Review by Tom Demalon from allmusic.comWith the release of Anam in 1992, the Irish family act, with more than a dozen albums and 20 years behind them, had been pared to a quartet. Saxophonist Mel Collins spices things up on the jaunty "In Fortune's Hand," but most of Anam is slower and softer, mixing keyboard-based ballads with more folk-inflected tracks. Maire Brennan's voice is a thing of be...
A song that I wanted to share. The sunrise above themAs they make their wayIn the early morning lightNo backward glanceFrightened of tomorrowOn a lonely roadShrouded in misted rainThe vanquished raceChorus:They felt the touch of lonelinessThey felt the dread of fearAnd found the path of wisdomAlong the trail of tearsSo many ways of fallingA thousand barefoot tribesWho trusted promisesNo resting...