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Feb 25, 2010 Washington Post: CD Review: Maura O'Connell's "Naked with Friends"
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...
Jan 27, 2010 Traditional Folk Nominees (Grammy Website)
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...
Jan 22, 2010 Billycocks, bickering and BBC freebies...
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...
Dec 25, 2009 LIVE: The Jerry Douglas Band @ The Egg, 12/11/09
Well, you knew this was going to be a strange little show as soon as it was announced – a holiday concert featuring the Jerry Douglas Band with Maura O’Connell and John Oates. Read more...
Dec 19, 2009 Dobro master Jerry Douglas breathes new life into tired yuletide tunes
As Jerry Douglas puts it, “You don’t want to do Christmas songs and do ’em wrong.” Accordingly, the dobro master and 12-time Grammy winner definitely does things right on his new Christmas album, “Jerry Christmas.” Read more...
Dec 19, 2009 Call it holiday ‘tradition’ not ‘cliche’
In some ways Jerry Douglas seems like an illogical choice for a musician to do an album of traditional Christmas songs like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "O Holy Night." Read more...
Dec 19, 2009 Jerry Douglas show sure had surprises
ALBANY -- "How did a song like that get into a Jerry Douglas Christmas show?" asked John Oates, the mustachioed half of the veteran pop-soul duo Hall & Oates. He had just finished singing "Maneater," one of H&O's number one hits from 1982. Read more...
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