Kel
01-14-2005, 11:47 AM
Gerry Shell and Steve Shell, the Citizens of the Week!, are once again bringing awesome talent to Eureka Springs! I've posted the information on the upcoming performance of Danu below. Lee and I bought our tickets yesterday and we can't wait for the show! Unfortunately, we're going to be out of town on Jan. 16th, so we'll miss the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats. I can't wait to hear feedback on that show! Hope to see our friends and neighbors at the Danu performance!
Lee and Kel
Presented by PaperMoon Attractions
Who: Danú - Voted BBC's #1 Traditional Irish Band
What: 2005 North American Tour Comes to Eureka Springs for a Celtic Weekend
When: January 22, 2005 at 8:00 PM
Where: Eureka Springs City Auditorium, 36 S. Main St., 479-253-7788
Tickets: 888-855-7823 or online at ReserveEurekaSprings.com
$18 Advance, $25 Same-day
Photos: Available at http://www.papermoonattractions.com/danu-photos.html
Danú - "traditional Irish music for a new generation" is featured on Saturday, January 22nd at 8:00 PM in the City Auditorium. Voted BBC's #1 Traditional Celtic Band, Danú weaves its magic with traditional Irish instruments like the tin-whistle, pipes, bouzouki, and honey-rich voices and exquisitely-complex rhythms and harmonies that transcend time and geography. Traditional folk melodies and stories are brought to life by the richness and energy of these seven accomplished musicians. A wonderfully lively group on stage, a Danú concert is a unique experience, never to be forgotten. Danú begins it's 2005 North American tour in Arkansas that weekend.
Danú Musicology
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw was wrong: Youth isn't wasted on the young, not when an Irish band as talented as Danú comes along. Danú perform Irish traditional music with a skill and sizzle that have captured the imagination and loyalty of fans worldwide. All under age 30, the Waterford-based septet "make a most exciting and highly musical sound that stirs the blood and lifts the heart," according to Dublin's Irish Music magazine, which named Danú the "Best Overall Traditional Act" of 1999.
The beating heart of Irish music is, as it has been for centuries, the "sessiun". These informal music gatherings, where any and all can gather to play traditional tunes, have kept Irish music a social form at a time when most other folk styles exist almost exclusively on the professional concert stage, or in the privacy of people's homes. The Irish even have a word for the special fun of people sharing music together, "craic".
More successfully than any band working today, Danú has transferred the unique social energy and convivial passion, the lively craic, of the sessiun to the concert stage. Their wild spontaneity and breathtaking musical power have made them arguably the most in-demand touring band to emerge from Ireland in the past decade. The Boston Globe says "Danú is the Next Big Thing in Celtic music."
With the release of their fiery and gorgeous new CD, The Road Less Traveled, Danú introduces stunning new vocalist Muireen Nic Amhlaoibh, from the Irish-speaking Corca Dhuibhne in West Kerry. Filling out the current ensemble are founding-guitarist Donal Clancy, button accordionist Brendan McCarthy and bodhrán player-piper Donnchadh Gough, both from Waterford; flutist Tom Doorley and his bouzouki-fiddle playing brother Eamonn Doorley of Dublin; and Donegal fiddler Oisín MacAuley. The new lineup promises to continue a career rise that is already the talk of the Celtic world.
Muireen Nic Amhlaoibh, the first woman to perform with Danú, grew up on the Aran Islands and the west coast of Kerry, both regions where Irish is still spoken. It was her first language, as might be guessed by her hushed, naturalistic treatment of the Irish ballad "Raitachas na Tairngreacht." She was enchanted by the playful stage passions of Danú when she first heard them in the late'90s. She assumed, as so many fans do, that they were just cavorting away up there. Now that she's worked with the band, she's singing a slightly different tune.
"I'd never seen anything like them on stage before; all I'd seen were older bands, not that much fun on stage. It's a bit more difficult for me to see that now, the way I did when I first heard them, because I've seen how much work goes into making sure that spontaneous energy happens every night. You can't just go up and jam away, you know; you do have to have a certain plan."
Tom Doorley says of her, "She's been with us the last four months, and it's as if she's always been there. It's amazing how she's able to put up with six other fellows. And she's an amazing singer, got great strength and control." Then he adds, in what must surely be the supreme compliment from one Danú member to another, "And she gives it everything she has."
