The Journal of Music

Ghost Songs: Contemporary Music and Words from Ireland, released on the Divine Art Métier label, is a 35-track album of music and poetry. Featuring the Laetare Vocal Ensemble conducted by Roísín Blunnie, and harper and singer Síle Denvir, the album is built around nine choral pieces by composers Seán Doherty, Rhona Clarke and Michael Holohan. Each piece is preceded by the poem on which it is based and these are interspersed with readings by Paula Meehan, Dairena Ní Chinnéide, and Marina Carr. Carl Corcoran reads texts by Yeats and Irish-American modernist Lola Ridge (1873–1941), while Ní Chinnéide reads Seán Ó Ríordáin. This is a diverse, atmospheric album produced by Blunnie, with excellent performances by Laetare, Denvir and the poets.

—anonymous reviewer