Solo Performers

The release of this retrospective cd coincides with the singer’s appearance at World Parkinson Congress in Scotland. SAILING, a new CD retracing the career of Washington, DC-area vocalist Grace Griffith, will be released by Blix Street Records on September 28, 2010. A retrospective collection of 11 songs from a career that spans more than...

I have to admit I am a real fan of bands but I also like many solo performers. Here is a nice variety of some of my favorites. I think you will enjoy them also. Eamon Ireland Eamon Ireland is folk singer from Limerick, Ireland. His soft voice and superior story telling techniques make...

“Since Kyabram” was originally released in 2004 and some would question why I’ve chosen to introduce and review an album that has been around and listened to literally for years. Well, aside from being Declan O’Rourke’s debut album, without hesitation I would counter that “Since Kyabram” is a dazzling collection of original songs written and...

I’ve spent several weeks listening to Irish singer/songwriter Kate O’Callaghan’s brand new debut EP, To You, and can state unequivocally that she is not a vocalist content to sing traditional pub songs nor is she a storyteller of Irelands’ days past.  Kate is a genre of one, distinctive in both her writing style and...

Declan O’Rourke began his career on the Dublin singer-songwriter circuit in 2000 and released his debut album under an independent Irish record label in late 2004. Since Kyabram went straight in at fifth position on the Irish charts and very soon achieved Gold, Platinum and then double-Platinum status.  Even now, more than five years...

Irish singer-songwriter Siobhan Day was born in Belfast into a musical family. Growing up she would be surrounded by a wide range of musical tastes from Irish Traditional to Guns N Roses to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. At a very early age Siobhan learnt to play the keyboard and tin whistle, but...

I never know who or what I will find as I casually surf the Internet. I was fortunate enough recently to come across a singer/songwriter named Eoin (pronounced Owen) Harrington. Although Eoin had played piano and guitar since he was a boy in Dublin, Ireland, he became a chemical engineer as an adult and...

Andrew Huggan is a folk singer/songwriter from Central Scotland. He has been playing music ever since he was a small child but it’s only within the last decade that he started to take it more seriously. In 2003, Andrew went to his first ever Runrig gig. He was so amazed by the gig that...

Singer/songwriter Mickey Coleman, from the shores of Lough Neagh, County Tyrone Ireland is on his way to becoming the latest sensation to hit the Irish music folk scene. Mickey who has been writing, singing and playing music from an early age completed his critically acclaimed debut album Carefully Crafted, consisting of all original material, a...

At long last Jil Chambless is releasing a solo cd. Fans of Henris Notions have been enjoying Jil’s beautiful vocals for the past 20 years. The Ladies Go Dancing is a must have cd for those who love traditional Celtic music that is well produced and expertly performed. Jil will be having a CD...