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Máirtín
O’Connor, Zoë Conway
and Donal Lunny on tour in Ireland' Music Network presents a dream tour that brings together the dazzling talents of three of the country’s finest traditional musicians; button accordion master Máirtín O’Connor, fiddle player Zoë Conway and guitar and bouzouki player Donal Lunny from 7 – 14 May. More Info. |
Go
Mairir i bhFad – Long Life to You It is a very rare event in Irish
music to have an album with a concept as original as Zoë
and John have with Go Mairir i bhFad – Long Life
to You where twelve of the leading lights in Irish traditional
music were commissioned to compose a piece for fiddle and guitar
with the aim of collectively presenting a snapshot of traditional
Irish music alive today. |
Nollaig
Casey and Arty McGlynn confirm two Italian concerts in March;
14/03/2013 – CALUSCO D’ADDA(Bergamo)centro Civico(Ex Chiesa S.Fedele) @ 21:00 and 16/03/2013 – POGNANO(Bergamo)/Chiesa Parrocchiale @ 20:45 |
Stockton's
Wing announce two special Clare gigs at
the Royal Spa Hotel Lisdoonvarna on Fri. March 8th
and Sat. March 9th. Tickets are available from The Royal Spa Hotel (065-7074288) and The Irish Shop, Market Street, Ennis (065-6820769). Ticket price 30.00 euro each. LATEST - Good friend and ex Winger Steve Cooney appearing as Special Guest. More Info.. |
Stockton's
Wing Reunion To Celebrate 'The Gathering' Stockton's Wing will be getting back together for a special one-off concert at Dublin's National Concert Hall on St. Patrick's Day. More Info.. |
The
Brendan Voyage and The Relief
of Derry Symphony will be performed by the RTE National
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gearóid Grant with
soloists Liam O'Flynn, Rita
Connolly and Gerard McChrystal
at the NCH Dublin, March 15th 2013. More Info. |
Shannonside
Winter Music Festival 17th - 20th Jan 2013 Sixmilebridge & Bunratty Castle, Co. Clare. Included in a stellar list of artists are; The Voice Squad, Josephine Marsh and Alan Kelly. "It's a folk festival, a traditional session, a fleadh, a bluegrass hoedown, a blues jam, a céilidh, singers sessions all bound by the enjoyment of music! A day of music at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park at the Castle, Macs Pub, the Corn-Barn and lots more." More Info... |
Want to catch
some video footage of Planxty in their prime? As part of RTE's 50 anniversery celebrations they are including many programmes from their archive. Included in this series is a half hour programme of Planxty from the Music Makers series. Watch Here. |
More
Tara titles now available for download. In recent weeks four new titles are available for download from major online retailers like iTunes and Amazon. The titles include Zoë Conway's albums 'Zoë Conway' and 'The Horse's Tail', Sinead Stone and Gerard Farrelly's superb 'Legacy Of A Quiet Man' and 'Classic Irish Ballads' from Diarmuid O'Leary & The Bards. Click Here for a full list of Tara titles available in download formats. |
The film documentry
of The Brendan Voyage is currently available on the RTE website.
This is the restored version of the film documenting the epic voyage taken by Tim Severin and his crew to replicate the 6th century voyage of Saint Brendan 'The Navigator'. This restored version of the film incorporates Shaun Davey's recording of the The Brendan Voyage which was inspired by the original film. More Info. |
Check out some new Shaun Davey
videos Here, including 'The Deer's
Cry' which was performed by Rita Connolly at the inauguration of
Michael D. Higgins as President of Ireland earlier this year. |
NEW
RELEASE Frankie Gavin & De Dannan - Jigs, Reels & Rock n’ Roll Since 2009 Frankie Gavin has been back on the road and with the new De Dannan. members. The current line-up being Frankie, Damien Mullane, Eric Cunningham, Mike Galvin and Michelle Lally. Such has been the reaction to the band, they have now released a new CD ‘Jigs, Reels & Rock n’ Roll’ on the Tara Music Label. The album contains fifteen tracks of classic De Dannan music including musical pieces more commonly associated with the like of the Beatles, Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, along with the very best of Irish Traditional music. 
