Reviews
 'At least three of the tunes on this incredible CD could bring you to tears.  The first is 'Morning Mist, which is about the first glimpse one gets of Ireland through the clouds as the plane prepares to land at a sometimes misty Shannon Airport.  The second is the set of jigs, 'Strike the Gay Harp/Tell Her I Am' mainly because of Keane's impossibly and effortlessly sweet accordion work.  The third is the heartrending 'Na Connery's, about a family forcibly transported to New South Wales by the English in 1838 for political reasons, a common enough occurrence then...TIME OUT NEW YORK, 1998.

'With the same warm and easy manner that is so evident in the sleeve notes which James has written, the music flows and soars and twists and turns with style, flair and talent through a list of fifteen superb tracks.  Flynn, Malloy and Glackin shine through beside the wonderful playing of Keane.  The lilting of Conneff like the fiddling of Tommy Peoples is infectious and not least among the gems on this disc are a couple of compositions by Keane himself.  This production is more than a bit special...JIM KELLY, IRISH MUSIC MAGAZINE

'He's (James Keane) a ferociously good button-box player, amongst the best Irish stylists I've ever heard, with flair, ferocious attack, enviable accuracy and glittering ornamentation.  And it's small wonder that a musician of such caliber should have, in his Dublin days, got involved with the very best traditional musicians on the scene.  The roll-call for this album is dazzling.....and while the high anticipation generated by  a stellar cast-list can sometimes lead to disappointment, that doesn't happen here...BRIAN PETERS, FOLK ROOTS