Muireann nic Amhlaoibh
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Recipient of the 2011 Gradaim Ceoil TG4 Singer of the Year and lead-singer and flute and whistle player with the group “Danú”, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh grew up in Dún Chaoin, Co. Kerry. There, she was immersed in the vibrant West-Kerry music tradition. Her father, a fiddler, would bring her to music sessions from a young age. There she began to play music on the flute and tin whistle and to sing sean nós (old style) songs, learning from wonderful local singers. She was awarded an M.A. in Traditional Music Performance from
the University of Limerick in 2002. She has tutored both flute and singing in
the University.
Muireann toured and performed with various musicians and groups before joining Danú in 2003. In 2004 Danú won the BBC 2 Folk Award for "Best Group". At the same awards the song "The County Down" by Tommy Sands that Danú had recently recorded won "Best Song". Muireann herself won "Best Singer" at the liveireland.com Awards in 2005. She has toured the world with her music visiting countries as far flung as India, Bulgaria an Jordan and performed for such dignitaries as An t-Uachtarán Mary McAleese, An Taoiseach, The President of Bulgaria and the EU Assembly. She continues to tour regularly with Danú.
Muireann is extremely sought after both as a vocalist and flute
player and has collaborated with many musicians at home and abroad such as
Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, with whom she recorded the album Dual,
Darrell Scott, Liam Clancy, Na Píobairí Uilleann, and the Philip Kutev Choir of
Bulgaria. Sha also regularly gives workshops in singing and flute playing.
Recipient of the 2011 Gradaim Ceoil TG4 Singer of the Year and lead-singer and flute and whistle player with the group “Danú”, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh grew up in Dún Chaoin, Co. Kerry. There, she was immersed in the vibrant West-Kerry music tradition. Her father, a fiddler, would bring her to music sessions from a young age. There she began to play music on the flute and tin whistle and to sing sean nós (old style) songs, learning from wonderful local singers. She was awarded an M.A. in Traditional Music Performance from
the University of Limerick in 2002. She has tutored both flute and singing in
the University.
Muireann toured and performed with various musicians and groups before joining Danú in 2003. In 2004 Danú won the BBC 2 Folk Award for "Best Group". At the same awards the song "The County Down" by Tommy Sands that Danú had recently recorded won "Best Song". Muireann herself won "Best Singer" at the liveireland.com Awards in 2005. She has toured the world with her music visiting countries as far flung as India, Bulgaria an Jordan and performed for such dignitaries as An t-Uachtarán Mary McAleese, An Taoiseach, The President of Bulgaria and the EU Assembly. She continues to tour regularly with Danú.
Muireann is extremely sought after both as a vocalist and flute
player and has collaborated with many musicians at home and abroad such as
Scottish Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, with whom she recorded the album Dual,
Darrell Scott, Liam Clancy, Na Píobairí Uilleann, and the Philip Kutev Choir of
Bulgaria. Sha also regularly gives workshops in singing and flute playing.
Morning Star was her first recording, released a few years before she joined Danu.
Daybreak (2006) was her first commercial solo recording. Ar Uair Bhig an Lae : The Small Hours (2012)The Small Hours is her second commercial solo offering. It consists of eleven songs, seven traditional and four new. The latter are ‘Gold Hills’ by Australian Kate Burke, ‘A Single Thread’ by Ger Wolfe, ‘Another Day’ by Tim
O’Brien and a traditional song, ‘An Chiúrach Bhléinfhionn’ newly set by Gerry O’Beirne.
The traditional songs are ‘Bó na Leathadhairce’, ‘‘S Ar Maidin Moch is Mé ar mo Leabain Bhoig’ (Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire), ‘The Leaving of Limerick’, ‘Cois Abhann na Séad’, ‘The Bold Fenian Men’ (Peadar Kearney), and ‘An Clár Bog Déil’.
Though always pellucid (very clear - some word!!) Nic Amhlaoibh adjusts the character of her voice according to the song form, from popular folk to gentle ballad to refined sean-nós t
Daybreak (2006) was her first commercial solo recording. Ar Uair Bhig an Lae : The Small Hours (2012)The Small Hours is her second commercial solo offering. It consists of eleven songs, seven traditional and four new. The latter are ‘Gold Hills’ by Australian Kate Burke, ‘A Single Thread’ by Ger Wolfe, ‘Another Day’ by Tim
O’Brien and a traditional song, ‘An Chiúrach Bhléinfhionn’ newly set by Gerry O’Beirne.
The traditional songs are ‘Bó na Leathadhairce’, ‘‘S Ar Maidin Moch is Mé ar mo Leabain Bhoig’ (Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire), ‘The Leaving of Limerick’, ‘Cois Abhann na Séad’, ‘The Bold Fenian Men’ (Peadar Kearney), and ‘An Clár Bog Déil’.
Though always pellucid (very clear - some word!!) Nic Amhlaoibh adjusts the character of her voice according to the song form, from popular folk to gentle ballad to refined sean-nós t
