Post by roger on Oct 6, 2006 8:48:16 GMT
Moved from "German Tour Cancelled" in the "Hayley in Concert" board.
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I hope this is not connected with the cancellation of Hayley's tour of Germany.[/size][/quote]
drew said:
In Sight/Music & ArtsFGlitz blitz catapults Celtic Woman to showbiz heights
10/06/2006
BY SHANNON HIGGINS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The performing group Celtic Woman-- dubbed the "Riverdance" of singing-- will make its debut tour of Japan this month. The group from Ireland--singers Chloe Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Meav NEMhaolchatha, Orla Fallon and fiddle player Mairead Nesbitt--are the latest Celtic sensation.
The group has come a long way in a short time: They were basically unknowns until a TV special shown in 2005 in the United States launched them into stardom. Since then, they've had three U.S. tours with sold-out shows at venues such as Carnegie Hall, as well as a platinum DVD, a gold album (soon to go platinum), solo CDs, and a record-breaking 78 weeks (as of this week) at the top of the Billboard Top 100 World Music Chart.
Their "Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration" album is out, and a new DVD, "Celtic Woman: A New Journey, Live at Slane Castle," filmed in Meath, Ireland, is scheduled to be released in January.
Celtic Woman got a boost in their Japanese fan base at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Japanese figure skater Shizuka Arakawa, who won the gold in the Ladies Single event in February in Turin, Italy, did her exhibition performance to the group's version of "You Raise Me Up."
Soon after, the song was on heavy rotation on radio stations across Japan. The Celtic Woman album has sold 200,000 copies here.
"It was a great honor for us to be associated with such a talented artist as Shizuka," said Nesbitt, an All-Ireland fiddle champion, in an recent e-mail interview. "We were absolutely delighted and thought she was wonderful. She portrayed the song beautifully as only a great artist can."
"The Japanese people have always had a fantastic reputation for seeking out good music," she added.
"I think that the people there can identify with the different emotions that are portrayed in Celtic music. The tradition of storytelling is a very important part of the Japanese culture as it is with the Celtic countries, especially in Ireland. I think this storytelling that is handed down from generation to generation is a very strong link between Ireland and Japan."
Sharon Browne is Celtic Woman's producer.
Back in 2004, Browne was looking for a way to get the solo artists she had signed to her Dublin-based record label into the limelight.
"The problem was, we needed a way to show the world what they could offer. And I wasn't getting that chance in Ireland," Browne said in an interview. "I mean, the TV, the radio, and the music industry basically ignored them."
But a lucky break came when Browne was in Cannes, France, and she ran into Gustavo Sagastume, a programming chief for the U.S. public television station PBS. He was hunting for talent, with a PBS special in mind.
Browne decided to package her solo artists as a group. She collaborated with David Downes, the music director of "Riverdance" and sold off a chunk of her label to David Kavanagh (formerly U2's booking agent) to finance the show.
The PBS show was filmed at the Helix arts center in Dublin in 2004. It aired in March 2005 in the United States.
"I think most of the girls thought it would be a one-time event," Browne said.
But it turned out to be a huge phenomenon in the United States. So much so that Celtic Woman attracted some homeland criticism for not being traditional enough. It was reported by the Irish Independent newspaper that Irish singer Mary Black had called their music "Celtic fluff."
Celtic Woman does perform traditional Irish songs such as "https://i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifanny Boy," but they also do classics like "Ave Maria" and pop and contemporary songs such as Enya's "Orinoco Flow" and Clannad's "Harry's Game."
"What we wanted was a show that would have all the glamour of a big-time production, but which would connect to the traditional values and arts," Browne said.
"Another message we wanted to make sure that came across is that Celtic Woman isn't just some 'girl band.' These girls are all soloists. They may come together for some songs and sing together, but each and every one of them has their own voice and their own talent to share."
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Celtic Woman performs Oct. 10 (7 p.m.) at Fukuoka Sunpalace. Call Kyodo Nishinippon at 092-714-0159.
Oct. 11 (7 p.m.) at Hiroshima Kokusai Kaigijo Phoenix Hall. Call Yume Banchi at 082-249-3571.
Oct. 13 (7 p.m.) at Aichi Geijutsu Gekijo in Nagoya. Call CBC at 052-241-8118.
Oct. 14 (6 p.m.) at Tokyo International Forum Hall A and Oct. 17 (7 p.m.) at Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo. See map on Page 34. Call H.I.P. at 03-3475-9999.
Oct. 16 (7 p.m.) at Osaka Festival Hall. See map on Page 35. Call H.I.P. Osaka at 06-6362-7301.