History
In 1995, a few longtime friends and sessiun mates from County Waterford, including Brendan McCarthy and Donal Clancy (son of the world-famous Clancy Brother Liam), heard they could go to the Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival in Brittany if they appeared as a band. "The way we looked at it," McCarthy recalls now, "we were just going for a bit of a laugh; we weren't thinking about a band at all. But we needed to have a Celtic or Irish name to go as a group, so we picked Danú , after the mother of the ancient Irish gods." Along their way, just as it would go in a folk tale, they chanced to spend the night in Dublin, where they immediately made their way to the nearest sessiun. There, they met the Doorley brothers, Tom and Eamon.
They all hit it off so well, musically and personally, that the Waterford lads promised if they were ever asked back to Lorient, they would bring the Doorleys along. Well, of course, they were invited back, and they did bring the Doorleys. That second year, everyone began to notice that something special was happening on stage. The crowd loved them, and they won the new band competition. McCarthy says, "We were still just basically having a sessiun on stage, but we kind of said, like, we must be doing okay with this Danú thing."
Since 1995 Danú has grown to one of Irelands most exciting traditional bands. In 1998 and 1999 the band played numerous festivals and tours in Europe amazing crowds of up to 20,000 spectators. Also in 1999 Danú was named by Dublin's Irish Music Magazine "Best Overall Traditional Act".
From 2000 Danú played most of the major folk festivals in Canada as well as the biggest Irish festival in the USA. They are very accomplished at the true Irish Celtic music and have delighted the fans that appreciate the "real thing". In 2002 BBC's vaunted Folk Music Awards named them the "Best Band of the Year," and The Irish Herald dubbed Danú "the finest traditional band in Ireland."
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And before Danú ...
The Seventh Annual Burns Night
- Celebrate the 246th Birthday of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns.
Hosted by the Celtic Knot Society and The Crescent Hotel on Friday, January 21st at 6:00 PM, this special evening of traditional Scottish entertainment will feature the Chef Marc Stauffer's four-course feast of roast beef, traditional music with piper and drummer, ceremonial serving of the honorable haggis, and a dram of fine scotch to toast Scotland's favorite poet. All to be served in the Crystal Dining Room at banquet tables fit for clan chieftains.
Wear your favorite Scottish garb and enjoy the flavor of a clan gathering, complete with readings from Burns' best-loved works.
Come join the clan!
Tickets: $20 in Advance
Reservations can be made at 479-253-2255
Deadline for reservations - January 14th
Lee and Kel
Presented by PaperMoon Attractions
Who: Danú - Voted BBC's #1 Traditional Irish Band
What: 2005 North American Tour Comes to Eureka Springs for a Celtic Weekend
When: January 22, 2005 at 8:00 PM
Where: Eureka Springs City Auditorium, 36 S. Main St., 479-253-7788
Tickets: 888-855-7823 or online at ReserveEurekaSprings.com
$18 Advance, $25 Same-day
Photos: Available at http://www.papermoonattractions.com/danu-photos.html
Danú - "traditional Irish music for a new generation" is featured on Saturday, January 22nd at 8:00 PM in the City Auditorium. Voted BBC's #1 Traditional Celtic Band, Danú weaves its magic with traditional Irish instruments like the tin-whistle, pipes, bouzouki, and honey-rich voices and exquisitely-complex rhythms and harmonies that transcend time and geography. Traditional folk melodies and stories are brought to life by the richness and energy of these seven accomplished musicians. A wonderfully lively group on stage, a Danú concert is a unique experience, never to be forgotten. Danú begins it's 2005 North American tour in Arkansas that weekend.
Danú Musicology
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw was wrong: Youth isn't wasted on the young, not when an Irish band as talented as Danú comes along. Danú perform Irish traditional music with a skill and sizzle that have captured the imagination and loyalty of fans worldwide. All under age 30, the Waterford-based septet "make a most exciting and highly musical sound that stirs the blood and lifts the heart," according to Dublin's Irish Music magazine, which named Danú the "Best Overall Traditional Act" of 1999.
The beating heart of Irish music is, as it has been for centuries, the "sessiun". These informal music gatherings, where any and all can gather to play traditional tunes, have kept Irish music a social form at a time when most other folk styles exist almost exclusively on the professional concert stage, or in the privacy of people's homes. The Irish even have a word for the special fun of people sharing music together, "craic".
