In a message dated 98-06-23 21:14:33 EDT, you write:

> Perhaps they're doing what Springsteen does....he recommends books and
> albums
>  often in his shows and people check them out b/c he has endorsed it. Maybe
> the
>  guys thought this would be a good way to boost her sales...b/c heck,
there's
> a
>  lot of good Celtic music out there, but if you're not Van or that "ex-
> choirboy
>  who went into a recordin' studio to record his parents' favorite songs for
>  their wedding anniversary and was heard by a record exec"--whatever his
name
>  is--you probably aren't outselling Matchbox 20.

IMO, Kirsty MacColl has as much to do with "Celtic music" as Teenage Fanclub
or the Vaselines or the Skids or Belle & Sebastian or Del Amitri... or Doug
MacMillan, for that matter.  There's more to bein' "Celtic" than a "Mac" in
yer name, or a granddad who wore a kilt.....

In my cd changer:
Maire Brennan-  Misty Eyed Adventures
The Chieftans-  Long Black Veil
Horslips- Live
Loreena McKennitt-  The Mask & the Mirror
Braveheart soundtrack