***'ACROSS THE SEA' ***AND 'LONGING FOR THE LAND' AVAILABLE TO BUY BY CLICKING ON THE LINK ABOVE.
All songs and instrumentals composed by Eimear and sung by herself.
On the instrumental tracks, 'Aisling's Lullaby', 'Stay with me Now' and 'Across the Sea' Eimear played every instrument, apart from bass, guitars and drums- (Pete Taylor) herself.
'Come Home': guitar; Len Whitehead, Bass; Wayne Morgan, Drums; Vinnie Pearrson , Electric guitar; Mark Walker. Mastering: Pete, the excellent lead singer/producer of REBEL RADIO. He's also produced the other tracks heard.
'The Bogtrotters' are the band in which Eimear currently plays violin/whistles+sings with. See www.thebogtrotters.com
Phil Coulter, James Horner, Mark Knofler, Classical Music,
Jay Ungar (Listen to Eimear play his 'Ashokan Farewell' on The Bogtrotters myspace page which features Mike Mc Goldrick's playing)
The Dixie Chicks (best band in the world!), The Dubliners, The Chieftans, Alison Krauss and Union Station, The Corrs, Snowpatrol, Gaelic Storm, Nickel Creek, James Taylor, The Beatles, The Cardigans , Christy Moore, U2, Mary and Frances Black, Irish trad and folk.
Sounds Like
Music from Ireland
The Slow Airs; Celtic/Classical.
The Songs; some-celtic/pop/rock and some songs more folk/acoustic.
No point in pigeon hol'ing. Eimear writes in so many different styles :)
Eimear started playing the violin at the age of seven in her native Belfast, Ireland. After completing her music degree she moved to the North West of England to develop her career both as a teacher and as a performer/writer.
The songs and instrumentals heard above are from the set list of her exciting new live project. She composes, sings, plays the violin, whistles and keyboards on the tracks heard above.
Eimear is the credited fiddle player on the Sound Track of the
'Bob The Builder movie 'Built to be Wild'.
In 2006 she made an appearance in the movie 'Half Light' alongside Demi Moore which is now available on dvd. She has recently come back from a UK tour with the modern Irish dance and music show 'The Essence of Ireland' with the band she is in, 'The Bogtrotters'. To see a tiny clip of Eimear in the show follow this link- http://www.theshowproviders.biz/shows/5/media.php
Her music has received many great reviews from BBC and other Folk radio stations in Ireland and The UK.
All of the songs heard above have been receiving airplay on BBC Radio Ulster with Gerry Anderson, Sean Coyle and Eamonn Friel. George Jones on Belfast's U105 has also complimented and given airplay to her song 'Come Home'. Eimear has guested on the shows of Tommy Sands, Lisa Flavelle and Phil Brown.
As well as being a musician, Eimear is an actress and presenter in Cheshire. She is on the books of Urban Talent at Nemesis, Manchester.
When living in Belfast Eimear landed the lead role in the BBC Northern Ireland screen play 'Cafe Society.'
Watch this space for new upbeat songs+ballads and fiddle tunes & media...
Lovely to bump into you and Pete yesterday Eimear. Sorry we couldn't stay for The Boggies' late night gig though. I'm pleased you got to meet both Mike and Risa at last! :-) Andy x
Didn't pay attention; missed out on a free meal there...
A bundle would be just lovely thanks!
The whistle - are you talking about "Navigators" on my page? Yes that's me, think I played everything bar one drum part. Wow, mistaken for Mike on whistle. An honour indeed! Done in a hurry for a telly thing that one, riding the one-take-special!. x
The Bridge Bar live sessions start Tuesday 2 may at the Bridge bar in Latchford. Everyone welcome to play or listen. Featured artists and open mic. spots Starts @ 8.30pm - 11.00pm contact me for details.
Your wit floors me everytime Eimear. Hey, when are ya back over? Be good craic to meet up for a drink or two, and then we could slag each other all day long. (I spelt that right, didn't I,) lol. Lee x
Hi Eimear, glad you like my "Luna Lady", it's from the Luna Guitar, Dragonfly range, I also own an Andromeda from the Luna range, nice lady guitars! thank you for your nice comments....Iris x
