| 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.
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influences | Alan
Stivell, Loreena McKennitt, Moya Brennan, Mary Black, Capercaille, Donal Lunny,
Hothouse Flowers.
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technical |
recorded digitally at Oblong Studios, Leicester, UK
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| hits | The
Moon and the Tide
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CC's
fave track |
Connected
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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
| 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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