Sacred earth

"There's no doubting Sharon Shannon's desire for wide open musical vistas. Her penchant for tango, reggae and blues is evident on her past recordings, and in Sacred Earth she mines a multitude of seams, extending her reach to embrace African influences in particular. The result is an ill-defined and confused collection, laden down by lumbering percussion ... Shannon's cover of the Canadian fiddle tune Frenchie's Reel, as well as The Merry Widow (from Franz Lehár's operetta) are both jewels that struggle for attention in the foggy mix".

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"We shouldn't, perhaps, be surprised to find [Shannon] here in partnership with another fearless adventurer, guitarist Justin Adams and find them delivering an apparently mind-boggling mix of blues, country, hip-hop, classical, rockabilly and traditional Irish and Scottish styles. And maybe we shouldn't be surprised, either, that it all fits perfectly naturally together and doesn't sound remotely forced or jumbled. Even the potentially disastrous idea of inviting Finbar Furey in to sing the old Jim Reeves hit "He'll Have To Go" works in this context, the cloying sentiment of the song and performance somehow converted into endearing charm ... There's a strangely compelling rap-reggae track (...), a strong sense of First Nation culture on the title track and plenty of whoopy-let-your-hair-down tunes to remind us that contained within the disparate styles she loves to embrace, there remains one of the finest accordeon players on the planet".