My post Halloween special featuring The Hothouse Flowers on autodj and special guest Kyle Carey joins us on an interview in the Celtic music hour. More goodies on the indie variety show.
Órla Fallon – singer, harpist and one of the original members of Celtic Woman
On tour this fall with songs from her latest release, ‘My Land’
After completing her first solo tour of the US this past spring, Órla Fallon is returning from Ireland to share her unique, Celtic creations with Irish-American music lovers across the country. Orla Fallon released her debut album, ‘My Land,’in early 2011, which premiered nationwide on public television, featuring one of the most iconic and legendary Irish musical groups – The Dubliners. Orla also takes the stage with the wonderful Dublin Gospel Choir, singer/songwriter Damien Dempsey and Irish crooner,Tommy Fleming to create an original Celtic blend. Órla Fallon’s ‘My Land’ was taped at the majestic Royal Hospital Kilmainham (RHK) in Dublin. RHK is one of the finest 17th-century buildings in all of Ireland. Additional shooting for the show took place throughout Ireland at various locations including: The Cliffs of Moher, Slea Head, the Dingle Peninsula, Forest Park in Gougane Barra, Rock of Cashel, Dublin, Portaferry, Strangford Lough and Downpatrick.
The show includes a combination of Órla’s solo material and classic Irish and American songs including: Morning Has Broken, I’ll Tell Me Ma,Spanish Lady, Ni Na La, Isle of Innisfree and many more. “‘My Land’ is the show that I have dreamed of making for many years,” says Fallon. “This show makes me think of home…of Ireland…the place I grew up in…the place I learned to sing and a place that I hope everyone gets to visit some day.” The CD includes eleven songs and collaborations with each of the aforementioned artists. The DVD is the entire, full-length concert recorded at RHK.
To continue her long-standing support of public television, the DVD ‘My Land’ will run in some of the cities in Órla’s upcoming tour. She is making some of the best seats to her second 2011 concert tour available to public television viewers across the country. Viewers who make a donation to their local public television stations during broadcasts of Órla Fallon’s ‘My Land’ can receive these tickets, the special companion DVD with extra footage exclusive to Public Television and a Public TV version of the CD, featuring three exclusive bonus songs as “thank you” gifts. Órla’s corresponding 25-city tour will run in 2011 from mid September through mid-November. “This is a big year for us,” said Fallon. “We are setting out to visit the most markets and see the largest number of fans since my last tour with Celtic Woman.” Órla Fallon on PBS– check your local listings or go to http://www.orlafallon.com. Tickets for the live performances are also available at the venues and cds/dvds can also be purchased at amazon.com, iTunes and atwww.orlafallon.com
For a full tour listing, for further information and biography go to www.orlafallon.com
ORLA FALLON ON TOUR LATE SUMMER EARLY FALL 2011:
September 23 Memphis, TN Bartlett Performing Arts Center 8:00PM
September 24 Nashville, TN James K. Polk Theatre 7:30PM
September 27 Chattanooga, TN UTC Fine Arts Center 7:30PM
September 28 Atlanta, GA Rialto Center for the Arts 7:30PM
September 29 Greensboro, NC Carolina Theatre 7:30PM
September 30 Charlotte, NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center 7:30PM
October 2 Dayton, OH, Dayton Art Institute, 7:30PM
October 4 Erie, PA Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center 7:30PM
October 6 Bethlehem, PA ArtsQuest TBA
October 7 Stowe, VT Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center 8:00PM
October 8 Keene, NH Colonial Theatre 8:00PM
October 13 Spokane, WA Bing Crosby Theatre 7:00PM
October 14 Edmond, WA Edmonds Center for the Arts 7:30PM
October 15 Tacoma, WA Rialto Theatre TBA
October 16 Portland, OR Aladdin Theatre 8:00PM
October 19 Chico, CA Laxson Auditorium TBA
October 20 Sacramento, CA Crest Theatre 7:30PM
October 22 Berkley, CA Freight and Salvage Hall 8:00PM
October 25 Fresno, CA Tower Theatre 7:00PM
October 27 Malibu, CA Pepperdine Center for the Arts 8:00PM
October 29 Irvine, CA Barclay Theatre TBA
October 30 San Diego, CA Balboa Theatre 7:00PM
November 4 Tuscan, AZ Berger Center for the Arts 7:30PM
November 6 Phoenix, AZ Chandler Center for the Arts 3:00PM
November 10 Gainesville, FL University of Florida Performing Arts Center 7:30PM
November 11 Gainesville, FL University of Florida Performing Arts Center 7:30PM
It’s been ages since I last posted on a weekend. I never considered weekend as a ‘writing’ kind of day. But it is a special week and today is a special day so I got really inspired. I see that my facebook has a lot of interesting notification in terms of friends’ events. Twitter has given me interesting news. And I got awesome emails from people I have meant to talk to for ages.
