Celtic Treasure

1	Let Me Lie 5:06
2	Scarborough Fair 3:11
3	Shenandoah 3:21
4	Summer Fly 3:39
5	Whispering Hope 2:02
6	Danny Boy 3:41
7	Summer Rain 3:58
8	Last Rose of Summer 3:38
9	One Fine Day 3:31
10	Sonny 3:12
11	The Water Is Wide 3:32
12	Melancholy Interlude 1:38
13	Abide with Me 3:34

Barnes & Noble

On the heels of her joint venture with Irish singing sensations Celtic Woman, which resulted in a CD and a concert DVD that was broadcast on PBS, young star Hayley Westenra digs deeper into the music of her heritage on her third solo disc, Celtic Treasure. Although a New Zealander by birth, Westenra traces her ancestors back to the Irish motherland (she even knows the name of the boat they set sail on in 1851). And with her pure, youthful voice, she launches into such classic folk material as "Danny Boy," "Scarborough Fair," and "The Last Rose of Summer" -- songs she learned on the knees of her grandparents as a child. But Westenra also embraces the wider world of song here, extending to the American standard "Shenandoah," a choir-backed "Whispering Hope," and even versions of Madame Butterfly's "Un bel di" (One Fine Day) and the John Dowland (and Sting?) inspired "Melancholy Interlude." Westenra originals like "Summer Rain" and "Let Me Die" show that the singer also has an eye on the future: "New music has to be written, new songs created, otherwise we are robbing the future of a past," she sagely writes. Still, it's with the timeless simplicity of the classic English hymn "Abide with Me" that Westenra signs off on this delightful musical journey. EJ Johnson

Metro UK

[Westenra] never fails to add a fresh and modern twist to all she touches, seamlessly breathing old-style warmth and charm into bang up-to-date interpretations. Rating: 5/5 Suzanna Bain