OK, winter is coming, time to get the player going.
I was amused to see a rather unique record label… Real World Records… (Since we’re Politics from the Real World, here) while snaking my way through the used record isle the other day. The label, as I gather it was founded by Peter Gabriel. The disc was interesting of itself… I’d heard of the Afro-Celt Sound system before… mostly on a little FM near Albany, while going through that way a few years back. When I found Volume 3: Further in Time (On a double length CD, and a UK only release, no less) I decided to take a chance. Glad I did. (How’d it get here?)
As the name implies, the group is a mixture of cultural sounds, with more than a little leaning on the drum kits. Sorta like Shadowfax with Celtic mixed in, and a lot heavier beat. 
Apparently, they managed to get Peter Gabriel to sing with them for what sounds like a single to my ear, called “When You’re Falling”. Robert Plant is on the guest list, as well.
Alas, the group was a victim of 9/11… in that just as they were getting going, a number of their dates were canceled by the events of 9/11.
Very interesting sounds, for when you’re feeling a bit more adventuresome. To give you an idea of the total effect, I asked my computer to play the first track, “North” in a mix, and it without much hesitation mixed it with Gabriel’s “Red Rain”, and then went to Blue Man Crew’s cover of “White Rabitt.”
Reccomended.
