The Sea of Dreams
by 
Davy Spillane
  Audio CD (September 15, 1998)
  Number of Discs: 1 
                                          
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           Dreaming Of The Bones, The - (featuring Sinead O'Connor)
           Daire's Dream           
Reviews 
Amazon.com  There's something to be said for specialization in any field--and that includes the music biz. Davy Spillane plays Uilleann pipes, which isn't exactly like playing the bass. You don't get calls to every session. But if you're a world-class Uilleann pipe player of Spillane's rank, the likes of Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, and Elvis Costello come calling when a particle of piping is required. The Sea of Dreams finds the veteran woodwind player continuing to explore his muse as a leader. Unwaveringly cinematic in scope, Spillane's music conjures images of rolling hills and crashing waves. O'Connor, who employed Spillane on her 1987 Gospel Oak EP, returns the  favor here, singing "The Dreaming of the Bones" and "Danny Boy." That latter warhorse is particularly striking; say what you will about Sinead, she's always been a commanding interpreter. Her presence brings this Irishman's ethereal music down to earth, where at least a portion of it belongs. --Steven Stolder 
 

  from Seattle,WA , October 14, 1998  
haunting and uplifting 
As someone who uses celtic music in the advance of bodywork, I find Davy Spilane to embody
the hybrid of sad haunting tunes and the wavy green notes that have come to express best the
Irish component in music and spirit. I cannot reccomend this issue highly enough to anyone wishing to taste the way Irish music was meant to be savored.