The Corrs - New CD Borrowed Heaven Out Soon

Let me say this up front. The Corrs new album is not a traditional Irish album by any means. It is pure pop music, albeit with plenty of grit and imagination and a very strong hint of where it all came from.

Just a few years back in London I had organized a party for Altan after a big festival that had featured some of the best Irish talent in the world. Such was the respect that people in music have for Altan that many other showbiz style parties were ignored and our party ended up being a who's who in Irish music. My favorite moment was at the bar itself at about 3am where out of no-where a “superband” seemed to form and included Moya from Clannad, Mairead from Altan, Mary Black and on guitar, from the Corrs, Jim Corr. Over the years I have seen the Corrs in many such laid back sessions putting their hearts and souls into our great traditional music. This is how they grew up; back in Dundalk , all practicing and learning together with traditional music as the solid background to the many influences that would mould them into the classy and polished pop band they are today.

They still use those influences and the traditional instruments on stage, even sometimes going into sets of almost purely Irish traditional music as part of the live show.

The new album Borrowed Heaven hits the stores next week in America having already reached the top of the charts in Ireland, the UK and Germany with no signs of sales slowing down. Once again the band have taken some very strong songs and given them that typical Corrs “spit & polish” and turned out a very classy album indeed.

From the opening track Summer Sunshine, which is coincidentally the single release, they show great imagination in the arrangements. Any of the songs could be put out as a single with strong melodies and hooks that will have mainstream radio here keeping the band on heavy rotation.

But there is so much more underneath than three glamorous women and “that other guy on guitar” You can tell that this isn't music manufactured and boxed by the record company. This is years of hard work by a tight family unit who have embraced many outside influences and found a huge international market for their sound. Of course the look of the girls and their smoldering yet innocent “Irish Colleen” image doesn't hurt things at all. but without the genuine underlying talent the band wouldn't have made it past the first few of their 11 years together.

As it is the Corrs are on a roll and amid all the great arrangements there are plenty of musical reminders that the band know exactly where their music comes from and on the last beautiful track Silver Strand they close the whole show on a very Irish note indeed.

This CD is not for pure traditional fans but is certainly a good choice for your teens who think all that diddly diddly music you listen is for old folkies.

To have a listen to tracks from Borrowed Heaven or watch the video click on the links below;

For the Listening Party Visit HERE

Also you can visit the band's own website at THE CORRS

and don't forget you can also win the chance to hear the Corrs live in Dublin .