Celtic music and dance have taken North American culture by storm, becoming the soundtrack of our age. "Riverdance, Braveheart, Gael Force, and "Celtic Tides are just a few of the shows featuring Celtic music. Aside from such notable male acts as The Chieftains, this music has largely been written and performed by women, either as solo artists or as band leaders, whose work has been compiled, somewhat anonymously, on such "CDs as A Woman's Heart and "Women of the World: Celtic. But who are these women? What inspired them to perform? What do they feel about traditional and contemporary Celtic culture? Based on exclusive interviews, "Celtic Women in Music profiles the careers of 30 artists including Maire Brennan (Clannad), Dolores Keane, Eileen Ivers (Riverdance), Mary Jane Lamond, Karen Matheson (Capercaillie), Loreena McKennitt, Maddy Pryor, June Tabor, and Jean Ritchie. These musicians reveal the devotion to traditional Celtic culture that inspires their art and the sense of personal sovereignty that informs their lives as women.

Unleash your inner warrior and embrace a timeless vision of the divine: strong, courageous, feminine. Craft your own spiritual practice centered firmly in the Celtic mystical tradition. In this book you'll discover how any woman can awaken the Goddess spirit and release the wisdom and magick that is her birthright.

This songbook arranged for easy piano contains music from Celtic Woman's The Greatest Journey: Essential Collection and four pages of color photographs. This compilation of their most-beloved and memorable songs includes "The Call," "Pie Jesu," "Ave Maria," "You Raise Me Up," and two bonus songs, "Mo Ghile Mear" and "Spanish Lady." Titles: Ave Maria * Beyond the Sea * The Butterfly * The Call * Danny Boy * D laman * Green the Whole Year Round * Harry's Game * The Isle of Inisfree * Mo Ghile Mear (Live from Slane Castle) * Orinoco Flow * Pie Jesu * Shenandoah (The Contradiction) * The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun * Somewhere * Spanish Lady (Live from Slane Castle) * The Voice * You Raise Me Up.

Historian Markale takes us deep into a mythical world where both man and woman become whole by realizing the feminine principle in its entirety. The author explores the rich heritage of Celtic women in history, myth, and ritual, showing how these traditions compare to modern attitudes toward women.