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The Storm (Moving Hearts Album)
''The Storm'' is the third studio album by Irish folk-rock group Moving Hearts, recorded as an entirely instrumental album. When the band re-formed in 2007, they concentrated on performing this material. Track listing # ''The Lark'': #* "The Lark in the Morning" (Trad. Arr. Spillane, Lunny, O'Neill) #* "Earl the Breakfast Boiler" (Arr. Lunny, O'Neill) #* "O'Brion's Flightcase" (Arr. Lunny, O'Neill) #* "In the Mountains of Holland" (Arr. Lunny, O'Neill) #* "Oh Hag You've Killed Me" (Arr. Lunny, O'Neill) #* "Peter O'Byrne's Fancy" #* "Langstrom's Pony" # ''The Titanic'': #* "An Irishman in Brittany" (O'Neill) #* "A Breton in Paris" (Lunny) # ''The Storm'': #* "The Storm in the Teashirt" (Spillane) #* "The Staff in the Baggot" (Lunny) # "Finore" (Spillane) # "Tribute To Peadar O'Donnell" (Lunny) # "May Morning Dew" (Trad. Arr. Spillane, Lunny, O'Neill) Personnel *Dónal Lunny - bouzouki, synthesiser & bodhran *Keith Donald - soprano and alto saxophones & bass clarinet *Davy Spillane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moving Hearts
Moving Hearts is an Irish Celtic rock band formed in 1981. They followed in the footsteps of Horslips in combining Irish traditional music with rock and roll, and also added elements of jazz to their sound.Harris, Craig''Moving Hearts'' AllMusic. Retrieved 31 October 2016. Career The group was formed in 1981 when Dónal Lunny (bouzouki) and Christy Moore (vocals, guitar and bodhrán), of Planxty, wanted to explore the possibilities of linking contemporary music to Irish traditional music. They initially intended to form a trio with guitarist Declan Sinnott,Speek, Han (2011)''Dónal Lunny – a short biography''.''xs4all.nl''. Retrieved 13 May 2007. but then expanded the group to include established Irish musicians Keith Donald (alto sax), Eoghan O'Neill (bass), Brian Calnan (drums), and Davy Spillane (uilleann pipes). In their first year together, Moving Hearts performed to packed audiences during their three-night-a-week residency at the Baggot Inn on Baggot Street in Dublin.Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic Music
Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe. It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded music and the styles vary considerably to include everything from traditional music to a wide range of hybrids. Description and definition ''Celtic music'' means two things mainly. First, it is the music of the people that identify themselves as Celts. Secondly, it refers to whatever qualities may be unique to the music of the Celtic nations. Many notable Celtic musicians such as Alan Stivell and Paddy Moloney claim that the different Celtic music genres have a lot in common. These following melodic practices may be used widely across the different variants of Celtic Music: *It is common for the melodic line to move up and down the primary chords in many Celtic songs. There are a number of possible reasons for this: **''Melodic variation'' can be easily introduced. Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Music Label
Tara Music (formerly known as Tara Records) has been regarded for many years as one of the leading traditional Irish music recording companies. The label was set up by Jack Fitzgerald and John Cook in the early 1970s. Their first release was the album ''Prosperous'' by a young Christy Moore, still largely unknown at the time. There was quite a gap between that album coming out and anything further being released. Then, in the early eighties, there were two albums from Planxty ('' After The Break'' and ''The Woman I Loved So Well''), two further solo albums from Moore (''The Iron Behind the Velvet'' and '' Live In Dublin''), as well as two albums from Clannad (''Crann Úll'' and ''Fuaim''), followed by the first of numerous albums from Stockton's Wing. In the late seventies, Tara recorded Shaun Davey's ''The Brendan Voyage'', a ground-breaking album which featured uilleann piper Liam O'Flynn as a soloist with a full orchestra. ''The Brendan Voyage'' launched Davey as a contemporary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays left-handed guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozaik, LAPD, and Usher's Island, he has been at the forefront of the renaissance of Irish traditional music for over five decades. Lunny is the brother of musician and producer Manus Lunny. He had a son, Shane, with singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor; Shane was found dead on 7 January 2022, aged 17. Early life Lunny was born on 10 March 1947 in Tullamore. His father Frank was from Enniskillen in County Fermanagh and his mother, Mary Rogers, came from Ranafast in The Rosses in County Donegal; they raised four boys and five girls. The family moved to Newbridge in County Kildare when Dónal was five years old. He attended secondary school at Newbridge College and in 1963 joined the Patrician Brothers' school for the Intermediate Certificate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Hearts (album)
''Live Hearts'' is the first live album by the Irish folk rock band Moving Hearts, recorded on 28 February 1983 at the Dominion Theatre London by the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit. Steve Turner produced and engineered the album. (retrieved 26 December 2007) Track listing Side one #"McBrides" ( Dónal Lunny, Declan Sinnott, Eoghan O'Neill) #"2–1 Freddie" ( Mick Hanly, Lunny, Sinnott) #"Downtown" ( |
Live In Dublin (Moving Hearts Album)
''Live in Dublin'' is the second live album by Irish folk rock band Moving Hearts, recorded in 2007 at the Vicar Street venue in Dublin by Tim Martin. Noel Eccles and Keith Donald were executive producers, and the album was mixed by Andrew Boland and mastered by Martin Giles at Alchemy, in London.Sleeve notes from ''Live in Dublin'', Rubyworks 7 4484 2, 2008. Recording For this series of performances at Vicar Street, the band were augmented by Kevin Glackin (fiddle) and Graham Henderson (keyboards) but minus Flo McSweeney (vocals), thereby rekindling the instrumental format adopted for the recording of '' The Storm'' (1985). Previous band members also missing from this line-up included Declan Sinnott (guitar) and Declan Masterson (uilleann pipes). Critical reception ''Live in Dublin '' received positive reviews from folk music critics. In his review of the live concert itself in ''Hot Press'' (22 February 2007), Colm O'Hare stated: *"The Hearts' return to the stage was always go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane (born 1959 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician, songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle. Biography Irish music At the age of 12, Spillane started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him and inspired him with his love of all music genres. For the next three years he played at sessions and met many prominent Irish musicians. At the age of 16, he played in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe. In 1978, he began to write his own music. He starred as a gypsy in Joe Comerford's 1981 film '' Traveller''. Moving Hearts and solo albums He was a founder member of Moving Hearts, along with Christy Moore and Donal Lunny in 1981. Although each member had a strong pedigree of Irish folk music, the band played mostly original compositions, sometimes with a political edge and a folk-rock sound. Their final album '' The Storm'' (1985) was purely instrumental and had several slower pieces written by Spillane. He then made the surprise mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan Masterson
Declan Masterson is an Irish uilleann piper, traditional musician, composer and arranger. In addition to pursuing a solo career and playing with Moving Hearts and Patrick Street, Masterson was one of the ''Riverdance'' musicians. He has performed and recorded with many artists,''Declan Masterson'' Discography credits. ''allmusic.com''. Retrieved on 5 March 2015. ''celtic-music-net.com''. Retrieved on 9 March 2015. including: , |
1985 Albums
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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