CD: Broceliande by Broceliande

Acoustic quartet Broceliande plays Celtic music from the British Isles & the Medieval & Renaissance music of the European courts, castles, & countryside. Featuring stellar vocal & instrumental harmonies, their entrancing sound is built on the interweaving of up to four-part vocals with the lyrical music of the Celtic harp, octave mandolin, cello, guitar, flutes, whistles, percussion, harmonica, & melodeon. This magical debut CD includes original arrangements of traditional & Early music & ranges in feel from driving, danceable Celtic beats to haunting, atmospherically lovely harp-based ballads. Their lyrics, including some in Medieval French & Portuguese, speak of love & longing, quests & revels, magic & transformation, in an evocative style in the same vein as Loreena McKennitt, Clannad, & Alan Stivell.