New Musical Director???

I was checking Daragh O'toole's website (don't ask me why, I don't know) and then I noticed that he removed all mentions to Celtic Woman.

This is the page now, with no mention to Celtic Woman at all:
http://daraghotoole.ie/about/

And this is the same page in August 2022, where he mentions his work with Celtic Woman:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220813054829/http://daraghotoole.ie/about/

His departure of the group's musical direction would very much explain why they had to cancel this year tour in order to give a new musical director space to work on new material. And as well the lack of a direct reason for us, the fans, about it since it is a very internal matter.

Detective Granuaile at your disposal.

 

Oh boy.

Well, based on Postcards and to a lesser extent, Christmas Cards, I'm sort of relieved, if true. He's fine, but not a good fit for the group. What they really need to change is whoever has been doing the mixing.

Based on what's going on with other artists, I think the main reason for not doing a 2023 spring tour is challenges booking enough venues in a viable sequence. Changing MDs would probably affect the tour too, but it would be cancelled regardless of a MD change.

Oh wow. Let's see if it ends up being true. But it is a telling sign, like when people scrub their social media accounts.

You probably don't need a Musical Director to make a *true* compilation album for the 20th anniversary, do you? e.g. Celebration & Decade. Hmm...

What they really need to change is whoever has been doing the mixing.

I think they need to hire Lynn Hilary To do the mixing and sound director

All in favor say ya

What they really need to change is whoever has been doing the mixing.

I think they need to hire Lynn Hilary To do the mixing and sound director

All in favor say ya

For at least the harmony arrangements, yes.

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Lloyd Butler, their Christmas tour director, has been promoting the 20th anniversary special, maybe he'll do it for the recoding and tour

Yeah, I've seen that as well. Hopefully, the Christmas tour shows are always beautiful, lively and satisfying.

Lloyd Butler, their Christmas tour director, has been promoting the 20th anniversary special, maybe he'll do it for the recoding and tour

That's sounds about right. In his website, he is described as the "Music Director/Conductor/Pianist for the Grammy - Nominated international sensation, Celtic Woman". I judge it to have been updated recently since the background image is from last year Symphony Tour:
https://lloydbutlermusic.com/bio

This web page doesn't have a history on Wayback Machine, but on the home page in march 2022 he was only described as a Touring Musical Director:
https://web.archive.org/web/20220308224329/https://lloydbutlermusic.com/