The Fuchsia Band

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Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, to Fuchsialand!

Come and join us in the time before television and radio, before the learning of books!

Forget about the outside world of worries and come along on our magical journey to a place that lives on music, story, song and dance.

Come away, oh human child, from the waters and the wild with a fairy hand in hand and stay with us for a while in Fuchsialand!

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Fuchsia Band CDs...

The Fuchsia Band

The CD that started the legend of The Fuchsia Band!

Jigs, Reels, Slides, Polkas, Songs and Storytelling!

Click the image of the CD at left or click
HERE to buy this CD online

Grá Dá Raibh

The second CD from The Fuchsia Band.

More Jigs, Reels, Slides, Polkas, Songs, Storytelling and
the original Fuchsia Band composition "Grá Dá Raibh".

Click the image of the CD at left or click
HERE to buy this CD online

i lár an aonaigh

The third CD from The Fuchsia Band.

Jigs, Reels, Barndances, Polkas, Songs

Click the image of the CD at left or click
HERE to buy this CD online

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The Fuchsia Band's Grá Dá Raibh CD contains the official studio recording of "Óró Sé Do Beatha 'Bhaile" from the movie "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"...

Fuchsia Band lead singer Máirtín de Cógáin is also an accomplished stage and film actor and recently played the character Sean in Ken Loach's new film The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

The film was shot entirely in Cork and is about the Irish struggle for independence circa 1920. The film won the TOP AWARD (the coveted Palme D'Or) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and is currently playing in theatres around the world.

The Irish Film Board says that The Wind That Shakes The Barley ‘has become the highest-grossing independent Irish-made film ever" ( Irish Times, August 8 2006).

One of the most stirring scenes in the film is when Máirtín's character Sean is leading the Flying Column of Irish freedom fighters towards a confrontation with British Soldiers while singing the inspiring song Óró Sé Do Beatha 'Bhaile, which became the official theme song for the movie.

The Fuchsia Band's Grá Dá Raibh CD contains the ONLY official studio recording of Máirtín and the lads singing Óró Sé Do Beatha 'Bhaile from The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

Click HERE for the actual YOUTUBE clip from the movie or just click the PLAY button on the video below...

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Fuchsia Band NEWS...

The 2010 USA "No English" Tour!

For the SIXTH SUMMER IN A ROW, Fuchsialand returns to the USA! See below for details about the tour...

The 2010 Tour Schedule...

Friday, Aug 13, 2010
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Concert at the La Crosse IrishFest
South Side Fest Grounds
7:15 pm, O'Flaherty Heim-Egan Cultural Tent
Website: www.irishfestlax.org
Contact: generalinfo@irishfestlax.org

Saturday, August 14, 2010
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Mairtin storytelling at the La Crosse IrishFest
3 pm, O'Flaherty Heim-Egan Cultural Tent
Website: www.irishfestlax.org
Contact: generalinfo@irishfestlax.org

Saturday, August 14, 2010
Rochester, Minnesota
Concert at the Rochester Civic Theatre
20 Civic Center Dr. SE, Rochester, MN
8pm - $15 in advance, $20 at the door
(Show your Mayo Clinic ID at the box office
for an additional $2 discount! )
Tickets can be purchased in advance
by phone at 507-282-8481
or online at www.rochestercivictheatre.org
or at the box office!
Facebook event page...
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139946276029259

Thursday, Aug 19, 2010
Jefferson City, Missouri
Concert at the Miller Performing Arts Center
South end of downtown Jefferson City
at the corner of US Highway 50 and Madison Street.
7:30 pm - $10 General Admission
Proceeds of the concert benefit The Special Learning Center
and All Star Baseball for children with special needs.
Tickets available exclusively at Paddy Malone's
Irish Pub, 573-761-5900. Visa and Mastercard accepted.
Paddy Malone's Website: www.paddymalonespub.com
Miller Performing Arts Center Website: www.millercenter.org

