Moya Brennan, Noirin Ni Riain, Mary Coughlan, Cara O'Sullivan, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran, Nassau Royal, Holly Geraghty, James O'Brien-Moran, Eoin Ó Súilleabháin, Mícheál P. Ó Súilleabháin, Una Whyte, Meabh de Buitléir, Kate McKenna, Tricia Lyons, Grit Glass, Fidelma Hanrahan, Aisling Fitzpatrick, Robbie Perry, , John O Connel, Howard Kitchen, Cuthbert Brennan OSB, Andrew Cyprian Love OSB, John Columba McCann OSB, Simon O'Reilly, James Corballis, Philip Hayes, Joseph Mc Gilloway OSB - and that's just to start!
Since the recording we have been joined by Alyth McCormack, Rob Hope and various members of Seneca, David Hope, Full Set, Daniel Murray and more than a few other who have all given most generously of thier talent and time - for which many thanks. Our latest additions are Brian Houston and St Anne's Primary School Choir who joined us for the first time in Derry on the 10th of November 2008 at the Millennium Forum Theatre.
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This really is the album with something for everyone as it has a wide variety of musical genres.
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Nassau Royal feat. Moya Brennan
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Sanctuary
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"Sanctuary is about helping other people! It is not a group, but an album of music supporting charities which help victims of domestic violence. Sanctuary was recorded in July 2007 at Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick, Ireland. "
That is how we started the Sanctuary project, with the intention of producing an album which would make some money for charities supporting victims of domestic violence.
Since then Sanctuary has become an ever growing family of musician friends who work together for the benefit of others by producing music, both live and recorded, with all profit going directly to charity.
The Sanctuary album features artists: Moya Brennan, Mary Coughlan, Cara O'Sullivan, Noirin Ni Riain, her sons - Eoin Ó Súilleabháin and Mícheál P. Ó Súilleabháin, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran, his son - James O'Brien-Moran, Nassau Royal, Tonnta, the Monks of Glenstal and many others. The genres of music include: Traditional Irish; Folk; Gregorian Chant; Contemporary Popular and Classical.
The Sanctuary concerts have gone on to include many other musicians such as Alyth McCormack, Seneca, Daniel Murray and Brian Houston, always with the same proviso that they do so at no cost so as to support the Sanctuary charities.
Domestic violence affects people from every walk of life, every social class, women, children and men. The compilation of musical styles in our album reflects that fact - violence in the home can effect anyone so in this 'Sanctuary' we hope to provide something for everyone.
All profits from the album will go to: ADAPT HOUSE in Limerick, which provides support to women and children; AMEN, which is a national support to male victims of violence in the home, and the ISPCC (Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children). All the artists have given of their work and time at no cost. In fact, they have raised the money to pay for the production of this album so that these charities can benifit from the sale of every CD.
We invite you to become a friend of Sanctuary and add your voice to those working against violence in the home. Drop in from time to time as we change the tracks, so you can get to hear the whole album. We'd be glad to receive your comments. Hope you enjoy the music!
Pax, Joseph/Producer Sanctuary
Sanctuary was released on the 1st of June in the Summer of 2008. It is available on iTunes and in all good record stores.
I added all your songs to my playlist. It's classical Irish. I was a victim of domestic violence as a child and one of your songs reached me. Can't remember the name, its now on my playlist to, it was the cry for help. Nice. Peace and Love-Paaty
I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes in him who sent me has eternal life, and will not be condemned, but has passed from death into life.
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!
Forget about downloading our music on itunes etc... we've got something even MORE exciting.
You can now actually OWN a piece of the band. Instead of buying our cd right now - you can be a shareholder in our next one. It's a brilliant system - check it out!
You pick how many shares you want to buy - and then once the album is done, you start making money! :) And of course you can back out at any time. It would be really cool to have you on board for this.
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how man times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy seven times.”
This is our singer Eric, all by himself - playing "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots. If you like it - be sure to share it with people - it's a fun acoustic version of the song! :) The code is at the end of the song!
I didnt end up going after all and was a bit fedu p with that.I was supposed to go with a friend of mine and he didnt show,the swine.I am definetley going next year.
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and iv nt been around hwo are you.
