Celtic Music: Celtic Woman
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Celtic Woman: Riverdance Meets the Spice Girls?
Downes assembled five women who had never performed together before: vocalists Chloë Agnew (then 14 years old), Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. In addition to being the group's musical director, David Downes also plays piano during the shows and recording sessions.
The success of Celtic Woman owes a lot to the United States' Public Broadcasting System and its audience who have responded eagerly to offers of Celtic Woman CDs and DVDs in return for pledges. The group was taped in September 2004 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland to a sold-out audience. PBS broadcast it during a funding drive in March 2005 and within weeks Celtic Woman, the debut album, took the #1 spot on Billboard's World Music Chart and remained there for a record-breaking 81 weeks. What knocked it from the #1 spot was Celtic Woman's own second album, Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration, released in October 2006. Their third album, Celtic Woman: A New Journey took over the #1 spot on the World Music Chart, pushing their first two releases down and giving them the top three spots on the chart. This third album was recorded live at Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland in August 2006 and broadcast on PBS in December that year. Both the CD and DVD were released in January 2007. All of their first five CDs have been released simultaneously on DVD.
Table of Contents
- Celtic Woman Lineup Changes
- Celtic Woman
- The Butterfly
- Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Celtic Woman: A New Journey
- Scarborough Fair
- Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey
- Mo Ghile Mear
- Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart
- My Lagan Love
- Celtic Woman: Lullaby
- Walking in the Air
- Lisa Kelly: Lisa
- Chloë Agnew: Walking in the Air
- Mairead Nesbitt: Raining Up
- Órla Fallon: Water Is Wide
- Lynn Hilary: Take Me with You
- Meav Ni Mhaolchatha: Celtic Journey
- Celtic Woman Links
- Share Your Thoughts on Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman Lineup Changes
Lisa Kelly took maternity leave in 2008 and was replaced by Alex Sharpe, who then stayed on when Órla Fallon left before the 2009 Isle of Hope tour to focus on her family and recording a solo album. Both Alex and Lynn left the group in 2010. Joining was Lisa Lambe. As of March 2011, Celtic Woman is a four-woman group with Mairead Nesbitt, Chloë Agnew. Lisa Kelly and Lisa Lambe.
One constant presence in the group's history has been the Celtic Woman who has appeared on all their covers. The identity of this smiling redhead has not been made known on the Internet.
Celtic Woman
Released March 1, 2005 on CD & DVD
CD Tracks:
1. Last Rose Of Summer (Intro)/Walking In The Air
2. May It Be
3. Isle of Innisfree
4, Danny Boy
5. One World
6. Ave Maria
7. Send Me a Song
8. Siuil A Run
9. Orinoco Flow
10. Someday
11. She Moved Thru' the Fair
12. Nella Fantasia
13. The Butterfly
14. Harry's Game
15. The Soft Goodbye
16. You Raise Me Up
17. The Ashoken Farewell/The Contradiction (Live)
18. Si Do Mhaimeo I
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The DVD contains three additional songs: "My Lagan Love - Somewhere," "I Dreamt I Dwelled in Marble Halls" and "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring." The DVD also contains interviews with Chloe, Meav, Lisa, Orla, Mairead, and David Downes.
Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
Released October 3, 2006 on CD & DVD
CD Tracks:
1. O Holy Night
2. Away in a Manger
3. Ding Dong Merrily on High
4. White Christmas
5. Silent Night
6. Christmas Pipes
7. The Christmas Song
8. Carol of the Bells
9. Have Yourself a Merry Christmas
10. Panis Angelicus
11. Don Oíche Úd I mBeithil (That Night In Bethlehem)
12. O Come All Ye Faithful
13. The Little Drummer Boy
14. The Wexford Carol
15. Let It Snow
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The Little Drummer Boy
Celtic Woman: A New Journey
Released January 30, 2007 on CD & DVD
CD Tracks:
1. The Sky And The Dawn And The Sun
2. The Prayer
3. Newgrange
4. Over the Rainbow
5. Granuaile's Dance
6. The Blessing
7. Dúlaman
8. Beyond the Sea
9. The Last Rose of Summer
10. Caledonia
11. Lascia Ch'io Pianga
12. Carrickfergus
13. Vivaldi's Rain
14. The Voice
15. Scarborough Fair
16. Mo Ghile Mear
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The DVD contains eight additional songs plus the feature "Behind the Scenes at Slane Castle."
Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey
Released October 28, 2008 on CD & DVD
CD Tracks:
1. The Call
2. Pie Jesu
3. You Lift Me Up
4. Harry's Game
5. The Butterfly
6. The Voice
7. Danny Boy
8. The Soft Goodbye
9. Shenandoah - The Contradiction
10. The Isle of Innisfree
11. Dúlaman
12. Green The Whole Year 'Round
13. Ave Maria
14. The Sky And The Dawn And The Sun
15. Somewhere
16. Beyond the Sea
17. Mo Ghile Mear (Live From Slane Castle)
18. Spanish Lady (Live From Slane Castle)
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The DVD includes an hour-long documentary "The Story So Far."
Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart
Released January 26, 2010 on CD & DVD
CD Tracks:
1. Fields Of Gold
2. Amazing Grace
3. Níl Sé'n Lá
4. My Lagan Love
5. When You Believe
6. The New Ground
7. Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears
8. The Coast Of Galiçia
9. Non C'è Più
10. The Moon's A Harsh Mistress
11. You'll Be In My Heart
12. Goodnight My Angel
13. Galway Bay
14. The Lost Rose Fantasia
15. O, America!
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The DVD contains six additional songs.
My Lagan Love
Celtic Woman: Lullaby
Released February 15, 2011 on CD
CD Tracks:
1. When You Wish Upon a Star
2. Stay Awake
3. Baby Mine
4. Goodnight My Angel
5. Over the Rainbow
6. Suantraí
7. Walking in the Air
8. The Blessing
9. Brahm's Lullaby
10. Hush Little Baby
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Lisa Kelly: Lisa
Released January 10, 2006
CD Tracks:
1. Siúil A Rún
2. Carrickfergus
3. Lift the Wings
4. Soft Goodbye
5. Dubhdarra
6. Home and the Heartland
7. May It Be
8. Homecoming
9. The Deer's Cry
10. Send Me a Song
11. Now We Are Free
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Chloë Agnew: Walking in the Air
Released January 10, 2006 on CD & DVD
CD Tracks:
1. Walking in the Air
2. The Prayer
3. Nella Fantasia
4. Someday
5. Rain
6. Going Home
7. Panis Angelicus
8. Vincent - Starry, Starry Night
9. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
10. To Where You Are
11. One World
12. Stigma
13. Winter's Light
14. Brahm's Lullaby
15. Gabriel's Oboe
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Mairead Nesbitt: Raining Up
Released January 10, 2006
CD Tracks:
1. Skidoo
2. Raining Up Finans Isle Suite
3. Bovaglies Plaid
4. Finan's Isle
5. The Setting Sun
6. The Butterfly
7. There Is No Light
8. Captain H
9. An Raibh tu ag an gCorraig
10. Trí Fhidilí
11. Bluelights Within the Blue Suite
12. 1st Movement
13. 2nd Movement
14. 3rd Movement
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Órla Fallon: Water Is Wide
Released on January 10, 2006
CD Tracks:
1. She Moved Thro' The Fair
2. Aililiu na Gamhna
3. Cad E Sin Don Te Sin
4. Carrickfergus
5. Siúil A Rún
6. Down by the Sally Gardens
7. Na Buachailli Alainn
8. Raglan Road
9. Gartan Mothers Lullaby
10. An Mhaighdean Mhara
11. The Water Is Wide
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Lynn Hilary: Take Me with You
Released on April 21, 2009
CD Tracks:
1. Melody of Life
2. Swimming in the Barrow
3. Erin Beo
4. Sunset of Gold
5. Carolina Rua
6. Annie Watches
7. What Makes the Sunset?
8. Take Me with You
9. Shona Mara
10. Slán Le Maigh
11. Road to Glory
12. Angel Doves
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Meav Ni Mhaolchatha: Celtic Journey
Released on January 10, 2006
CD Tracks:
1. She Moved Through the Fair
2. The Last Rose of Summer
3. Down by the Sally Gardens
4. I Dreamt I Dwelled in Marble Halls
5. Celtic Prayer
6. Suantraí
7. Danny Boy
8. Greensleeves
9. Dante's Prayer
10. Goltraí
11. Silent Night
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Celtic Woman Links
- Celtic Woman Official Website
- The official site with tour dates, bios, photos, reviews and much more.
- MobyD's Celtic Music Lenses
- A lensography listing Celtic music performers from Ireland, Sctoland, North America and elsewhere.
- Celtic Music: Riverdance
- A lens about the phenomenal stage show that brought Irish/Celtic music and dance to millions of people worldwide and inspired the formation of Celtic Woman.
- Hayley Westenra on Amazon.com
- In addition to her work with Celtic Woman, Hayley Westenra has recorded many CDs.
- Orla Fallon on Amazon.com
- Orla Fallon recorded CDs both before and after her time with Celtic Woman.
Share Your Thoughts on Celtic Woman
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TylaMac
Mar 17, 2011 @ 9:54 pm | delete
- I am a Celtic Woman so how could I not love this group? I just watched their special on Public Television earlier this evening.
*Lucky Leprechaun Blessings.*
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