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Co-hosts for the event are Eileen Ivers, who will also perform, a Grammy awarded, Emmy nominated, fiddler, and an Irish American to boot. She has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today, and said this regarding this event: “St. Brigid was a light in the darkest of times, a peacemaker, a woman who provided sustenance and a safe haven for all. I’m thrilled to be joining other female artists as part of a livestream concert honoring this beloved Irish saint. May the perpetual flame that St. Brigid ignited so long ago, which still burns in Kildare Town’s Market Square today, live in our hearts and shine through the gift of music and community.”
Eileen will be joined by Joanie Madden, who is considered one of the greatest musicians and personalities in the history of Irish music in America, and since its inception in 1985, has also been the leader and driving force behind the all-female Irish music and dance troupe, Cherish the Ladies.
Additional performers include:
Morgan Bullock, an Irish dancer from Virginia, who gained fame last year from her fabulous TikTok videos, mixing hip hop with step dancing. 10 years in, she’s competed internationally, and has been offered a chance to dance with Riverdance after the pandemic has subsided.
Karan Casey, who has long been one of the most innovative, provocative and imitated voices in Irish traditional and folk music. Her career has spanned twenty-five years from the early days as a jazz performer in George’s Bistro in Dublin to her heady days in New York with the band Solas to her now well-established solo career and she has sold over half a million albums.
Cherish the Ladies, the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American super group that formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of women in what had been a male-dominated Irish music scene and has since toured the world. These ladies create an evening that includes a spectacular blend of virtuoso instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements, and stunning step dancing. Their continued success as one of the top Celtic groups in the world is due to their ability to take the best of Irish traditional music and dance and put it forth in an immensely entertaining show.
Ashley Davis, who is an American singer-songwriter whose musical imagination invites the world into her eclectic sphere. Think Joni Mitchell meets contemporary Celtic and you’ll get something like the creative force of Ashley Davis- while this mash-up may classify her work, Davis’s unique ability to capture and cross musical traditions ultimately transcends comparison.
The Friel Sisters, who hail from Glasgow, with their family roots firmly entrenched in the Donegal Gaeltacht (Derrynamansher), achieve a close blend on fiddle, flute and uilleann pipes interspersed with songs sang in unison, many from their family and local repertoire. Since the launch of their debut album, they have performed in various venues and festivals across Europe, America and Asia and have appeared as guests on stage or toured with many internationally known Irish acts.
Emma Langford, A daughter of Limerick, songwriter and performing artist Emma Langford has won accolades, awards and critical acclaim from County Mayo to Milwaukee. Lingering in that liminal space between folk, jazz and traditional Irish nuance, Langford has drawn comparisons to Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake and Janis Ian. Her stage presence and voice however are truly uniquely her own – a mesmerizing blend, best experienced live.
Cassie and Maggie MacDonald, Nova Scotian sisters who, put their own 21st Century stamp on the Celtic soundtrack of this nation. Exciting and innovative, their talent is surpassed only by the sheer joy they exude in performance. Alternating between Gaelic and English, traditional and contemporary, haunting and electrifying, the duo is nothing short of mesmerizing. The two have been enchanting audiences around the world with their unparalleled unity of strings, voices and fabulous percussive step dance.
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