| 1 |
Walk
With Me | mp3 |
| 2 |
The
Curragh of Kildare | mp3 |
| 3 |
The Moon and the Tide | mp3 |
| 4 |
Peggy Gordon | mp3 |
| 5 |
Cúnla | mp3 |
| 6 |
Spancil Hill | mp3 |
| 7 |
I Could Hear Your Voice | mp3 |
| 8 |
Black is the Colour | mp3 |
| 9 |
The Water Is Wide - Dans Fanch Mitt | mp3 |
| 10 |
Hold
Me Now | mp3 |
| 11 |
Down By The Salley Gardens | mp3 |
| 12 |
Walk With Me (reprise) | mp3 |
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Bridget McMahon - | .vocals,
acoustic guitar, violin, percussion |  |
| Chris
Conway - | tin
& low whistles, keyboards, acoustic & electric 9 string guitar, nylon
string guitar, mandolin, kalimba, vocals, percussion | |
Adele McMahon - | violin
- 5 | |
Dan Britton - | bodhran,
acoustic guitar, percussion - 5, 6, 8, 9 | Neil
Rabjohn - | cajon
drum - 5 |
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| background |
| at
the time | Recording
Celtic Woman started when 2 tracks were recorded 2 years ago but was interrupted
when Bridget moved to Ireland with her young family. Recording in earnest was
resumed in December last year and finished early in the new year.
She
also found time while in CCs studio to record sessions for Govannen on their Celtic
Fire CD, Dave Kirk's Mayfly CD and on Chris Conway's Songs for Dreamers album.
Although many of the songs are traditional the sound is very modern and
full of the influences CC can bring to a recording. One track has a hint of Latin
while another has an ethnic tribal feel. Pop and electronica, 60s retro and more
are all; there but it all feels like a whole and running through the album is
a rich Celtic tradition with whiistle tunes and bodhran.
Bridget
at the CCs Oblong Studio recording Celtic Woman.
| biography | Bridget
McMahon has been singing and playing music since she was a child - he father is
a singer of traditional songs from County Clare. She fist appeared in acoustic
clubs and Irish music sessions with her sister in Leicester UK. She attracted
attention which led to her joining various groups such as The Sisters of Murphy.
She recorded with bands Endorphin and Saoirse and joined the band Govannen,
recording atmospheric vocals alongside Vikki Clayton on their acclaimed Healing
Waters album. She left the band to move with her young family to Ireland but returned
to record on Govannen's Celtic Fire album and play some concerts with them.
Bridget
lives in the remote west coast of Ireland in County Mayo. Her two children, Saoirse
and Daniel, take up much of her time but she continues play concerts, solo and
in a duo with Eamon Wilson which in 2007 took her to Dublin, England and Croatia
and singing live on Irish Radio. | |
influences | Alan
Stivell, Loreena McKennitt, Moya Brennan, Mary Black, Capercaille, Donal Lunny,
Hothouse Flowers. | | technical |
recorded digitally at Oblong Studios, Leicester, UK |
| hits | The
Moon and the Tide | | CC's
fave track |
Connected | | retrospect | The
end result is a rich album with great new age hippy sensibilities with a warm
feeling and a wonderful showcase for Kyms unique voice.
Angel Voices and I
Thank You were included on a compilation Spiritual Woman. |
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| track
by track |
1.
Walk With Me (Conway)
Chris Conway wrote this song especially for Bridget
highlighting her love of music and family.
Bridget McMahon - vocals
Chris
Conway - tin & low whistles, keyboards, kalimba, vocals, percussion
| 2.
The Curragh of Kildare (trad Ireland arr Conway)
This beautiful traditional
ballad gets a touch of latin as Spanish guitar and rhythms grow through the song.
Bridget
McMahon - vocals
Chris Conway - low whistle, keyboards, nylon string guitar,
acoustic 9 string guitar, vocals, percussion
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3.
The Moon and the Tide (McMahon)
Bridget composed this song mnay years
ago and still plays it at solo concerts. The song itself has an Americana feel
but the Irish whistle tunes keeps the Celtic vibe.
Bridget McMahon - vocals,
acoustic guitar
Chris Conway - tin whistles, keyboards, electric 9 string guitar,
percussion
| 4.
Peggy Gordon (trad Ireland arr Conway)
This beautiful well known ballad
is sung with great passion by Bridget.
Bridget McMahon - vocals
Chris
Conway - low whistle, keyboards, electric 9 string guitar, percussion
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5.
Cúnla
(trad
Ireland arr Conway)
Govannen join Bridget on this lilting song with her sister
Adele's fiddle featured especially.
Bridget McMahon - vocals, handclaps
Chris
Conway - keyboards, percussion, handclaps
Adele McMahon - violin
Dan Britton
- bodhran, percussion, handclaps
Neil Rabjohn - cajon drum
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6.
Spancil Hill (trad Ireland arr Conway)
This is one of the most well known
of Irish songs. In this unusual arrangement there is an almost folk-jazz feel
to it with the addition of layers of Bridgets voice.
Bridget McMahon -
vocals
Chris Conway -tin & low whistles, acoustic 9 string guitar, keyboards,
percussion
Dan Britton - bodhran
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7.
I Could Hear Your Voice (McMahon & Conway)
This delicate sound poem
came out of a spontaneous session in the studio.
Bridget McMahon - vocals,
violin
| 8.
Black is the Colour (trad Ireland arr Conway)
Bridget has been singing this song in her live solo set and with Govannen for
many years and her voiuce sounds stunning on it.
Bridget McMahon - vocals
Chris Conway - mandolin, piano, keyboards, acoustic 9 string guitar
Dan
Britton - acoustic guitar, bodhran
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9.
The Water Is Wide - Dans Fanch Mitt
(trad Ireland - trad Brittany - arr
Conway)
A positively funky version of this Irish ballad. In the outro a fave Breton tune
of Chris's strikes up.
Bridget McMahon - vocals
Chris Conway -tin
& low whistles, electric 9 string guitar, keyboards, percussion
Dan Britton
- bodhran
| 10.
Hold Me Now (McMahon)
Another great Bridget original song with again
an Americana feel.
Bridget McMahon - vocals, acoustic guitar
Chris
Conway - low whistle, piano, keyboards, vocals, percussion
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11.
Down By The Salley Gardens
(trad Ireland arr Conway)
Once again a
unique arrangement of this wel known song - the melody is traditional (The Maids
of Mourn Shore) and the words are said to be set by poet WB Yeats. Bridget recorded
an instrumental version of this melody on Govannen's Healing Waters album. This
version has a kind of retro 60s feel but it works.
Bridget McMahon - vocals
Chris
Conway - low whistle, piano, keyboards, electric 9 string guitar, percussion
| 12.
Walk With Me (reprise) (Conway)
A little reprise as Bridget walks and
sings into the distance.
Bridget McMahon - vocals
Chris Conway - keyboards
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Produced
by Chris Conway
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