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The Gloaming
The Gloaming is a contemporary Irish/American music supergroup. Its members are fiddle player Martin Hayes, sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, hardanger fiddle player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, and pianist Thomas Bartlett. Guitarist Dennis Cahill was a member until his death in June 2022. The group was formed in 2011 and began a first tour of Ireland with a sold out performance in the National Concert Hall (NCH). Since then they have played the NCH annually, increasing to a residency of seven consecutive nights by 2017. After the release of their third studio album and a concert tour in 2019, the band announced that it would "take a break" in 2020. They have recorded three studio albums, '' The Gloaming'' (2014), '' The Gloaming 2'' (2016), '' The Gloaming 3'' (2019), and a concert recording, '' Live at the NCH'' (2018). Thomas Bartlett, the band's pianist, produced all four albums. The first was recorded at Grouse Lodge in County Westmeath in Ireland and the second at Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live At The NCH
''Live at the NCH'' is a live album by the contemporary Irish/American music group The Gloaming. It was released on March 2, 2018 on Real World Records. The album received widespread critical acclaim upon its release and went to No.3 in the Irish Album Charts. Background and recording In February 2018, RTÉ reported that The Gloaming were readying the release of a concert album timed for release with the group's sold-out seven-night residency in Dublin's National Concert Hall in March (their only live dates of that year). The release would act as a celebration of the 17 sold-out shows the band had performed at the NCH over the course of their career to that point (that figure now stands at 24). In an interview, pianist and producer Doveman, Thomas Bartlett said of the venue: “After playing our very first show there, we became really bonded to the National Concert Hall. It’s still absolutely amazing to me to have fallen into the situation where such a thing was even possible. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
