Kate did an interview on the Jim Masters earlier in the week:
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZRrEbR5qtH8

Note: I have edited this to remove the insideous "si" tracking parameter in the URL.

In this article
https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/the-scene/article/grammy-nominated-group-celtic-woman-headed-for-the-maritimes/

it says this:

Group member Mairéad Carlin says they collaborating with a new musical director, Brian Byrne, for the tour.

“He’s working away on lots of beautiful new arrangements for us, breathing new life into songs that people will know, like ‘Danny Boy,’ ‘You Raise Me Up,’ but also composing some new stuff people won’t have heard,” she says.

So that's not surprising. But is that temporary?

Several of the PBS M&G's were really good.  For example:

Christmas 2023 in Atlanta.  The Atlanta PBS station had a pre-show reception.  There were at least 100 people there.  Decent food and drinks.  The photo op, which was limited to maybe 25 people, was rushed.

2012 in Tampa, FL.  Held in the 2nd floor lobby of the PAC.  Soft drinks available along with chips, etc.  Chloe and Mairead sitting behind a table siging autographs.  This was soon after Mairead got engaged.  Wearing her ring.  My wife has some jewelry knowledge and briefly talkd to her about the ring.  Chloe got up from behind the table and came around to hug me (I'd meet her a bunch of times previously).  I thought the PBS lady was going to have a heart attack!

2009 in Fort Myers, FL.  My daughter's first M&G (she was 15).  She was nervous.  Chloe did a wonderful job of putting her at ease.  Said she saw my daughter singing along.  (front row).

2009 in Akron, Ohio.  Held in the Green Room.  Girls generally just mingled.  Talked to Lisa K.  Show was at the Universitys PAC.  Told Lisa I was in the band at school, and performed here a couple times.  I said I can now say I had performed on the same stage with CW.  Lisa laughed and said since I was obviously older than she is, she can say she performed on the same state I did!

I think it was in 2013 that the M&G became a preshow photo op.  Not the same, but I have do have some decent photos with all the girls and I was able to ultimately get them signed.  The girls were happy to do it, but whoever was running the M&G for CW was not happy.

I think Synan was also involved as the designer for the Destiny era. Mairéad posted a flashback post on Instagram about their Grammy nomination (which they absolutely should have won!!!!!!) and tagged him when she mentioned the dress. I also looked it up and the top results said he designed the Destiny gowns.

And although the AI mentioned the Destiny gowns having a less “ballgown” style, I would argue they definitely did. The coloured ones with the embroidery style tops look rather fairytale-esque. Maybe they changed to Jen Kelly for the Voices Of Angels era? Those are certainly more sleek.

Quote from: LakersCeltics on February 18, 2026, 12:33:56 PM

That is a really good question. Normally, we'd be seeing a PBS special and/or an album to promote. But the whole economy of the music industry is different now. So the album sales are less important. Not sure why they are not partnering with PBS at all.

PBS has also been suffering ever since Trump and his minions cut funding. I’ve heard rumours that they’re shutting down entirely. As if the world wasn’t already going to hell already. Please wake me up when the 20s are over.

On a more hopeful note, though, maybe CW could film a DVD outside of PBS. They’ve been around for nearly 21 years now, so they could gather enough funds to make a DVD, even if it’s less grandiose than what we’re used to. And maybe we can see a return to a publicly funded PBS when someone new is elected in 2028. We may not ever see a return to Christmas DVDs, though.

EDIT: I wasn’t in the greatest state of mind when I wrote this, so sorry if it seems too negative. I try to be optimistic but I am naturally more of the opposite, so sometimes I think we’re about to enter the apocalypse 🫠.

Anyway, I think we might get a DVD after A New Era, like how we got Songs From The Heart after the Isle Of Hope tour. Hopefully this is a sign that they’re going back to touring more frequently.

Sorry if this was too wordy, I have a bad habit of going into a lot of tangents 😭

sorry if my original language was too strong, I tried to change it but it wouldn’t go through. again, I wasn’t in the greatest state of mind. sorry :/