music eclectic, with a Celtic element being most dominant. The violin, as in Celtic music, is often prominent in her songs. Frankly, I don't care for pure Celtic music--it's just too grating or something. I was very pleased with her music, where the Celtic element was more subdued. NoiseTrade describes the genre as "World: Celtic." You can read more about what they say about the album,
here.
I don't think that you'll need it (ha), but here is
the webpage at Amazon for the album, in case you want to pay $9.49 for it. I don't think that you'll find it a source for much more information of real help than I've given above or that you can find at NoiseTrade, however.
In case you've never used NoiseTrade before, here is how to download the
free album. Go to
NoiseTrade's dedicated webpage for the album that I mentioned above. Underneath the thumbnail is an orange button that says "Download." Click on it. Follow the prompts and instructions. It will download to your default drive as a zip file, and unpack as MP3 files.
They strongly will encourage you to leave a tip along the way, but you do not have to leave any at all in order to receive the album.