John Spillane is both a fascinating and an incredibly passionate singer. I don't know of any other artist who sings the way he does. He has a great cork accent that has always been prevalent and almost a sean nos style of singing. A unique artist whose lyrics are brilliantly poetic, deep and moving. This is another masterpiece from John which I'm sure will go down a treat. "An album of songs in honour of the Island of Ireland, Mother Ireland, and of my own Mother - Mary Teresa Spillane”.

“Dark Rosaleen - dark and mysterious woman of dreams, your eyes are tired from weeping, the lakes of your tears glimmer gently on the island of visions and dreams. Fairy-tale visions of childhood, the magic and the pain of growing up in this crazy, magical land, the search for love, love lost and love found, and the never-ending dream of freedom, inside and out”.