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Homecoming – Live From Ireland
''Homecoming – Live from Ireland'' is the first full-length live album and tenth home video release by the group Celtic Woman, released worldwide on 26 January 2018 by Manhattan Records. Background On 20 April 2017, Celtic Woman announced a special performance of their '' Voices of Angels'' world tour at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on 2 September of the same year. In July, it was confirmed that the show would be recorded as the next DVD release and concert special for American broadcaster PBS from the group. The lead performers in the concert are vocalists Mairéad Carlin, Susan McFadden, Éabha McMahon, and instrumentalist Tara McNeill. This is the group's first concert special and home video release to feature McNeill as a lead performer, although she appeared on the group's previous home video release, ''Destiny'', as the harpist of the accompanying live band. For this concert, McNeill performed on both the violin and harp, making it the first time that a lead instrumenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show ''Riverdance.'' In 2004, Downes recruited five Irish female musicians who had not previously performed together, vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, as the first lineup of the group that he named "Celtic Woman". Downes chose a repertoire that ranged from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs. The show was meant to be a one-time event held in Dublin, Ireland, but multiple airings on PBS helped boost the group's popularity. The group's line-up has changed over the years. Fourteen albums have been released under the name "Celtic Woman": '' Celtic Woman'', '' Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration'', '' Celtic Woman: A New Journey'', '' Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey'', '' Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart'', '' Celtic Woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destiny (Celtic Woman Album)
''Destiny'' is the tenth studio album released by the group Celtic Woman. Background On 5 August 2015, Celtic Woman announced that a special unnamed free-to-attend-but-ticketed concert performance would be taking place and recorded in the Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin, Ireland, residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin since 1715 and where the first Dáil proclaimed the Irish Declaration of Independence in 1919, on 13 August 2015. Due to high demand from audiences based in the United States, the group confirmed on 7 August that the performance would be their next concert special for American broadcaster PBS. The concert began airing on PBS stations across the United States in late 2015 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in early 2016. ''Destiny'' features vocalists Mairéad Carlin, Susan McFadden, Éabha McMahon and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, with vocal director and former member Méav Ní Mhaolchatha and German singer Oonagh as guest performers, and vocalist, harpist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Raise Me Up
"You Raise Me Up" is a song originally composed by the Norwegian-Irish duo Secret Garden. The music was written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland, and the lyrics by Brendan Graham. After the song was performed early in 2002 by the Secret Garden and their invited lead singer, Brian Kennedy, the song only became a minor UK hit. The song has been recorded by more than a hundred other artists including American songwriter Josh Groban in 2003 and Irish boy band Westlife in 2005 whose versions were hits in their countries. Welsh singer Aled Jones and all-female Irish ensemble Celtic Woman have also recorded successful covers. Background Løvland composed an instrumental piece in 2002 and titled it "Silent Story". He later approached Irish novelist and songwriter Brendan Graham to write the lyrics to his melody, after reading Graham's novels. The song was performed for the very first time at the funeral of Løvland's mother. The original designated vocalist was Johnny Logan, who r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice (Eimear Quinn Song)
"The Voice" is a song by Irish singer Eimear Quinn that was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, representing . The music was composed, and the lyrics were written, by Brendan Graham, who had also written and composed "Rock 'n' Roll Kids", the Irish winner from the 1994 contest. The victory, which was Ireland's fourth in five years, was their seventh (and to date last) contest victory, which remains a record for the most contests won by a single country. History Brendan Graham had originally submitted "The Voice" for consideration to represent Ireland in Eurovision 1996 via a recording made by the neo-traditional Celtic band Dervish. However, after "The Voice" had been advanced to the final for the Irish national round for Eurovision 1996, known as ''The National Song Contest'', Graham attended a performance by the Anúna chorale at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, where he was struck by the voice of Anúna member Eimear Quinn. Graham was, indeed, so struck by her vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Under The Bridge
"Water Under the Bridge" is a song by English singer Adele from her third studio album '' 25'' (2015). Adele wrote the song with its producer, Greg Kurstin. Columbia Records released the track as the album's fourth single on 14 November 2016. A mid-tempo pop and soul song, "Water Under the Bridge" incorporates influences of 1980s music, R&B, and a gospel choir over guitars and snare drums. Inspired by her relationship with charity founder Simon Konecki, who Adele dated for seven years and married in 2018, the song speaks of forgiveness and details the crucial point in a courtship of determining whether one's partner is willing to put in the work to make it succeed. Music critics praised Adele's vocal performance, though some thought it was too loud and criticised some of the production choices. It reached the top 10 in Israel, Poland, Belgium, and Iceland and gained Platinum or higher certifications in Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Adele performed it for her NBC speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westering Home
