The debut album by
the High Kings was issued by the same folks who had a hand in
Celtic Woman and Riverdance, and consists of easy listening and buffed-and-polished Irish folk music of appeal to an audience that is comparatively massive for the world music fringe: this album made the lower levels of the Billboard Top 200 album chart.
The High Kings is glossy and polite -- targeted perhaps toward listeners who enjoyed the pennywhistle on
Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" -- even on tunes that strive to be upbeat and frolicsome. ~ Stewart Mason