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Dusty Young
has done it all in show business. Singer, songwriter, musician and actor.
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Kevin started singing at the tender age of six,
and started publicly performing at age 13. Spending the majority of his childhood days at his grandmothers house, Kevin learned to have great respect for his grandmother and seniors. One of Kevin's releases entitled, "My Old Homestead" was lovingly dedicated to his grandmother! On a trip to Boston, with his grandmother, eight year old Kevin, performed on stage with Leroy Van Dyke and received a standing ovation. Kevin is very proud of the fact that his grandfather, Charles Collins, a resident of Bond's Path, Placentia was a mail-carrier for 29 years. Charles Collins delivered mail from Placentia to Patrick's Cove on the Cape Shore by horse and buggy for a distance of 15 miles year ‘round for 29 years. He later worked in the lumber woods for the remainder of his life until his death at age 55. He left behind a wife and 12 children. More... |
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 Maura O'Connell |
Born and raised in County Clare, Ireland, she was the third of four singing sisters, but it wasn't ancient Celt folk tunes in which that household was drenched--but their singing mother's collection of light opera, opera, and parlor song records. "I'm sure that those have something to do with how I
approach singing," O'Connell says now. "I was aware of singing as an art
form in itself." With that awareness, and her focus on singing, she has
always been most interested in tunes "that haven't been performed by other
people." That was a key reason her first public role as lead singer with the
tradition-oriented DeDannan never felt entirely comfortable, and the reason
why, in the midst of that folk success, she was so attracted to the
experimental roots music of America's New Grass Revival when the bands'
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 Brendan Shine |
Starting
his career in his native Athlone, Brendan joined
“Kieran Kelly’s Ceili Band” along with school pal Johnny Dawson, who, to
this day is still with Brendan playing drums in the “Brendan Shine Super
Band”. He made his name first as an excellent accordionist alongside such
stars as Dermot O'Brien, Fintan Stanley and Ritchie Fitzgerald. However, he
soon took center stage, picked up the microphone and had a huge string of
hits in Ireland. He is still on the road today, going as strong as ever!
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Natural Gas is a four-piece group. They have a gigantic repertoire from slow and plaintive love songs to lively sea shanties to rousing ballads, poetry and recitations and lively dance music played on a wide range of instruments including fiddle, uilleann pipes, guitar, tin whistle, accordion, harmonica, bass and bodhran. Although their roots are firmly based in traditional music, the band has no problem in traversing all musical styles. They’re quite at home performing covers like Neil Young’s ‘Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World’ or L.L. Cool J’s rap anthem ‘I need Love’ easily blending jigs and reels with these songs to put their own stamp on them. Many tales, not all of them repeatable, abound as to where the band derived their name. One sanitized version explains a “gas man” as somebody humourous or good fun to be with. Natural speaks for itself, no tricks or gimmickry here, just honest music from the heart. |
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Christy Moore,
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Gene Fitzpatrick One of Ireland’s best loved and most highly respected performers, Gene has become a household name with a string of album successes and a reputation as one of the funniest comedians in the country. Famed for his unique style and delivery, Gene’s wonderfully warm personality and practiced ability to bring his audience into the act has gained him a devoted fan base of all ages. More... |
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 Kevin Prendergast |
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 Francis Black |
FRANCES BLACK's professional singing debut
was in 1986, when she began performing with her three brothers and sister
(Shay, Michael, Martin, Mary, Frances) as The Black Family, performing a mix
of traditional and contemporary/traditional Irish music. With The Black
Family, she did two major tours of Ireland in the late 1980s, and appears on
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 Johnny McEvoy |
Johnny McEvoy - The Boston Burglar - #1 Song in
Ireland 40 Years Ago on the 19th May 1967 !! One of Ireland's most enduring artists, Johnny McEvoy's career spans more that three decades. When your want a great ballad singer, there's nobody like Johnny McEvoy. More... |
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 Philomena Begley |
Philomena Begley, the Queen of Country Music.
Philomena was born in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, where she grew up with a love for
Country Music, at the tender age of 15 years she stepped on her first stage
'for a dare' she says, in Ardboe on the shores of Lough Neagh. By 1977 she was undertaking a major tour of the United States and in 1978 was invited to sing at the Grand Ole Opry. Since then she has returned annually to Nashville, been a guest of honour at the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York and has sung at both the Grand Old Opry and Carnegie Hall. Now 40 years later Philomena Belgey is phenomenon drawing in the crowds for an audience with the 'Queen of Country Music'. She is married to Tom Quinn, and has three children, Mary, Aiden and Carol where they still reside in the hometown village More... |
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The Black Family |
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 Declan Nerney |
Declan was born in the heart of Ireland in Drumlish Co Longford, at a unique period of time in the music scene worldwide. A revolution in rock and pop brought us The Beatles, Elvis, and the Rolling Stones, while here in Ireland the magnificent showband boom was about to explode.
A young man growing up at that time, Declan was being heavily influenced by
these greats and indeed was getting the rare opportunity to see most of the
top showbands appear in his native town of Drumlish. He would cajole his
mother into seeing Joe Dolan, Big Tom, Philomena Begley,
The Capital Showband, and many more perform when the appeared at the
marquee at the end of May and early June. From his vantage point close to
the stage, he would absorb every move made by the guitarist in the bands,
watching his fingers slide along the strings, hoping that one day he might
be up there performing just like Dan O'Hara or Seamus McMahon... |
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 Mundy |
Mundy first emerged into the spotlight as a baby-faced 20-year-old back in
1996, having spend the previous two years busking on the streets of Dublin,
writing songs and showcasing them at the legendary open mic nights at the
International Bar. His talent was obvious from the very beginning, and the
young singer was quickly snapped up by Sony Music, who released his debut
album, Jellylegs, to great critical acclaim. World tours followed, including
dates with Neil Young, Van Morrisson, Alanis Morrisette (at that time the
biggest female artist in the world with her Jagged Little Pill album). One
song from Jellylegs, ‘To You I Bestow’ found its way onto Baz Luhrman’s
Romeo & Juliet soundtrack, which went on to sell more than 11 million copies
worldwide. More... |
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 Seamus Moore |
Seamus Moore Seamus Moore entered and won a talent contest at the I & B Records, Annual Irish Music and dance Festival in Southport with his own composition 'The JCB Song. Two years later he was presented with a gold record, at the same festival, for sales in excess of 50,000 of the single and cassette.
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