Writing blurbs has been tricky for me. You don’t know if it really supports the article or interview you made. But I have always followed my heart and what it says. Being a fan helps. It makes you think of the things that made you read articles of you favorite artist or band. Sometimes at the end of it , there’s a lingering thought in mind that the writer should have added something more.
I run two blogs. This and an indie blog dedicated to bands that aren’t Celtic but still make amazing music. I think I am not running away from Celtic music by doing that. It just means that I am letting readers and musicians discover new music and what fusion can do to each style. I have always been a lover of fusion. So I guess that doesn’t make me a purest. A true music lover will always love music in whatever style .
You can now get a copy of the fantastic PBS show hosted by Moya Brennan. The Music of Ireland (Welcome Home) is now available exclusively at Barnes and Nobles. You can see snippets of this video of you co to http://www.moyabrennan.com/ ….Jenne Lennon is in studio working on he new album. Her moving rendition of “Bonny Portmore” is for sale at I-Tunes, Amazon.com, Rhapsody , and all other online stores! Download the single that’s making all of the buzz in Scotland and the U.K.! The single is featured on the “Going Back Home V.11” Compilation Album through Quickstar/Sony Productions according to her website: Jenne Lennon is hard at work on a new performance schedule for the spring and her debut solo album! Keep checking the sites for more updates on all of Jenne’s endeavors! http://www.jennelennon.com/music.html…Luka Bloom is one of the important international artists to head the 20th Caribana Festival. Experience diversity and a kind of music that pushes the limits of what’s mainstream and what’ ‘alternative’ http://www.caribana-festival.ch/en/2010/artists/…. Albums, news and interviews of Irish Balladeer Brian Kennedy can now be seen when you go to http://www.briankennedy.co.uk/ also watch out for new up-coming autobiography!…For the month of June, Solas has the following tour dates:
What do you think the song is about? Don’t you think it presents a disturbing and tragic meaning?
Note: Mick McAuley has a different rendition of this especially in the 7th stanza which goes
“Are you weeping for your house and your home
is that where you longed to be,
Though I am not weeping for my house carpenter
I am weeping for my babies three”
Well met, well met, my own true love
Well met, well met, cried she
I’ve just returned from the salt, salt sea
And it’s all for the love of thee
I could have married a King’s daughter there
She would have married me
But I have forsaken my King’s daughter there
It’s all for the love of thee
Well, if you could have married a King’s daughter there
I’m sure you’re the one to blame
For I am married to a house carpenter
And I’m sure he’s a fine young man
Forsake, forsake your house carpenter
And come away with me
I’ll take you where the green grass grows
On the shores of sunny Italy
So up she picked her babies three
And gave them kisses, one, two, three
Saying “take good care of your daddy while I’m gone
And keep him good company.”
Well, they were sailin’ about two weeks
I’m sure it was not three
When the younger of the girls, she came on deck
Sayin’ she wants company
“Well, are you weepin’ for your house and home?
Or are you weepin’ for your babies three?”
“Well, I’m not weepin’ for my house carpenter
I’m weepin’ for my babies three.”
Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
They look as white as snow
Those are the hill of heaven, my love
You and I’ll never know
Oh what are those hills yonder, my love
They look as dark as night
Those are the hills of hell-fire my love
Where you and I will unite
Oh twice around went the gallant ship
I’m sure it was not three
When the ship all of a sudden, it sprung a leak
And it drifted to the bottom of the sea
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