It was over a year ago that I first heard of this Celtic Fusion Folk Rock band out of Atlanta, Georgia named Emerald Rose. I reviewed their song "Hills of America", a wonderful anthem about the dream of America. Their popularity soared in the MP3.com heyday, and they disappeared from the MP3.com charts. But they are back...and better than ever.

Where've they been, well they've been eating up the Atlanta Celtic scene with regular performances and we last saw them at I-CON 21 on Long Island in NY where they were on tour. That was my first opportunity to see them live and to fully understand why they decided to make their latest CD, "Fire in the Head" a live CD. They put on one helluva show with people dancing in the asiles of the convention hall!

"Fire in the Head" is also the title track off their live CD. It's rapid-fire lyrical reel based on works of Amergin and Taliesin. As they say, "a happy-go lucky song about Celtic shamanism!" To me though, it is just a great well-written original song that very smoothly cross the boundaries between traditional Celtic and modern rock. I can visualize them rockin' away with Sting or some other pop-rock celebrity, and as well as they are doing in Atlanta, they may one day be doing just that.

If you get a chance, head out to the Atlanta Celtic Festival on the weekend of May 17-19 where you can get a copy of their latest CD. And here America's Celtic Folk Rock!

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Website: Emerald Rose
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Buy CD: Fire in the Head

Posted by Kristen, Thursday, May 02, 2002.
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