The Hidden World is Changeling's latest album. The Hidden World is an exploration of the different faces of Celtic Music: fiery dance tunes and songs are woven together seamlessly with laments, tales of ordinary life and stories of the Gentry or Sídhe (now called the Faeries). The powerful musicianship and stripped-down arrangements - most tracks have guitar, fiddle and voice only - deeply evoke the stark beauty, joys and sorrows of the Celtic experience.

The Hidden World marks a new sound and approach for Changeling. It is both traditional and original. The album features several tunes written by fiddler Deborah Clark Colón, including Deborah's tribute to the spirit of Charlie Parker, The Pizza Reel. Many of the songs on the album will be new to listeners, dragged out of the hidden vaults and archives of Irish and Scottish music, edited and rewritten by Karl Clark Colón (those old songs can be really long . . . ). This music was put together with traditional Irish tunes and other music, and beaten into a new sound by Deborah, Karl and producer Ged Foley (of Patrick Street and The House Band).

It is at once upbeat, accessible, obscure and eerie, and that's quite a trick. This album also features the first time that guest musicians have appeared on a Changeling album. Ged Foley appears on two tracks playing guitar, mandolin and shaker, and Craig Markley makes a completely unexpected debut as a Tibetan throat singer. The Hidden World was recorded at Lone Raven Studios in Delaware, Ohio during May and June, 2000 with Craig Markley at the knobs and sliders.

The tracks on the album are:

Love at the Endings

Bonnie Dundee (lyrics)

The Colóns' March

Shane Crossagh (lyrics)

Blue Ash

The Brewer Laddie (lyrics)

The Hawthorn Tree (lyrics)

Jenny Pippin

The Jazz Hornpipes

Song of Repentance (lyrics)

The Thirtieth Year

The Jolly Farmer (lyrics)

The Blackthorn

The Factory Bell (lyrics)

To listen to mp3 versions of some of the tracks on the album or to buy it, click here to go to CD Baby.com (where you can do both)!

To order this CD from Madcelts Mail-Order Direct, please send a check for $15 for each CD (this includes shipping, handling and tax) to:

Changeling (Enterprises) Ltd.
P.O. Box 218185
Columbus, Ohio 43221

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