Friday, Aug 20, 2010
Little Rock, Arkansas
Concert at Khalil's Pub and Grill
110 S. Shackleford Road Little Rock, AR
7 pm - $15 General Admission
Phone: 501-224-0224
Website: www.khalilspub.com
This concert is sponsored by The Arkansas Celtic Music Society (ACMS).
Website: www.arcelts.com
Tickets can be purchased online at the ACMS website.
This event is also being sponsored by Khalil's Pub and
the good folks at Jameson Whiskey, Inc.
www.jamesonwhiskey.com

Saturday, Aug 21, 2010
Jackson, Mississippi
Concert at The Courtyard @ Covenant Pres
4000 Ridgewood Road, Jackson
7 pm - $10 Adult, $5 Under 18 ($8 for CHS and JID members)
This event is sponsored by the Celtic Heritage Society, and is
funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the
National Endowment for the Arts and the Mississippi Arts Commission.
CHS Website: www.celticfestms.org

Sunday, Aug 22, 2010
Birmingham, Alabama
Concert at Moonlight on the Mountain
in Hoover, Alabama
7pm - $15 at the door
Space is limited so RSVP early!
This show is being presented by
The Alabama Celtic Association
Website: www.celticalabama.net

Monday, Aug 23, 2010
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
House Concert at the home of
Jil Chambless and Dan Vogt
3501 Woodland Hills Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Phone: (205) 556-8296

Tuesday, Aug 24, 2010
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Concert at The Peck House
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
3601 Pearl St, Hattiesburg, MS
For information call the OLLI at 601.264.2780

Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010
Monroe, Louisiana
Concert at Enoch's Irish Pub and Cafe
507 Louisville Avenue
Monroe, Louisiana 71201
Phone: 318-388-3662
Website: www.enochsirishpub.com

Thursday, Aug 26, 2010
Memphis, Tennessee
Concert at Celtic Crossings Pub
903 South Cooper St.
Memphis, TN 38104
Phone: 901-274-5151
Email: info@celticcrossingmemphis.com
Website: www.celticcrossingmemphis.com

Friday, Aug 27 through Sunday, Aug 29, 2010
Peoria, Illinois
THE 30th ANNUAL ERIN FEIS!
at RiverFront Park, Peoria, IL
Website: www.erinfeispeoria.com

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The Tour BLOG...

Follow the lads as they tour! Treat yourself to some great pictures and "stories from the road" by visiting the Band's BLOG!


The lads showing off their new stage costumes!


The FuchsiaNauts! Left to right... Brian, Eoin, Máirtín, Mick.


Ah Shure, this one speaks for itself.

PHOTOS and VIDEOS from
the TOURS!...

Fuchsia Fans have posted all sorts of pictures and videos from the tours on sites like FLICKR and YOUTUBE and even private web pages.

Shure, it's hard to keep up with it all these days but here are just some of the things that were posted online as the lads made their way around 'Amerikay'...

Thanks to all the fans out there who took the time to post these images and videos! Keep 'em comin'!

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The 2010 "No English" Tour

Jefferson City

The lads performed in Jefferson City, Missouri on Thursday, Aug 19, 2010
at the beautiful Miller Performing Arts Center.

Here are some videos from that performance courtesy of Midwest Irish Focus...

Facebook Video: Táimse 'gus Máire

Double-Click anywhere in the TOP half of this Facebook video to START it...



YOUTUBE Video: The Banks of the Bann...



YOUTUBE Video: Encore... Brush Dance!...

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The 2008 Fort Collins Irish Festival



Jen has posted a VIDEO on YOUTUBE of the lads performing at the first stop on the tour, the 2008 Fort Collins Irish Festival. The video shows the lads performing Dick Darby for the Fort Collins fans! Click the PLAY button below to watch the video or click HERE for the full-size version on YOUTUBE.



Jen also posted a full set of pictures
from the 2008 Fort Collins Irish Festival.

Click the image at left or click HERE
to see the photo set on FLICKR.








More pictures from Fort Collins...

Adam's photo set on FLICKR

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Jefferson City, 2008


Left to right... Brian, Allen, Eoin, Marylee, Máirtín, Mick.

Pete, Editor of Midwest Irish Focus Magazine, did a fantastic job
taking pictures of the Jefferson City Concert and after-party.