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Riverdance: The Music of Bill
Whelan featuring the WORLD PREMIERE of the RIVERDANCE SYMPHONIC SUITE with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra David Brophy conductor Thursday 17 May, 8pm National Concert Hall, Dublin Guest soloists will include, fiddle player Zoë Conway, accordionist Máirtín O’Connor, vocalist Eleanor McEvoy, uilleann piper Maitiú Ó Casaide, dancers Yolanda Gonzalez Sobrado and Mick Donegan, Crash Ensemble and UCD Choral Scholars Programme includes the world premiere of the Symphonic Suite from Riverdance,Caracena from The Seville Suite, The Currach and Evening Céilí from Inishlacken, An Chistin from Carna, Jazzical Cyclebike, Seabird, Flying Blind, Lift the Wings, Shivnaand The Heart’s Cry. More info. |
The Voice
Squad to Reform Ireland's leading traditional acapella group The Voice Squad are set for a reunion concert in Dublin's National Concert Hall on St. Patrick's Day (Mar 17th) in the Ceili House Live concert as part of the St. Patrick's Festival. This long awaited reunion will be the group's first appearance together since they performed on stage for the opening ceremony of the Special Olympic World Games 2003. The Voice Squad's (Phil Callery, Fran McPhail and Gerry Cullen) style is the union of the distinct tenor voices of Fran and Phil plus the bass of Gerry, along with their own particular arrangements of good songs, that has made them one of the most distinctive unaccompanied singing groups of recent times. Ticket Info |
Dún Laoghaire
Choral Society celebrates its 30th anniversary on Mar 3rd 2012 at
Dublin's NCH with the première of a new work 'Songs
of the Sea' by Shaun Davey. Guests will include Shaun,
Rita Connolly, Liam O'Flynn and the evening will be presented
and conducted by David Brophy. More Info & Ticket Details. |
'FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK'
- a Christmas single Duet with Emma Kate Tobia and George Murphy These 2 very different singers come together to perform a version of the famous Pogues tune resulting in an amazing blend of lilting Irish soprano with soulful vocals that makes this song their own. |
Rita
Connolly performed The Deer's Cry from Shaun Davey album The
Pilgrim at the inauguration of Michael D Higgins as President
of Ireland at Dublin Castle. The full Presidential Inauguration, including Rita's performance can be viewed on the RTE website Here. The Deer's Cry is available for download from iTunes Here |
Shaun Davey
is once again breaking new musical ground with his latest album
‘Voices From The Merry Cemetery’ (TARA4023).
The music is the product of a highly unusual collaboration between
the well-known Irish composer, working with Irish and Romanian musicians;
it takes the form of a collection of thirteen specially-composed
songs with words based on grave inscriptions from Northern Romania.
(Available to purchase by Download). More
Info |
Classically trained Celtic Soprano
Emma Kate Tobia will be bringing her unique style
and Irish repertoire to the Classic Christmas Tour USA 2010
with Andy Cooney and George Casey and many more.
More
Info |
A CELEBRATION OF BILL
WHELAN with the RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA Friday 27 August, 8pm - National Concert Hall Ellen Cranitch presenter. Featuring Bill Whelan piano, Julie Feeney & Morgan Crowley vocalists, Zoë Conway fiddle, Declan Masterson uilleann pipes, Rodrigo Romani Galician harp, Mel Mercier bodhrán, Mia Cooper violin, Éilís Egan accordion, dancers including Yolanda Gonzalez Sobrado and Alan Kenefick, David Brophy conductor. Bill Whelan, Grammy-winning composer of Riverdance, is the very special guest for this celebration of his music. An exciting line-up of the best Irish and international singers, dancers and instrumentalists joins the orchestra and its Principal Conductor David Brophy to pay tribute to one of Ireland's musical treasures. At the 1994 Eurovision, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra gave the electrifying first performance of the original Riverdance music, the genesis of what went on to become an entire show and a worldwide phenomenon. Experience the thrill live again this evening as the orchestra builds to the irresistible, unforgettable climax of that famous piece - as breathtaking a musical experience as ever. With a programme also including Inishlacken, Dan do Lara, Timedance, The Seville Suite and more, this evening will be a fitting celebration of Bill Whelan's powerful, moving and exhilarating music.
