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Genre:
Gospel
Release Date: 05/03/2005
Contemporary Celtic and
gospel music come together on this album from prolific author, singer, speaker, and worship leader
Sheila Walsh. Each lilting and deeply melodic cut is awash in an impeccably played sea of pedal steel guitars, keyboards, Uillean pipes, and string and
choral arrangements that complement
Walsh's rich alto, although one wishes that the 11 tracks that comprise
You Raise Me Up would have included at least one of the thousands of faith-based
ballads and airs that have populated
Celtic tradition for centuries rather than consisting primarily of by-the-book modern
praise & worship songs in an Irish wrapper.
~James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide