Singer, flute and whistle player. Member of the group "Danú". Also plays with her dad Feargal Mac Amhlaoibh, Billy Mag Fhloinn, Gerry O'Beirne, Julie Fowlis, Ross Martin, Tony Byrne, Steve Larkin, Liam Flanagan, Pádraig Ó Sé, many mad pipers and lots of other lovely people!
Influences
Not so much influences as just music I like:
All the local singers at home in West Kerry and Sean-Nós singers from around the country, Danú, Sandy Denny, Pádraig O'Keefe, Julie Fowlis, Planxty, Daft Punk, Dolly Parton, Bruce Molsky, Gerry O'Beirne, Michael Rooney, Crooked Still, Dick Gaughan, Josh Ritter, Kate Bush, Bob Dylan, Róisín White, Rosie Stewart, Redneck Manifesto, Kraftwerk, The Arcade Fire, Bothy Band, The Mulcahy Family, Ger Wolfe, Grandaddy, Jane's Addiction, Paul Brady, Andy Irvine, PJ Harvey, The Pixies, Ella Fitzgerald, Eddie Reader, Pavement, A-ha, Sparklehorse, Tom Waites, Begley and Cooney, Tim O'Brien, Eddi Reader, Stina Nordenstam,Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Iarla Ó Lionaird, The Bulgarian Women's Choir, Wallis Bird, Seán Davey, Conal Ó Gráda, Harry Bradley, and Polkas and Slides till the cows come home!!!
Sounds Like
Muireann's CD and tour dates are available from her website www.muireann.ie.
Muireann singing with Michael Rooney on harp.
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Muireann with Danú at the TG4 Music Awards.
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Julie Fowlis at the launch of BBC Alba:
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh grew up immersed in the vibrant West-Kerry
tradition with its wild dance music, soulful slow airs and vast
repertoire of songs. Her father, a fiddler, would bring her to music
sessions from a young age. There she began to play music on the flute
and tin-whistle and to sing sean-nós songs, learning from wonderful
local singers. She also attended Siamsa Tíre, the National Folk
Theatre of Ireland, for several years. She was awarded an M.A. in
Traditional Music Performance from the University of Limerick in 2002.
She currently tutors both flute and singing in the University.
Muireann toured and performed with various musicians and groups before
joining the group Danú in 2003. In 2004 Danú won the BBC 2 Folk Award
for "Best Group". At the same awards, the song "The County Down" by
Tommy Sands that Danú had recently recorded, won "Best Song". Muireann
herself won "Best Singer" at the liveireland.com Awards in 2005. She
has toured the world with her music visiting countries as far flung as
India, Bulgaria and Jordan. She continues to tour regularly with Danú.
Now a regular contributor to television and radio programmes at home
and abroad, she featured prominently in the"Highland Sessions"
BBC television series, celebrating the best of Irish and Scottish
traditional music and song. She also co-hosted and performed at the
2007 and 2009 Gradaim Cheoil TG4 and has presented many music programmes.
Muireann is extremely sought after both as a vocalist and flute player and has collaborated with many musicians at home and abroad such as Julie Fowlis, Darrell Scott, Liam Clancy and The Bulgarian Women’s Choir. She released her solo album 'Daybreak: Fáinne an Lae' in 2006 to great acclaim. Her most recent recording, "Dual" is a collaborative project with Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley and Ross Martin exploring the links between Irish and Scots Gaelic music and song.
Haven't visited your space in ages, just happen to see your mood/status post and came for a visit..so lovely is your voice. I had forgotten! I need to come here more often....Peace, Anna
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
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