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« on: July 26, 2021, 09:43:09 AM »
Since Postcards from Ireland is currently in the making, and our girls are very busy, here's the place to list all that we do know for sure about it yet. - Tara, Megan, Muirgen and Chloe are the definite album line up, but Susan is also at least partly involved
- The dvd/special will consist of various films shot all over Ireland, which presumeably make up the postcards
- There will be songs or scenes filmed at sunrise
- One of the songs will probably be Wild Mountain Thyme
Update from 4. September:We will get to hear new music on Friday, 10. September. Whether this means the entire album, an individual single, or a preview, is not yet known. The album tracklist, at least for the "basic" version, is likely as follows: - The Dawning of the Day
- Bonny Portmore
- Mise Éire
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- Beeswing
- Down By The Salley Gardens
- Where Sheep May Safely Graze
- Angel
- The Lakes of Pontchartrain
- May it Be
- The Clam of the Day / The Banshee
- The Galway Shawl
- Black is the Colour
That means it consists mostly of traditional Irish music, but also a few contemporary and classical songs. It has also two re-recordings. There does not seem to be an original song on the album, unless some of the songs are not the expected versions, and instead share the same title. It is, as of yet, not known who performs which songs. However, it is likely that May it Be will be similar to the version from the Celebration tour. Track 11 might be a violin solo, as this is often the case with Celtic Woman songs that consists of two songs. It is also likely that Down By The Salley Gardens will be the Britten's setting, as it is very popular with many CW fans, and the traditional Irish air of the same name has already been used for Moorlough Shore. All of this is, of course, merely speculation of my part and might be wildly incorrect.
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« on: June 04, 2021, 11:54:36 AM »
Celtic Woman has just announced their newest member: Muirgen O'Mahony! From their official website: We are thrilled to announce the newest member of Celtic Woman, Muirgen O’Mahony.
Muirgen will make her debut performance with us on our upcoming TV Special and on our new studio album to be released later this year.
Originally from County Cork in Ireland, Muirgen, a fluent Irish speaker, has been performing as an actor, singer and instrumentalist for almost 10 years. She studied as a classical soprano at the Cork School of Music before furthering her training in musical theatre at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Over the past number of years, Muirgen has been lucky enough to share the stage with some amazing performers and musicians. She has performed on several occasions as a soloist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at the National Concert Hall, most notably in their New Year’s Eve Gala Concert in 2018.
Most recently, as part of RTÉ ‘Winter Sessions’, Muirgen featured in ‘The Musicals’ alongside Susan McFadden and Killian Donnelly - a project that was recorded at the RDS in Dublin and was televised in early 2021.
Muirgen is absolutely delighted and completely humbled to be joining Celtic Woman as it has genuinely been a dream of hers since she first saw them perform as a teenager.
Please join us in welcoming Muirgen.
Our wonderful soloist Mairead Carlin departed the show earlier this year to pursue solo projects. We would like to pay tribute to Mairead who joined Celtic Woman in 2013. Mairead enthralled audiences night after night with her superb performances. She is a great musician and true professional and a true friend to the Celtic Woman family.
We wish Mairead every success with her solo projects and look forward to sharing the stage with her again along the journey.
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« on: May 21, 2021, 01:43:39 PM »
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« on: February 28, 2020, 10:40:29 AM »
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« on: February 09, 2020, 04:32:07 PM »
It is a pretty big thing, after all. Do you think they will make a new album, or even a dvd? Since Gavin Murphy "took over" they had an album every year, and I can't think they'd let that opportunity pass, especially with Chloe on board.
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« on: November 27, 2019, 11:51:55 AM »
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« on: August 12, 2019, 10:05:42 AM »
According to Mairéad's story, the girls are recording new songs! Wonder what sort?
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« on: April 24, 2019, 12:08:48 PM »
Hey, it's April and I just watched this video of Jingle Bells by Anúna and guess who's not singing or playing any instrument but THROWING SNOWBALLS? Tara! And Rebecca.
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« on: April 23, 2019, 07:48:11 AM »
Mine are:
Méav: I Dreamt I Dwellt In Marble Halls Silver Sea: The Waves of Tory A Celtic Journey: Down By The Salley Gardens (actually I Dreamt... but I've chosen that before!) The Calling: Glimmering Girl Celtic Dreams: Codail a Linbh
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« on: April 22, 2019, 08:18:36 PM »
Mine is Glimmering Girl!