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Details of concert tour dates in 2010
for Tara Artists
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Check out our full selection of video
clips from Liam O'Flynn's 'The Piper's Call' album.
In addition to Liam and The Piper's Call band the clips also include
guest appearances by Mark Knopfler, Sean
Keane, Matt Molly, Carlos Nunez
as well as the Irish Chamber Orchestra.
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Following the sucess of recent
US performances classically trained soprano Emma Kate Tobia
will be bringing her unique fusion of a pure lyrical voice
with the timeless melodies of our heritage on an 18
date tour of the US this December.
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Emma Kate Tobia
for one night only in New York's Triad Theatre.
With Gregory Harrington on violin and Hanake
Yamagato on piano. Wed Oct 7th 2009 at 7pm. |
Beal Tuinne
album receives awards The Beal Tuinne album 'Beal Tuinne - Live at St. James Church, Dingle' (TARA4022) has picked up three awards from the liveireland.com 'Livies 2009' music awards in the categories Vocal/Instrumental Album of the Year, Rita Connolly and Eilis Kennedy for 'Female Vocalist of the Year' and Shaun Davey for 'Composer of the Year'
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Tara
Albums now available for download
A number of albums from the Tara Music catalogue are now available for purchase by download from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. The albums initially available include classic albums from Planxty, Liam O' Flynn and Shaun Davey. Over the coming months it is planned it greatly increase, the number of artists and albums available for download as well as the number of online stores presenting Tara Music titles.
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Shaun Davey announces
details of a number of concerts for 2009.These concerts will include
unique lineups of some of Irelands finest traditional musicians.
More Info |
Zoë Conway and Michelle
Lally to feature in 'Women of Ireland', an innovative
and exciting live concert production which showcases the next generation
of Ireland’s leading female performers.
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| All female, A Cappella group
'The Fallen Angels' are to get together for a tour of Germany in March 2009. More Info |
| BILL WHELAN – A CELEBRATION |
| Frankie Gavin and Michelle
Lally will be touring the US with the Dublin Philarmonic Orchestra
throughout the months of Jan, Feb and Mar '09. They will feature
in the Orchestra's 'Celtic Spectacular' concerts. The 'Celtic Spectacular'
concert will also feature music from Bill Whelan's Connemara Suite.
More
Info
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| 3rd Feb 2009, 8pm - Songs
& Tunes with Shaun Davey, Rita Connolly, Gerry O’Beirne
& Eoin Begley - The Mermaid Arts Center, Bray, Co. Wicklow
More
Info |
| Stocktons Wing reunion gig
31st. January 2009 at The West County Hotel Ennis. More details to follow. |
| Zoë Conway UK Tour Following the success of their
UK tour in 2007, husband and wife duo Zoë Conway and John
McIntyre will spend much of October performing throughout the
UK at venues from Newcastle, in the north, to the Isle of White,
in the south.
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| BÉAL TUINNE SUNDAY Sept 21st - 8.00pm |
| July 25th NCH Dublin with
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Gavin Maloney, conductor.
A special selection of Shaun Davey's music
for TV and film. The evening will include some of Shaun's
best known tracks including 'The Deer's Cry', 'Fill To me The Parting
Glass', 'Fanny Hawke' and 'The Winter's End' as well as music from
music from 'Ballykissangel', 'The Tailor of Panama', 'David Copperfield'
and 'The Hanging Gale'
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| Shaun
Davey concert online. Following the outstanding success of
the concert 'The Music of Shaun Davey' in Belfast's Waterfront Hall
on St. Patrick's Day, The BBC have (for a limited time only) a two
hour program, which includes tracks from the concert and interview
clips with Shaun and Rita, available for streaming from their website.
