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May 01, 2013
Everybody Has a Story
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Many great Nashville based artists lend their talents to songs written by patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt through its Music Therapy Program.
Everybody Has a Story is a CD that celebrates the patients’ creativity and shows how music can be a vehicle for healing. Each song was a result of a clinical music therapy session involving the patient and a music therapist. Read more...
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Aug 26, 2010
Bennington Irish Music Festival at Colgate Park
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In Boston, that most Irish of American cities, word of yet another Irish-themed event is hardly news. But an Irish festival in southern Vermont is different.
Thousands of Irish-Americans and friends from New York and New England are expected at the Bennington Irish Music Festival in historic Bennington, Vermont, on Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4 and 5, at Colgate Park. Read more...
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Jul 31, 2010
Bennington to host first Irish Music Festival, Sept. 4-5
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Among the internationally renowned headlining performers are New York’s own Irish rock band Black 47, Shana Morrison (daughter of legendary Van Morrison), vocalist Maura O’Connell, the Young Dubliners, Belfast natives McPeake, and 10-time Irish National Fiddle Champion Seamus Connolly. Read more...
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Mar 31, 2010
Finding A Home With Maura O'Connell -- Irish Examiner(USA)
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Twice grammy-nominated Maura O'Connell played New York's City Winery on March 28 (citywinery.com).
If you haven't been there yet, you're missing out: Maura told the audience "try to keep this venue open, if only for me! I might have found a home, if they let me come back." Read more...
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Feb 25, 2010
Washington Post: CD Review: Maura O'Connell's "Naked with Friends"
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Performing a cappella requires a leap of faith for most vocalists, but for Irish-born Maura O'Connell, it's as natural as breathing. She sounds right at home on her new CD, the Grammy-nominated "Naked With Friends," performing traditional ballads and contemporary songs, mostly in English and Gaelic. Read more...
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Jan 27, 2010
Traditional Folk Nominees (Grammy Website)
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Vocal or Instrumental.
Cutting Loose
David Holt And Josh Goforth
[High Windy Audio]
Naked With Friends
Maura O’Connell
[Sugar Hill Records]
Polka Cola: Music That Refreshes
Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra
[Starr Records]
Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips
(Various Artists)
Jacqui Morse, Kendall Morse & Dan Schatz, producers
[righteous babe records, inc.]
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
Loudon Wainwright III
[2nd Story Sound Records Read more...
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Jan 22, 2010
Billycocks, bickering and BBC freebies...
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After the beatifically blissed-out crowd from Bobby McFerrin’s gig had floated homeward, and the subsequent Concert Hall sessions cleared out around 1am, it might have all seemed quiet on the Celtic Connections front last night – but there was at least one very choice wee session happening, thanks to an obliging night porter at one of the artists’ hotels. The currently Grammy-nominated Irish singer Maura O’Connell, having delivered her own magical performance at the Strathclyde Suite earlier, was enjoying a nightcap with her sister Aine – who’d also featured in the gig – Read more...
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