Click HERE for Pete's complete Jefferson City photo set

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The 2008 La Crosse IrishFest



YOUTUBE user PatandAJ posted the VIDEO below a few days after the
2008 La Crosse Irishfest. It's a composite video showing an overview of the whole
Festival including the dancers, strolling minstrels, bands, and crowd shots.

The Fuchsia Band appears for a moment near the start of the video but look quick!



YOUTUBE user LAXIrishFest posted the VIDEO below of Máirtín joining
one of the late night sessions at the La Crosse Irish Fest.

In the video, Máirtín sings "Black 44".

Click the PLAY button below to watch the video or click HERE to watch
the original FULL SIZE version at YOUTUBE.

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The 2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival

Click the PLAY button below to see a VIDEO of the lads onstage at the
2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival or click HERE to see the FULL SIZE
version at YOUTUBE.



More VIDEOS of the lads performing at the 2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival...

VIDEO - The Fuchsia Band - Ten Minutes Too Late
VIDEO - The Fuchsia Band - Táimse 'gus Máire
VIDEO - The Fuchsia Band - Dick Darby

Fuchia Fan IndyCelt took some
GREAT photos of the lads at the
2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival!

At left is just one of her shots of
Máirtín defying GRAVITY
during the BRUSH DANCE on the Miller Stage!

Click the image at left
to see IndyCelt's
FLICKR photoset from the
2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival.

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Chicago, 2008 - with BUA!

On August 19, 2008, the lads shared the stage in Chicago at Martyrs' with BUA!

Photobucket user TJANNERINO posted THIS VIDEO of BOTH BANDS playing
a dance set at Martyrs'...

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PHOTOS and VIDEOS from the
2007 USA TOUR!...

The 2007 Dayton Celtic Festival...

Band, Band, Ceili Band! The lads performing "Joyce Country Ceili Band" by The Saw Doctors on the main stage in Dayton. They are joined by Patrick Murphy and Steve Twigger of Gaelic Storm! Click the PLAY button at left to watch the VIDEO or click HERE to see the FULL SIZE version on YOUTUBE.

Memphis...

Memphis photos!

Click the image at left or click HERE for a page of pictures from the Celtic Crossing Irish Pub show in Memphis on August 2, 2007. The page is formatted for Mobile Devices!

The 2007 Minnesota Irish Fair...

Username khoogheem on YOUTUBE has added a video of The Fuchsia Band at the 2007 Minnesota Irish Fair in Minneapolis. Click the PLAY button below...

Barrack Street The Fuchsia Band performing "Barrack Street" at the 2007 Minnesota Irish Fair. Click the PLAY button at left to watch the VIDEO or click HERE to see the FULL SIZE version on YOUTUBE.

Dancin' the Night Away with The Fuchsia Band!...

The Fuchsia Band kept the Ceili Tent hoppin' all weekend long at the 2007 Minnesota Irish Fair! Here are FOUR videos submitted to YOUTUBE of the toe-tapping, foot-stompin' good time that was had by all!

Click the PLAY button on any of the videos below or click HERE for the YOUTUBE page that has all the FULL SIZE versions of the videos.




The 2007 Milwaukee Irish Festival...

Dick Darby The lads performing "Dick Darby" on the Miller Lite Stage at the 2007 Milwaukee Irish Festival Click the PLAY button at left to watch the VIDEO or click HERE to see the FULL SIZE version on YOUTUBE.

Tribute to Tommy Makem - Milwaukee - 2007

Máirtín participated in the official tribute to the late, great Tommy Makem with the Makem and Spain brothers at the 2007 Milwaukee Irish Festival. ( Photo at left, below ). At right, below, is a picture of Tommy Makem with the Fuchsia Band taken just one year before at the 2006 Milwaukee Irish Festival.



The 2007 Kansas City Irish Festival...



Kansas City photos!

Fuchsia fan and great photographer Joshua has posted LOTS of pictures from the Fuchsia Band's appearance as headliners for the 3rd year in a row at the 2007 Kansas City IrishFest! Photo at left is from the Sunday afternoon show on the Boulevard Stage with downtown Kansas City as a backdrop!

Click the image to see Joshua's complete FLICKR ALBUM.

KC Ceili! A GREAT video posted to YOUTUBE by Fuchsia Fan Hank Hogan of the lads conducting the Saturday afternoon Ceili at the 2007 Kansas City Irishfest. Click the PLAY button at left to watch the VIDEO.

The 2007 Jackson CelticFest...

Jackson photos!

Fuchsia fan Natalie Maynor has posted some pictures from the Fuchsia Band's appearance as headliners for the 3rd year in a row at the 2007 Jackson Celticfest.

New STARLIGHT curtain on the mainstage this year!

Click the image at left to see her FLICKR ALBUM.

Ceili Mor! The Jackson CelticFest is always host to the Southern USA's largest annual Ceili Mor! YOUTUBE user and Fuchsia fan ryleh posted this VIDEO of Máirtín calling the 2007 Ceili Mor on Saturday night. Click the PLAY button to watch the VIDEO or click HERE to see the full-size version on YOUTUBE.

More 2007 Jackson CelticFest Videos...

YOUTUBE user ryleh has now posted about a DOZEN videos from the 2007 Jackson CelticFest including 2 more videos of the Saturday Night Ceili Mor.

The first VIDEO below, is a JIG set from the Ceili Mor and the second one is a LINE DANCE set.

Máirtín is the caller for the JIG set and the legendary Paddy Keenan (Bothy Band) is on the stage (red shirt and cowboy hat) playing the pipes live for the Ceili Mor.

Click the PLAY button on any of the videos below or click HERE for the YOUTUBE page that has all the FULL SIZE versions of the videos.


Fuchsia Ceili Band!

Click the image at left for more pictures from the 2007 Jackson CelticFest including this one.

The page also has some GREAT shots of Máirtín and Mitra out on the dance floor that night!

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Member Since:

November 28, 2006

Members:

See below! .. .. .. Fuchsia Band WEBSITE http://www.thefuchsiaband.com Fuchsia Band on BEBO http://thefuchsiaband.bebo.com Fuchsia Band BLOG /Blog/Blog.htm Fuchsia Band
2008 MySpace page myspace/thefuchsiaband2008

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Meet The Fuchsia Band...

Máirtín de Cógáin
Vocals/Bodhran

Máirtín was found under a shtone and brought up in a tree with many others! Of late he has been learning his trade from a little man named Larry the Leipreachan who is well learned in the ways of Eireann's past. Máirtín is a singing, dancing, story-telling bodhran player!!!

On the night of a full moon it is rumored he stands at the cross roads playing to the wind. He learned his singing from many famous Irishmen such as Seamus Mac Mathune, Danni Maichi Ua Suillebhain and Ciaran Dwyer.

In addition to his considerable singing and bodhran-playing talents, Máirtín is also an accomplished actor. He played the role of Sean in the latest Ken Loach film entitled "The Wind That Shakes the Barley", which won the top award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Read more about the film and Máirtín's other acting credits on his MYSPACE page at http://www.myspace.com/mairtindecogain.

Máirtín is also a two-time National Irish Storytelling Champion. Story-telling has been in his family for generations, and when Máirtín's tales begin, his eyes move to the other world

Máirtín's EMAIL address:
mairtin@thefuchsiaband.com
Máirtín's MYSPACE page:
http://www.myspace.com/mairtindecogain
Máirtín's BEBO page:
http://mairtindecogain.bebo.com/
Máirtín's WEBSITE:
http://www.mairtinmusic.com

Máirtín's TOUR News...



Máirtín tours often with the legendary Jimmy Crowley!

For the latest news about Máirtín's personal touring schedule just visit his WEBSITE at...
http://www.mairtinmusic.com/

Mick Heffernan
Flute/Guitar/Piano/Vocals

Michael Anthony Heffernan, named after his grandfather, Dan, is a light fingered flautist from the mountain road in Carrigaline, 2nd last out, from a family of 6.

He takes his inspiration from John A Wood (but his wife wouldn't!! .. bad-dum tish!!). His musical influences include everything from Sean O Riada to The Chieftains.

Mick is a talented musician, who's well able to handle flute, a sax, a piano, a guitar or even a microphone!