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« on: April 19, 2019, 11:58:32 AM »
Another show idea of mine, if you don't mind DressesFor the first act, all wear lovely, light and bright green gowns. Mairéad's has off-the-shoulder sleeves/shashes, Megan's has long sleeves, Éabha's is sleeveles, but with floats from shoulders to wrists, Tara's has a sort of pinafore style (think Susan's yellow VoA dress) - all sleeves are semi-transparent and very sparkly. The dresses are generally very sparkly, with many stones and with wide, flowing fabrics. The dresses have a similar colour scheme and fabrics, but completely different styles/cuts. Méav's dress is a slightly darker, richer green, sleeveles, mermaid shaped, with golden and silver details. The ceili dresses are very plain, white dresses with sweetheart necklines and no sleeves - ankle lenght for Tara, calf lenght for the others. Tara's dress has a silver sash/belt around the waist. Then for the rest of the intermission/early first act, the white skirts of the singers' dresses are changed to ankle lenght skirts in lavender/blue for Mairéad, soft yellow for Megan, and pale pink for Éabha, also with silver shashes/belts like Tara's. Tara's dress stays as it is. Then, they change into sparkly, beautiful gowns - all the same shape, but different colours. The skirts all keep the colours of the ceili dresses - but a lot brighter and richer shades. Tara's white has a slight silver shimmer. The tops are all very sparkly gold, and go down in a sort of star shaped style, with flowy, soft skirts that fall down fairly narrow, but swing extremely wide (due to the cut). Méav's dress is almost pure gold with various colours shimmering beneath it, with transparent sleeves and a wide skirt. StageInspired by Ancient Land and Believe - very Celtic, but also very lush. Beautiful, and detailed, but not over-the-top, with very nice, colourful, but elegant elements. Musical styleTrue Celtic Woman - the perfect mix of Celtic, Classical, Contemporary, and Crossover. The arrangements are intricate, but not too heavy, and the styles of music overlap and interchance. The songs are arranged to suit the performers, and show off their ability. The tone is sweet and happy, at other times gentle and melancholy, never too poppy, but also never too blue. Like all Celtic Woman shows/albums it has its own sound, but if you'd want to compare it to older albums, it's more like A New Journey, or Emerald, or Ancient Land, compared to the others. If they have done the song before, the arrangement should be new. The intros of the opening and ceili songs are fairly short, even though I have put them seperately, and they don't really count as songs lenght wise - they can very well be merged as tracks with their counterparts. So does Be Still with Mo Ghile Mear. Tara is playing her violin unless stated otherwise. Group means Mairéad, Éabha, Tara, and Megan. I mention Méav explicitly when she appears in a song. Opening[Original Violin Intro written by Gavin and/or Méav] - Tara [Original Intro Song written by Gavin and/or Méav] - Group Act I [green dresses] When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Méav, with the others joining in near the end [Tara singing] Invitation - Tara Early One Morning - Group Lift the Wings - Éabha, Megan The Trees They Grow So High - Mairéad Down By The Salley Gardens - Megan, Tara [harp] The Wild Mountainside - Group Fuigfidh Mise an Baile Seo - Éabha Dante's Prayer - Mairéad, Tara Love's Old Sweet Song - Group and Méav Intermission Part I [ceili dresses] [New Original Ceili Intro written by Gavin and/or Méav] [can be based on a traditional] - Group with instruments [New Original Ceili Song written by Gavin and/or Méav] [can be based on a traditional] - Group Intermission Part II [extended ceili dresses] Danny Boy - Group [Tara on harp] All Things Bright and Beautiful - Group [Tara on harp] An Maighdean Mara - Group [Tara singing] [acapella] Act IIsle of Hope, Isle of Tears - Group, Méav Scarlet Ribbons - Mairéad Tell Me What Love Is - Megan, Tara Bunessan - Tara The Mummer's Dance - Méav Since You and I Were True - Éabha The Soft Goodbye - Megan, Mairéad, Éabha Be Still - Mairéad, Megan, Éabha Mo Ghile Mear - Group, Méav Celtic Prayer - Tara, Méav EndingThe Parting Glass - Group Encore: Spanish Lady/At the Ceili/Nil Se'n La - Group, Méav
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« on: March 17, 2019, 06:48:09 AM »
Mine is still At the Ceili, but Ballroom of Romance is second.
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« on: March 02, 2019, 06:26:52 AM »
At least for Danny Boy - a similar green to the Ballroom of Romance dresses, but a different style! I think they are very pretty.
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« on: March 01, 2019, 07:58:43 AM »
Mine is Megan's green dress with its cape!
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