Hollie Smith - Light From a Distant Shore (1999)

At the age of 16, Hollie turned Celtic music inside out. She reached #2 on the BBC Worldwide C charts and was nominated for "Celtic Album of the Year" by NAV. Combining soaring Celtic melodies with Hollie Smith's unique and talented vocals, Light From A Distant Shore is an album about love, life, happiness and sorrow. Hollie Smith is a prodigious artist and winner of the Best Vocalist award at the National Jazz Festival in her native land of New Zealand. Recorded, produced and engineered by award-winning Celtic artist, Steve McDonald (who also provides lead vocals on "Fields of Athenry" and "Fallen Flowers").