Mick's EMAIL address:
mick@thefuchsiaband.com

Eoin Verling
Music Box/Guitar/Vocals

Eoin, who proudly hails from Enniskeane in West Cork, started playing the box at the age of 5 in a marching band.

He played all along until his late teens, when he then put the box aside for awhile for the want of women and porter. It was only while travelling in Australia, when he met a little maneen under a shtone, that he finally came to his senses and took it back up again.

Eoin has notched up numerous medals and prizes over the years for playing music and has played manys the session at the Fleadh and Scor. An eager gaelgoir, Eoin enjoys nothing more that a quiet pub, couple o pints and a bit a craic!

Eoin's EMAIL address:
eoin@thefuchsiaband.com
Eoin's BEBO page:
http://eoinverling.bebo.com/

Brian McGillicuddy
Banjo/Mandolin/Vocals

Brian McGillicuddy comes from Inniscarra ,which is just outside Cork City. Like the rest of the group, Brian has been playing music from a very early age.

The banjo was Brian's second instrument. He was tootling happily on his D-whistle from the age of five for a few years when suddenly, like a mirage in a desert, at a Fleadh Cheoil in Skibbereen (West Cork), in 1989, ("Oh Father dear, I often hear you speak of Erins Isle.."), he saw a sight which made his eyes grow as big as saucers in his head!. It was a van bedecked in gleaming banjos, all of them the product of one Galway man, Tommy Cussen, who stood by his stall, smiling paternally at all the little Cork boys and girls.

And so a child's longing for a new and different instrument, a mother's ambition, and a father's willingness to buy anything for anyone, having just emerged from his third public house of the day, brought about the deposit there and then on Brian's first banjo and a promise to pay Tommy Cussen the balance when times got better.

The rest, as they say, is history and Brian has been twanging with gusto and no little skill ever since. He is still dealing with the affable Tommy Cussen, still paying deposits and promising the balance when times get better, so "d'chas" is definitely "nos treise na oili'int."

Some years ago , one of his banjos gave birth to a bouncing , healthy mandolin (Tommy Cussen delivered), and now both mother and daughter are fine and Brian makes excellent music on both!

Brian's EMAIL address:
brian@thefuchsiaband.com
Brian's BEBO page:
http://bmcgillicuddy.bebo.com

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Fuchsia Fotos...

Click any image below to see a LARGER version...

The Fuchsia Band performing at Lon Trad at the Half Moon Theatre, Cork Opera House.
Left to right... Brian, Eoin, Máirtín, Mick.

Máirtín (on the left) and Mick (on the right) in ACTION! at Lon Trad at the Half Moon Theatre.

The lads playing at Hosford's Garden Centre, Bandon, County Cork, as part of the 2007 June Bank Weekend. The 2007 Bandon Festival was the best ever with more than 15,000 people in attendance!

The Fuchsia Band performing on the Boulevard Stage at the 2006 Kansas City Irish Festival. Left to right in the photo... Mick, Máirtín, Eoin, Brian.

Everyone knows The Fuchsia Band has a special way of lifting up their audiences but this is ridiculous!
Hmmm.... who's the lucky fan?

Ready... set... PILE ON BRIAN!

More GREAT photos...

For more GREAT Fuchsia Band photos and some fantastic stories be sure to check out the Fuchsia Band's official BLOG site

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Fuchsia Videos...

Some Fuchsia videos posted on YOUTUBE...


The Fuchsia Band on stage at the 2006 Minnesota Irish Fair. Máirtín performs a version of his famous BRUSH DANCE! Onstage, from left to right, Brian McGillicuddy, Eoin Verling, Máirtín de Cógáin, Mick Heffernan. Also seen in the background, about halfway through the clip, is the great Timothy (Fitz) Fitzgerald visible between Eoin and Máirtín with an armful of green T-Shirts. Tim was a tireless supporter of Irish Music in Minnesota and places beyond and a GREAT friend of "The Fuchsia Band". He is sadly missed by everyone who knew him... but never forgotten. Thanks, Tim!


Máirtín performs another rousing version of his BRUSH DANCE on stage at the 2006 Jackson, Mississippi Celticfest Onstage, from left to right, Brian McGillicuddy, Eoin Verling, Máirtín de Cógáin, Kevin Kiley.

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