More successfully than any band working today, Danú has transferred the unique social energy and convivial passion, the lively craic, of the sessiun to the concert stage. Their wild spontaneity and breathtaking musical power have made them arguably the most in-demand touring band to emerge from Ireland in the past decade. The Boston Globe says "Danú is the Next Big Thing in Celtic music."
With the release of their fiery and gorgeous new CD, The Road Less Traveled, Danú introduces stunning new vocalist Muireen Nic Amhlaoibh, from the Irish-speaking Corca Dhuibhne in West Kerry. Filling out the current ensemble are founding-guitarist Donal Clancy, button accordionist Brendan McCarthy and bodhrán player-piper Donnchadh Gough, both from Waterford; flutist Tom Doorley and his bouzouki-fiddle playing brother Eamonn Doorley of Dublin; and Donegal fiddler Oisín MacAuley. The new lineup promises to continue a career rise that is already the talk of the Celtic world.
Muireen Nic Amhlaoibh, the first woman to perform with Danú, grew up on the Aran Islands and the west coast of Kerry, both regions where Irish is still spoken. It was her first language, as might be guessed by her hushed, naturalistic treatment of the Irish ballad "Raitachas na Tairngreacht." She was enchanted by the playful stage passions of Danú when she first heard them in the late'90s. She assumed, as so many fans do, that they were just cavorting away up there. Now that she's worked with the band, she's singing a slightly different tune.
"I'd never seen anything like them on stage before; all I'd seen were older bands, not that much fun on stage. It's a bit more difficult for me to see that now, the way I did when I first heard them, because I've seen how much work goes into making sure that spontaneous energy happens every night. You can't just go up and jam away, you know; you do have to have a certain plan."
Tom Doorley says of her, "She's been with us the last four months, and it's as if she's always been there. It's amazing how she's able to put up with six other fellows. And she's an amazing singer, got great strength and control." Then he adds, in what must surely be the supreme compliment from one Danú member to another, "And she gives it everything she has."
History
In 1995, a few longtime friends and sessiun mates from County Waterford, including Brendan McCarthy and Donal Clancy (son of the world-famous Clancy Brother Liam), heard they could go to the Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival in Brittany if they appeared as a band. "The way we looked at it," McCarthy recalls now, "we were just going for a bit of a laugh; we weren't thinking about a band at all. But we needed to have a Celtic or Irish name to go as a group, so we picked Danú , after the mother of the ancient Irish gods." Along their way, just as it would go in a folk tale, they chanced to spend the night in Dublin, where they immediately made their way to the nearest sessiun. There, they met the Doorley brothers, Tom and Eamon.
They all hit it off so well, musically and personally, that the Waterford lads promised if they were ever asked back to Lorient, they would bring the Doorleys along. Well, of course, they were invited back, and they did bring the Doorleys. That second year, everyone began to notice that something special was happening on stage. The crowd loved them, and they won the new band competition. McCarthy says, "We were still just basically having a sessiun on stage, but we kind of said, like, we must be doing okay with this Danú thing."
Since 1995 Danú has grown to one of Irelands most exciting traditional bands. In 1998 and 1999 the band played numerous festivals and tours in Europe amazing crowds of up to 20,000 spectators. Also in 1999 Danú was named by Dublin's Irish Music Magazine "Best Overall Traditional Act".
From 2000 Danú played most of the major folk festivals in Canada as well as the biggest Irish festival in the USA. They are very accomplished at the true Irish Celtic music and have delighted the fans that appreciate the "real thing". In 2002 BBC's vaunted Folk Music Awards named them the "Best Band of the Year," and The Irish Herald dubbed Danú "the finest traditional band in Ireland."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And before Danú ...
The Seventh Annual Burns Night
- Celebrate the 246th Birthday of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns.
Hosted by the Celtic Knot Society and The Crescent Hotel on Friday, January 21st at 6:00 PM, this special evening of traditional Scottish entertainment will feature the Chef Marc Stauffer's four-course feast of roast beef, traditional music with piper and drummer, ceremonial serving of the honorable haggis, and a dram of fine scotch to toast Scotland's favorite poet. All to be served in the Crystal Dining Room at banquet tables fit for clan chieftains.
Wear your favorite Scottish garb and enjoy the flavor of a clan gathering, complete with readings from Burns' best-loved works.
Come join the clan!
Tickets: $20 in Advance
Reservations can be made at 479-253-2255
Deadline for reservations - January 14th