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Concert
Aoife Clancy
www.aoifeclancy.com
Concert
Information:
Wednesday,
August 22 nd
8:00
pm
Studio
Stage, Lake Street, Glen Arbor
Tickets
$12 in advance, $15 at the door
Aoife
Clancy (pronounced "Eefa") brings a refreshing
new voice to folk music, one that ranges from traditional
Irish songs to ballads and contemporary folk. Aoife
comes from the small town of Carrick-on-Suir, in Co
Tipperary, Ireland, where her musical career began at
an early age. Her father Bobby Clancy of the legendary
Clancy Brothers, placed a guitar in her hands at age
ten, and by age fourteen was playing with her father
in nearby pubs.
She
later moved to Dublin, where she studied drama at the
Gaiety School of Acting. After a season at the Gaiety,
Aoife was invited to do a tour of Australia. There she
performed at festivals and concerts sharing the stage
with some of Ireland's greatest performers, including
Christy Moore and the Furey Brothers. Her performances
also include a Caribbean cruises with the Clancy Brothers,
the Milwaukee Irish Festival and a seven week tour of
the United States with the renowned Paddy Noonan Show.
In
1995 Aoife was asked to join the acclaimed group "Cherish
the Ladies", which is one of the most sought-after
Irish American groups in history. For the past four
years Aoife has toured extensively doing no less than
two hundred dates a year throughout the United States
and Europe. She has been a featured soloist with orchestras
such as the Boston Pops and Cincinnati Pops and ,while
performing with Cherish the Ladies, collaborated with
the Boston Pops on their Grammy nominated Celtic album.
Now
with seven recordings under her belt in the last decade,
Aoife has clearly established herself as one of the
Divas of Irish and contemporary Folk Music. She has
recorded two solo projects "Its about Time"
and "Soldiers and Dreams" on Rego Records.
On her debut CD " It's About Time," Aoife
presents some traditional favorites, such as "Factory
Girl" and "Mrs. McGrath," but she also
presents a sassy rendition of Leon Russelson's "Don't
Get Married Girls."
As
one reviewer remarked, "she has a breadth of styles
that make her concerts fascinating. Her singing would
melt packed ice with it's warmth and richness"
- Mike Jackson, Canberra Times. On Aoife's second Rego
solo album, "Soldiers and Dreams," Al Riess,
from Dirty Linen magazine, wrote: "Solders and
Dreams has a contemporary-meets-traditional-music feel
and Clancy's smooth, expressive singing works both ways-
ensuring a successful merger of the two approaches and
an enjoyable listening pleasure".
Currently,
Aoife is touring with her own band in support of her
two Rego solo releases and her latest Appleseed release
"Silvery Moon". When she comes to a town near
you, be sure not to miss this totally enchanting performer.
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