All shows 6,000 yen-10,000 yen. (Availability varies from venue to venue.)(IHT/Asahi: October 6,2006)
www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200610060112.html
10/06/2006
BY SHANNON HIGGINS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The performing group Celtic Woman-- dubbed the "Riverdance" of singing-- will make its debut tour of Japan this month. The group from Ireland--singers Chloe Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Meav NEMhaolchatha, Orla Fallon and fiddle player Mairead Nesbitt--are the latest Celtic sensation.
The group has come a long way in a short time: They were basically unknowns until a TV special shown in 2005 in the United States launched them into stardom. Since then, they've had three U.S. tours with sold-out shows at venues such as Carnegie Hall, as well as a platinum DVD, a gold album (soon to go platinum), solo CDs, and a record-breaking 78 weeks (as of this week) at the top of the Billboard Top 100 World Music Chart.
Their "Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration" album is out, and a new DVD, "Celtic Woman: A New Journey, Live at Slane Castle," filmed in Meath, Ireland, is scheduled to be released in January.
Celtic Woman got a boost in their Japanese fan base at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Japanese figure skater Shizuka Arakawa, who won the gold in the Ladies Single event in February in Turin, Italy, did her exhibition performance to the group's version of "You Raise Me Up."
Soon after, the song was on heavy rotation on radio stations across Japan. The Celtic Woman album has sold 200,000 copies here.
"It was a great honor for us to be associated with such a talented artist as Shizuka," said Nesbitt, an All-Ireland fiddle champion, in an recent e-mail interview. "We were absolutely delighted and thought she was wonderful. She portrayed the song beautifully as only a great artist can."
"The Japanese people have always had a fantastic reputation for seeking out good music," she added.
"I think that the people there can identify with the different emotions that are portrayed in Celtic music. The tradition of storytelling is a very important part of the Japanese culture as it is with the Celtic countries, especially in Ireland. I think this storytelling that is handed down from generation to generation is a very strong link between Ireland and Japan."
Sharon Browne is Celtic Woman's producer.
Back in 2004, Browne was looking for a way to get the solo artists she had signed to her Dublin-based record label into the limelight.
"The problem was, we needed a way to show the world what they could offer. And I wasn't getting that chance in Ireland," Browne said in an interview. "I mean, the TV, the radio, and the music industry basically ignored them."
But a lucky break came when Browne was in Cannes, France, and she ran into Gustavo Sagastume, a programming chief for the U.S. public television station PBS. He was hunting for talent, with a PBS special in mind.
Browne decided to package her solo artists as a group. She collaborated with David Downes, the music director of "Riverdance" and sold off a chunk of her label to David Kavanagh (formerly U2's booking agent) to finance the show.
The PBS show was filmed at the Helix arts center in Dublin in 2004. It aired in March 2005 in the United States.
"I think most of the girls thought it would be a one-time event," Browne said.
But it turned out to be a huge phenomenon in the United States. So much so that Celtic Woman attracted some homeland criticism for not being traditional enough. It was reported by the Irish Independent newspaper that Irish singer Mary Black had called their music "Celtic fluff."
Celtic Woman does perform traditional Irish songs such as "https://i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gifanny Boy," but they also do classics like "Ave Maria" and pop and contemporary songs such as Enya's "Orinoco Flow" and Clannad's "Harry's Game."
"What we wanted was a show that would have all the glamour of a big-time production, but which would connect to the traditional values and arts," Browne said.
"Another message we wanted to make sure that came across is that Celtic Woman isn't just some 'girl band.' These girls are all soloists. They may come together for some songs and sing together, but each and every one of them has their own voice and their own talent to share."
@@@*@@@*@@@*
Celtic Woman performs Oct. 10 (7 p.m.) at Fukuoka Sunpalace. Call Kyodo Nishinippon at 092-714-0159.
Oct. 11 (7 p.m.) at Hiroshima Kokusai Kaigijo Phoenix Hall. Call Yume Banchi at 082-249-3571.
Oct. 13 (7 p.m.) at Aichi Geijutsu Gekijo in Nagoya. Call CBC at 052-241-8118.
Oct. 14 (6 p.m.) at Tokyo International Forum Hall A and Oct. 17 (7 p.m.) at Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo. See map on Page 34. Call H.I.P. at 03-3475-9999.
Oct. 16 (7 p.m.) at Osaka Festival Hall. See map on Page 35. Call H.I.P. Osaka at 06-6362-7301.
All shows 6,000 yen-10,000 yen. (Availability varies from venue to venue.)(IHT/Asahi: October 6,2006)
www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200610060112.html
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