All the Way Home - Cathy Jordan

After more than 20 years as lead singer with the hugely successful Irish band Dervish, Cathy Jordan has now released her first solo album.

Cathy Jordan

Although still a committed member of Dervish, Jordan has often pursued other projects and also performs with another band called The Unwanted. However, her new album, All the Way Home is the first time she has ventured out entirely alone.

She told Irish Music Forever: “It may seem like a sudden impulse, but it’s something I’ve been planning for several years. I wanted to look at some songs that mean something very special to me, often because they relate to people and places I knew from my childhood.”

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Stories from the Steeples Review

A new album from Mary Black always creates a buzz of excitement, especially these days as they’ve become something of a rarity.

Mary Black
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Interview - Stories from the Steeples

Stories from the Steeples is her first album for six years, but it’s been worth the wait.

This is a triumphant return for an artist who, after already notching up 11 platinum albums, is entitled to wait until the time is right.

Mary Black

She told Irish Music Forever: “I’ve actually got more time now. My kids have grown up. I can pick and choose the work I really want to do.

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Padraig Lalor – Ismay’s Dream

Padraig Lalor is a singer songwriter from Northern Ireland who has been working closely over the last few years with top performers like The Dubliners and Finbar Furey.

Padraig Lalor

Ismay’s Dream is his debut album … and what a debut it is!

This is a great piece of work and one of the most engaging albums I’ve heard for a long time.

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Arlene Faith - Spirit of the Celtic Violin

Sometimes you might be aware of an artist and know that they’re good but you never quite get round to listening to them properly– then one day you do get the chance and you realise what fantastic music you’ve been missing all those years.

Arlene Faith

That’s the way it was for me with American violinist Arlene Faith – one of the top classical/country/ folk crossover artists of the last 30 years.

I’ve only just discovered her trilogy of albums of Celtic violin music and now I wished I’d come across them earlier.

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New album by Celtic Tenors - Feels Like Home

The Celtic Tenors have been quiet on the recording front recently but now they’re back with a new album called Feels Like Home.

For me it’s a welcome return because one of the things I’ve always liked about this forward thinking group is the way they manage to turn their classically trained voices to songs in all sorts of musical styles and still sound perfectly natural.

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