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| Forthcoming Shaun Davey Concerts
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| Moving Hearts announce more
reunion dates for 2008
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| New release for Jan 2008
Béal Tuinne (pronounced 'Beel-thinneh)
is the name of a group of West Kerry-based musicians featuring Seamus
Begley and Eilis Kennedy, who joined together with singer Rita Connolly
and composer Shaun Davey in 2006 to perform a collection of new
songs based on the poems of the late Caoimhin O Cinneide. The group
also includes, Lawrence Courtney, Jim Murray, Eoin Begley, and honorary
member; Daithi O'Se. |
| Bill Whelan releases new
album 'The Connemara Suite'. World renouned Riverdance composer
Bill Whelan has just released his latest The Connemara Suite on
the Tara label. The music is performed by The Irish Chamber Orchestra,
Conducted by David Jones and soloists include: Zoë Conway,
Morgan Crowley, Colin Dunne, Fionnuala Hunt, Michelle Mulcahy, and
Bill Whelan. |
| New Album from Frankie Gavin
with Hibernian Rhapsody due for release shortly
Frankie Gavin, of De Dannan fame, is back centre stage with a new group Hibernian Rhapsody, comprising some of Ireland's finest talents. The Full Score is the title of the group' debut album and it will be available on the Tara Music label around mid-September 2007.
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| The Galway Art Festival will,
this year, present a Celebration concert to honour the life and
work of Donal Lunny featuring Moving Hearts at Galway's Radisson
SAS Hotel on Sunday July 29th.
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| Tara Music has set up a profile
on MySpace.com check us out at myspace.com/taramusiccompany |
| Shaun Davey Concerts Details announced for a second evening of the music of Shaun Davey with a performance of The Brendan Voyage and Granuaile on Friday 27th of July at Dublin's National Concert Hall. This performance which will be in addition to the concert on June 22nd (see below), will feature The RTE National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gavin Maloney with soloists Liam O'Flynn and Rita Connolly. |
| The Cork Youth Orchestra
will perform The Brendan Voyage for Italian Festival. The Cork Youth Orchestra will perform The Brendan Voyage at the 9th International Festival of European Youth Orchestras in Tuscany, Italy, this July. The Orchestra will perform a pre-tour concert at Cork City Hall on Wed 4th July at 8pm
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| Moving Hearts have confirmed
appearances at two festivals this summer. Following on the success of their reunion concerts, in Dublin's Vicar Street, last February. ground-breaking instrumental ensemble Moving Hearts will be appearing at Scotland's Herbridean Festival in July and the ESB BEO festival at Dublin's NCH in August.
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| Liam O'Flynn Musician of
the Year receives Award Top prize in the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards, goes to Liam O’Flynn from Kildare who has long been regarded as one of Ireland’s most influential uilleann pipers. The awards considered to be the foremost recognition given to traditional Irish musicians, will take place on Easter Sunday, April 8, at the Cork Opera House. Along with Liam special guests for the night will include Paul Brady, Danu, Sean Keane, Jackie Daly, West Ocean String Quartet agus go leor eile.
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| Shaun Davey's Granuaile and Refief of Derry Symphony Dublin's NCH Fri June 22nd 2007 - 8pm Last year's The Music of Shaun Davey with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra was lauded as one of the highlights of the NCH's musical calendar. For 2007 Shaun returns with two of his best known works, Granuaile and The Relief of Derry Symphony.
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| Tara
Music Catalogue once again available through Amazon.com
courtsey of US distributor CelticMusicUSA.com. CelticMusicUSA have
recently signed up as an Amazon.com Seller and can offer the majority
of the Tara Music catalogue through Amazon.com.
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| Emma-Kate Tobia confirms
a number of Irish concerts for 2007
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| Zoë Conway and John
McIntyre Irish Tour
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| Moving Hearts Set for a 2007
reunion in Dublin's Vicar Street.
