The Corrs - Home

Many of the songs on Home are an integral part of the rock-bed of Irish culture and musical identity, such as My Lagan Love, Moorlough Shore and Black Is The Colour. A couple of them - Buachaill On Eirne (Boy From
Ireland) and Brid Og Ni Mhaille - are even sung in Gaelic. ''I used to sing them in the choir at school, so we've always known them,'' Andrea Corr recalls. "And it's such a beautiful, poetic language to sing in.''
Another song from the Home sessions Return To Fingal (a track that will be included in additional formats) celebrating one of the greatest of all ancient Irish kings, is said by scholars to be 1000 years old. Yet there are also 20th century compositions songs by the likes of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott (Old Town), so that Home represents, literally, a millennium of Irish song.

''We've always blended our Celtic influences with the songs we write,'' Andrea Corr says. ''That's the root of one side of our music and our inspiration. It's a big part of who we are. We felt we owed it to ourselves and to the fans who complain every album that there's not enough of the traditional Irish element. We've definitely crushed that complaint on this record! Now people will probably say 'where's the pop?'
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