I don't know where to start.

Took this CD with me on a really long drive last week, and listened to it over, and over, and over. Part of the trip I had my two little girls with me. My older one would rather play Ricky Martin, but after the second go-round was saying,"Play that one again! And that one! I think I've got the words now!"

The choice of songs gives such a broad (in the variety) and deep (in the story of each one) picture of the Irish-American experience. Some of them brought new life to the all the stories my grandfather told me when I was small, which I heard with a child's ears, but 'get' now with wisdom (one hopes) gained since then.

And the way Dan sings these songs you can see the glint in his eye, or the tear, or the laughter. WHAT A TREASURE! The music, and the additional voices, really give each track a different flavor, too.

I'll be digging through it for more trails to follow in studying history, and can't WAIT to sing some of them myself.

Can we talk about some of these songs after we've listened to them all a bit more?

Dani