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| NEW
RELEASE 'If This Be Love' is the debut album from Michelle Lally, who is the latest in long line of top Irish Female vocalists, including; Mary Black, Maura O'Connell, Dolores Keane and Eleanor Shanley, whose talent was brought to the fore by De Dannan fiddler Frankie Gavin
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| NEW RELEASE Zoë Conway launches her eagerly anticipated second solo album, 'The Horse's Tail'. This album is Quiet a change from her debut album, as it was recorded without using modern-day techniques such as overdubbing and click tracks.
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| NEW RELEASE ‘May We Never Have To Say Goodbye’, is the new album from Shaun Davey, featuring the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and an array of top Irish artists. The album takes its name from the anthem specially composed for the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Summer Games in 2003. |
| The Recently re-released
Stocktons Wing Live - Take One. This album
will without doubt bring back many memories of their youth, to many
now forty something's. The album, which has been digitally remastered
for this release, also includes 3 bonus studio recordings of the
band from the same period. |
| Live in Hope: The Wildlife
Album 2 a celebration of nature in music with all profits going
to WWF & Ulster Wildlife Trust. 'The Poet & The Piper'
by Seamus Heaney and Liam O'Flynn, 'Legacy of a Quiet Man'
by Sinead Stone & Gerard Farrelly and 'Lumina' by Eoin
Duignan are three albums not on the Tara Music label but we do recommend
them highly. |
| EMMA KATE TOBIA Launches
her first solo recording, entitled Aisling na nGael (An Irish Dream).
The CD comprises 12 tracks from the Irish traditional idiom presented
in a stunning manner by Soprano Emma Kate Tobia.
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| On January 4th 2005 the Orchestra
Sinfonica de Galiçia, one of Spain's leading orchestras,
are set to perform of concert of music by Irish composer, Bill
Whelan, in the Palacio de la Opera of La Coruña. The
main event of the evening will be a full performance of The Seville
Suite (Kinsale to La Coruña).
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| Following the huge success of
their recent reunion concert, Stockton's Wing have now confirmed
a second concert in Dublin's Vicar Street on May 15th 2004.
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| The Voice Squad's Holly Wood
album will be released on CD by Tara Music in the coming weeks.
Though particularly relevant at Christmas time, this harmonious
trio and their music will, as this album attests, endure for all
seasons. |
| Chicago based 'Old St Pats Church'
will feature Shaun Davey's Granuaile as the centerpiece of
their Siamsa na nGael festival. The concert will be held at the
Chicago Symphony Center and will feature the star of last year's
concert Rita Connolly whose amazing voice won her many new fans
in the Chicago area last year.
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| PLANXTY REUNION The original Planxty lineup of Christy Moore, Liam O'Flynn, Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny are to reform for a series of Irish concerts in 2004. Due due to unprecedented demand, the first 6 Dublin dates sold-out in a day, 4 extra Dublin dates have been added.
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| Nollaig Casey & Arty McGlynn
announce dates for major tour of Holland in Jan/Feb 2004. The Tour
will also feature singer Sean Keane and his band as well as Marian
Bradfield and her Band. |
| Top Irish group
of the 1980's (and much of the 1990's) Stockton's Wing will be getting
together for a one-off concert at The West County Hotel Ennis Co.Clare,
on Nov. 8th. 2003. All the proceeds from the concert will go to
help a young girl through hospital procedures.
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| Ireland's master
fiddle player, Frankie Gavin, is set for a comprehensive tour of
Scotland this coming October with Brian McGrath accompanying him
on piano and banjo. Venues include the Queens Hall in Edinburgh
and the Penicuik Folk Festival.
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| Nollaig Casey
& Arty McGlynn US Tour September / October see the return of the extremely talented duo to the US. The tour opens at the Sebastopol Celtic Music Festival in California on Sept 26th, Click below for full list of tour dates. |
| Three performances
of Bill Whelan's The Seville Suite are planned for Ireland in the
coming months. The RTE concert orchestra along with soloists Zoë
Conway, fiddle Eilish Egan, accordion Robbie Harris, bodhrán Declan
Masterson, uileann pipes and conductor Proinnsías Ó Duinn.
