这位来自爱尔兰的女歌手Kate Purcell，她的首张专辑：《A Dream Unfolds》发行后，即受到爱乐人及乐评的瞩目，1998年得到Irish Music Magazine两项年度大奖：Best Rookie of the Year【年度最佳新人】及The Act to watch out for【最受期待的艺人】；历经三年多的创作、收歌与筹备，终于在2002年推出个人第二张专辑--《Shadows of You》。
在这张专辑中，拥有一把纯美清新嗓子之爱尔兰著名女歌手Kate Purcell，她从故乡爱尔兰出发，自然清柔的嗓音以民谣、乡村与现代风格，以清新完美的嗓子，以极真挈的感情唱出13首完美无瑕、难忘醉人的情歌，震撼每位发烧友的心灵。也因此这张《爱的影子》自推出以来，备受世界各地乐评人及乐迷赞赏。
Kate Purcell纯净的歌声，于开首一曲[Reasons To Leave] 中已表露无遗，在吉他及竖笛的协奏下，衬托出Kate脱俗出尘的声线，以极真挚的感情唱出这首民歌作品。与男歌手汤米‧佛雷蒙重唱Dan Seals名作[Lullaby] ，温柔而绝美的合唱，和声配合天衣无缝，令此经典金曲更见完美。主题曲[Shadows of You]，满载感情地倾诉一个动人的爱情故事，令你陶醉迷恋。改编自[Love Me Tender] 的[Nora Lee]，Katel手执木吉他边弹边唱，其定位与空间感可称一绝，录音师的功力在此碟中尽现无遗。
试听：Reasons To Leave - Kate Purcell
歌词：
Ireland's a dream
Of hope for what the day will bring
The land and the sea
Is what I've come to trust
All that I am
Is telling me I should not go
And all that I know
Is they're telling me I must
Reasons to leave
Are money and finding better work
Reasons to stay
Are music and love
Reasons to leave
Are fortune and fame for what it's worth
The reason to stay
Is heaven on earth
My brothers are ten
And sisters I have five
Four to one bed
Is room enough to grow
All that we are
Is all that I have ever known
And all that I have
Will be here when I'm gone
I've heard about work up in Boston
Laying tracks down to San Augustine
Sometimes with an eye for New Zealand
I lean
