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Other Musicians / Re: Celtic Thunder tour dates are here.
« Last post by CWFella2011 on March 18, 2024, 02:08:52 PM »
Thanks for the heads up. I'll take a look.

I just saw Odyssey on PBS. I won't post here. I'll have to tag my post with a spoiler alert if I review it.
I watched it last night too.
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Other Musicians / Re: New Celtic Thunder Special
« Last post by LakersCeltics on March 18, 2024, 12:02:44 PM »
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
Don't read this post if you want to watch the special for yourself first.


*** ***


My random thoughts on the PBS special, not really a review.

If you want a video preview of the show, I posted a link about 6 posts up.

Pros.
- Song choices. I like that they went back to traditional Irish standards.
- Ronan. He fits right in, and they all get along well during the interviews. Plus the CW connection is always a plus.

Cons.
- Missing faces. No Ryan Kelly (personal reasons), no Seana Davey (harp), no Nicole Hudson (fiddle).
- No stage choreography. They stood at their mics the whole time. I'm not sure if the tours are different.
- Missing energy. The crowd seemed tiny, and no wide shots for us to see. So it wasn't as energetic as usual.
- No "Ireland's Call". This was the CT calling card.

General impressions.
- In one of the interviews, they said it's their 1st special since 2017.
- Generally, a different vibe they are going for. The CD itself sounds like 'traditional' CT. The special does not IMHO. It's much more cozy & intimate, and a little 'tame' for a CT show.
- I enjoyed it, but I probably won't watch it over & over every time it is on PBS (like CW 20th for example).
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Celtic Woman / Re: Special Celtic Woman Moments
« Last post by dbbii on March 18, 2024, 10:05:41 AM »
A couple years ago (2020), I took a business contact and his daughter (high school) to see a CW show with M&G.  I was going to try to get their photo signed later in the tour since I had another couple M&G's.  Of course, COVID.

Anyway, when they came back to the area this year, I asked if he and his daughter wanted to go againt.  ABSOLUTELY!.  I was going to bring my daughter, but that didn't work out so I had an extra ticket.  My contact brought his wife, who I had met before.  She was totally blown away with the show!  At the end, she had tears running down her face!  It turned out her great-grandmother was Irish.  We had a blast.  OK, the fact that the bar had Jameson didn't hurt!
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Other Musicians / Re: Celtic Thunder tour dates are here.
« Last post by LakersCeltics on March 18, 2024, 01:40:36 AM »
Thanks for the heads up. I'll take a look.

I just saw Odyssey on PBS. I won't post here. I'll have to tag my post with a spoiler alert if I review it.

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Other Musicians / Re: Celtic Thunder tour dates are here.
« Last post by CWazyTom on March 17, 2024, 11:04:20 PM »
It's a second year of Odyssey. They say "more dates to be added" but I don't see a lot of room in the September 10--November 18 time frame. Unless it'll go past 11/18??? Is it possible that the cities they went to last year will be skipped
I have not been to see Celtic Thunder in several years. The last (and only) tour I went to was the second christmas symphony tour (The one that had Neil, Ryan, Damian, Emmett, Michael).
I would love to have gone last year but for personal reasons I couldn't.

Looks like I'll be seeing Celtic Thunder again this year (at least once)!
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Other Musicians / Celtic Thunder tour dates are here.
« Last post by CWFella2011 on March 17, 2024, 06:37:36 PM »
It's a second year of Odyssey. They say "more dates to be added" but I don't see a lot of room in the September 10--November 18 time frame. Unless it'll go past 11/18??? Is it possible that the cities they went to last year will be skipped
I have not been to see Celtic Thunder in several years. The last (and only) tour I went to was the second christmas symphony tour (The one that had Neil, Ryan, Damian, Emmett, Michael).
I would love to have gone last year but for personal reasons I couldn't.
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Other Musicians / Re: Cherish the Ladies.
« Last post by CWFella2011 on March 17, 2024, 05:54:26 PM »
I got to see them live this week for the first time!

Apparently it's the first time they've toured in Ontario, Canada in their 39 year history. I didn't fact-check that, but if true, that's crazy!

2 of the original members (Joanie Madden and Mary Coogan) performed in the show. Joanie is funny and there was plenty of banter between the music. The show was pretty fun. They had a variety of instruments: tin whistle, flute, guitar, fiddle, piano, and an accordion. They also had not one, but TWO small groups of Irish dancers: one that tour with then, and one that was local.

There were plenty of fun tune sets, one of my favourites being one of their most popular originals, The Cat's Meow.

The credentials of the performers on that stage was astonishing. The violinist performed with Riverdance. Multiple dancers had won world championships.

Celtic Woman got a brief mention: before intermission, they pleaded with people to follow them on Facebook, or if they weren't liking the show, they could go follow the Celtic Woman instead. Lol. Sure, it was a light-hearted bit of shade, but hey, if it got just one person in that audience to follow Celtic Woman that didn't already love them, I'm ok with it.

Brendan Graham also got a shoutout as part of an introduction to introduction to Isle of Hope. That arrangement was incredible! I believe Kate Purcell was the singer / guitarist. It was refreshing hearing the songs performed with a strong, authentic Irish folksy style, very different than the way they're performed in Celtic Woman. It was really effective, especially with Joanie singing harmony.

I got a brief meet with Joanie after the show. I was about as chatty as usual. I might have gotten a sentence out before someone else butted in. Lol. It's fine, they've had fans there waiting 39 years to see them live (as well as a surprising number who travelled to see the show). I did get a signed CD for my efforts though.

They were also selling USB sticks with a ton of their music on it: Cherished Favorites, it was cleverly titled. I've got many hours of new music to listen to now.

I have seen them twice. Joanie Madden is definitely hilarious.
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Celtic Culture / Irish names you’re probably saying wrong
« Last post by LakersCeltics on March 17, 2024, 01:30:53 AM »
I thought you might find this interesting. ;)

Irish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce them

https://www.cnn.com/travel/irish-names-pronunciation/index.html
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Celtic Woman / Re: Special Celtic Woman Moments
« Last post by Jim M. on March 16, 2024, 04:20:41 PM »
Today, with a Saint Patrick's Day theme, he played CW singing "Danny Boy". ;)
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Hannah Traynor / Re: Hannah was in the recording studio
« Last post by LakersCeltics on March 14, 2024, 01:41:24 PM »
Nice find! That is good to hear that she is continuing to sing & record.

I guess I will have to Google Sorcha Fenlon, Morgan Brothers, and Lorna Breen now.

PS. Oh I see they are mentioned on this link you posted a while ago.
https://www.systir.ie/bio
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