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The Irish Tenors: Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, Finbar Wright. Recorded at Windmill Lane Recording Studios, Dublin, Ireland. This collection of Irish favorites old and new will be sure to find a place in the hearts both of expatriates and those whose Irish lineage may be a little more open to question. The Tenors, here accompanied by a considerable orchestra and choir, consolidate their reputation for classy renditions of timeless classics with selections such as "Forty Shades of Green," "Macushla," and, of course, "Danny Boy." They also pay tribute to the place that so many expatriate Irish men and women call home with "God Bless America," which is a fitting finale to this unabashedly sentimental album. Though unarguably not as authentic in its settings of Irish music as, say, the Chieftains' albums, ELLIS ISLAND undoubtedly captures the spirit of Irish exiles all across their adopted homeland. After the events of Sept. 11th, and the six-month anniversary of that tragedy, an album based on Ellis Island seemed all the more poignant (especially since more than a few of the firefighters who lost their lives in the tragedy were of Irish descent). Consequently, in the days following the tribute marking the aforementioned anniversary, ELLIS ISLAND quite rightly found itself in the Top 200 album charts. Think of it as a celebration of freedom.