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| 'May We Never
Have to Say Goodbye', The Athletes' Song of the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games was Composed by Shaun Davey and performed performed at the Opening Ceremony in Dublin's Croke Park by Ronan Tynan, Rita Connolly, The Voice Squad, the National Symphony Orchestra, many of Ireland's finest traditional musicians, a 50 strong pipe band and a choir of 500.
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| Galway Arts
Festival honour the contribution of Arty McGlynn to Irish Music
over the last twenty years, with a celebrattery concert at this
year's festival on Sunday June 20th. The concert will feature many
of theartists Arty has performed with during his career.
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| Most of the
titles from the Tara Music catalogue are now available from Amazon
in France, who offer quick delivery and prices in Euro.
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| A special performance
of Maurice Lennon's 'Brian Boru The High King of Tara takes place in Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral in the ancient Irish Capital of Armagh on Saturday 7th June 2003. The concert will feature vocalist Sean Keane and the Kincora Band.
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| Zoë
Conway Ireland's latest fiddle
playing sensation announces Irish Tour dates for Apr 2003 |
| Following the
recent performance at the
Celtique Nuit festival in Paris's Parc de France, Liam O'Flynn prepares
to tour the Netherlands in April 2003.
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| Listen to a selection of interviews
from Liam O'Flynn's Video 'The Piper's Call'
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| The 7th Annual Siamsa na Ngael
- In celebration of the celtic arts Old St. Patrick's present "The
Pilgrim" by Shaun Davey on Monday, March 17, 2003 at the Symphony
Center Chicago, IL. |
| Video Clips Now Available. The first video clips of Tara artists are now available.
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| The Brendan Voyage gift box-set
is a unique item in the Tara catalogue. In addition to a copy of
The Brendan Voyage CD it also contains a copy of Tim Severin's book
'The Brendan Voyage' upon which Shaun Davey based his music. Available
on Special Ofer for a limited period.
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| Zoë Conway is one of Ireland's
most gifted young fiddle players. Her self-titled
debut album was released on Sept. 9th 2002.
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| Tara
Music Re-release the now classic Máirtin O'Connor album Perpetual
Motion.
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| On October 25th 2002, Liam O'Flynn
will be appearing in his home town of Athy in Co. Kildare with The
Piper's Call Band. This concert, which is part of the Ernest Shackleton
Autumn School, will feature the world premiere of 'Endurance' composed
by Liam.
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| Maurice Lennon
concert dates for summer 2002 now available
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| Top Accordion
player Josephine Marsh announces US tour dates for Sept. 2002.
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| 'The Road West' a New Máirtin
O'Connor album.
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| Amazon.co.uk continue to increase
the number of Tara titles in their online catalogue.
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| US Tour dates for Nollaig Casey
& Arty McGlynn.
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| Rita Connolly to appear at the
'Nuit Celtique' music spectular in the Stade de France, Paris on
March 15th & 16th 2002.
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| New Frankie Gavin album 'Fierce
Traditional' .
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| The Homes of Donegal a new single
from John Walsh.
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| Frankie Gavin US Tour Dates
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| Alan Kelly's 'Mosaic' albums
receives Irish Music Magazine nomination
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| Four new releases from Beginish,
Phil Callery, Josephine Marsh and Paddy Glackin & Paddy Keenan.
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| August dates in Italy for Nollaig
Casey & Arty McGlynn
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| Due to the success of the Lorient
concert in August 2000 the festival Organisers
have invited Shaun to re-stage
the concert on August 11th 2001. |
| Liam O'Flynn & Seamus Heaney
to perform at New York's Lincon Center on May 29th.
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| Shaun Davey's Granuaile and
The Brendan Voyage For Waterfront Hall Belfast with The Ulster Orchestra
on Mar. 17th
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| Josephine Marsh US Tour Details
finalised.
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| 2001 US Tour
Dates for Liam O'Flynn & The Piper's Call Band |
| A unique performance of Shaun
Davey's The Pilgrim takes place on the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. |
| Shaun Davey Receives Tony Nomination |
| Shaun Davey's - The Pilgrim View a Selection of photos from the
Blanchardstown Concert |
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