"Westering Home" is a song that was written by Hugh S. Roberton in the 1920s. It was subsequently adopted as the slow march of the Royal Navy. Lyrics It runs as follows: Chorus Westering home, and a song in the air, Light in the eye and it's goodbye to care. Laughter o' love, and a welcoming there, Isle of my heart, my own one. Verse 1 Tell me o' lands o' the Orient gay, Speak o' the riches and joys o' Cathay; Eh, but it's grand to be wakin' ilk day To find yourself nearer to Islay. Verse 2 Where are the folk like the folk o' the west? Canty and couthy and kindly, the best. There I would hie me and there I would rest At hame wi' my ain folk in Islay. Verse 3 Now I'm at home and at home I do lay Dreaming of riches that come from Cathay I'll hop a good ship and be on my way And bring back my fortune to Islay "Ilk" means each. "Canty" means neat or trim. "Couthy" means homely, simple, unpretentious. "Islay" is pronounced "Isla". The tune is a modified version of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fields Of Gold
"Fields of Gold" is a song written and performed by English musician Sting. It first appeared on his fourth studio album, '' Ten Summoner's Tales'' (1993). The song was released as a single on 7 June 1993, reaching 16 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 23 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song also reached No. 2 in Canada and No. 6 in Iceland. In 1994, it was awarded one of BMI's Pop Songs Awards. Background "Fields of Gold" and all the other tracks on the album were recorded at Lake House, Wiltshire, mixed at The Townhouse Studio, London, England and mastered at Masterdisk, New York City. The harmonica solo is played by Brendan Power, and the Northumbrian smallpipes are played by Kathryn Tickell. The music video was directed by Kevin Godley. The cover of the single was photographed at Wardour Old Castle in Wiltshire, as was the cover for the album '' Ten Summoner's Tales''. In ''Lyrics By Sting'', the singer described the view from his 16th-century Wiltshire manor house: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Boy
"Danny Boy" is a ballad, written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1913, and set to the traditional Irish melody of " Londonderry Air". History In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, the English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly initially wrote the words to "Danny Boy" to a tune other than "Londonderry Air". An alternative story is that Margaret Weatherly sent him a copy of "Londonderry Air" in 1913, Weatherly modified the lyrics of "Danny Boy" to fit its rhyme and meter. Another alternative version of the story has Jess singing the air to Weatherly in 1912 with different lyrics. Another alternative story is that Frederic did not set the poem to any tune, but that his sister-in-law Margaret Enright Weatherly, who together with her husband Edward were living near Ouray, Colorado at the Neosho mine, set the poem in 1913 to the tune of the "Londonderry Air" which she had heard as a child in California played by her father and other Irish railroad workers. Weatherly gave t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dúlamán
"Dúlamán" (Irish for " channel wrack", a type of edible seaweed) is an Irish folk song. The lyrics of the song relate to the Irish practice of gathering seaweed, which has been done for various purposes, including as fertilizer, bathing, and food. The song title was used in 2016 as name of an Irish music and dance show called , which competed in the finals of the German talent show ''Das Supertalent'' in 2017. The song was used both on its own and as a motif of the 2014 Irish animated film "Song of the Sea The Song of the Sea ( he, שירת הים, ''Shirat HaYam'', also known as ''Az Yashir Moshe'' and Song of Moses, or ''Mi Chamocha'') is a poem that appears in the Book of Exodus of the Hebrew Bible, at . It is followed in verses 20 and 21 by a ...". References External links 1976 Clannad lyrics [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Heart Will Go On
"My Heart Will Go On" is a 1997 song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion. The song serves as the main theme to James Cameron's blockbuster film '' Titanic'', based on an account of the transatlantic ocean liner of the same name which sank in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. The song's music was composed by James Horner, its lyrics were written by Will Jennings, while the production was handled by Walter Afanasieff, Horner and Simon Franglen. Released as a single internationally on November 24, 1997 from Dion's fifth English-language studio album, '' Let's Talk About Love'' (1997), as well as the film's soundtrack, the power ballad became a global hit, topping the charts in over twenty-five countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "My Heart Will Go On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mo Ghile Mear
"Mo Ghile Mear" (translated "My Gallant Darling", "My Spirited Lad" and variants) is an Irish song. The modern form of the song was composed in the early 1970s by Dónal Ó Liatháin (1934–2008), using a traditional air collected in Cúil Aodha, County Cork, and lyrics selected from Irish-language poems by Seán "Clárach" Mac Domhnaill (1691–1754). History The lyrics are partially based on ''Bímse Buan ar Buairt Gach Ló'' ("My Heart is Sore with Sorrow Deep", c. 1746), a lament of the failure of the Jacobite rising of 1745. The original poem is in the voice of the personification of Ireland, Éire, lamenting the exile of Bonnie Prince Charlie. ''Mo ghile mear'' is a term applied to the Pretender in numerous Jacobite songs of the period. O'Daly (1866) reports that many of the Irish Jacobite songs were set to the tune ''The White Cockade''. This is in origin a love song of the 17th century, the "White Cockade" (''cnotadh bán'') being an ornament of ribbons worn by young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home For Christmas (Celtic Woman Album)
''Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas'' is the eighth studio album released by the group Celtic Woman, released on 9 October 2012.Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas on official website It is the third Christmas album released by the group, but only the second available for international purchase. ''Home for Christmas'' features vocalists Chloë Agnew, Lisa Lambe, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Mái ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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