Niamh Parsons - Heart's Desire

(June 2002) 14 tracks: My Lagan Love * The Rigs of Rye * Jenny Picking Cockles / Colliers * West Coast of Clare * Banks of the Clyde * A Kiss in the Morning Early * Done with Bonaparte * New Holland Grove * The Brown Bull of Cill na Móna / The Tipperary Temptress * Brokenhearted I'll Wander * Syracuse * Tide Full In * Sweet Inniscarra * Bramblethorn.

This CD will indeed be the heart's desire of many people, as Niamh's glorious voice is so well-loved. Gentle accompaniment on the tracks allows Niamh's voice a great freedom of expression. Irish standards given Niamh's full treatment, old songs and newer ones, and some grand instrumental tracks of Irish reels and jigs.

Niamh Parsons (vocals) with Tony Gibbons (backing vocals), Josephine Marsh (accordion), Terry Coyne (backing vocals, low whistle), Dennis Cahill (guitar, mandolin), Graham Dunne (guitar) and Mick Kinsella (harmonica).

"In a voice filled with sweet melancholy and stately passion, Niamh Parsons sings traditional Irish songs, making ancient tales of love sound tender and immediate." (The New York Times)