We are often joined on stage and/or on recordings by these wonderful people... Laurence Doherty - drums, percussion Ramon Ferguson - Guitar Aine Flynn - acoustic guitar, vocals Stephen Cleary - electric bass Stephen Murray - acoustic guitar Matt Jennings - sax Seamus Devenny - fiddle, drums Michael Gallinagh - acoustic guitar Ted Ponsonby - hammond Rohan Armstrong - double bass Brian Mellon - percussion
Influences
Kris Delmhorst, Be Good Tanyas, Emmylou Harris, Tom Waits, The Indigo Girls, Flook, Altan, Karen Tweed, Liz Carroll, Laoise Kelly, Rufus Wainwright, Kila, Gemma Hayes, Dixie Chicks, Cara Dillon, The Andrews Sisters, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, The Roche Sisters, Joni Mitchell, Folk & Traditional Music From Ireland & The Rest of The World!
Sounds Like
"....a joy to hear...The Henry Girls will surely be a force to be reckoned with as time goes on...." - Nicky Rossiter, Rambles Magazine, 2003
"...The Henry Girls were amazing.." - Los Angeles Irish Film Festival 2009
"It's The Henry Girl's vocalisation that really gives Morning Rush it's shivers down the back of your spine feel. Together and apart the voices work and work well for an album as sharp as a cut throat razor" - Fatea Magazine (England), 2009
"....the inimitable blend of family voices makes for a unique sound. ......
..Their style of music is refreshingly unique drawing from many different genres..." - Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
"...buckets of talent and buckets of versatility..." - Barbara Galavan, I.M.R.O., 2005
"These girls have many strings to their bow....A truly talented trio, the music is sublime..." - Anne-Marie Marquess, Culture Northern Ireland review, 2009
".....‘Morning Rush’ is in fact very well crafted indeed, reflecting the diverse mix of musical traditions that have shaped and influenced their unique blend of country, traditional, jazz and roots - each of which they perform with considerable ease and enjoyment......One instantly gets the impression that the Henrys really enjoy what they do... and this is further deepened by their sisterly bond that unites them closely...." - Irish Music Magazine, 2009
".....the stunning Henry Girls are striding into the higher echelons of the Irish music scene with their eclectic sound of blues, country, and tradtional world folk....totally new and unique sound..... a harmonious chorus of voices with their innate musical family talents.... Say you saw them first at the Festival of World Cultures!" - Festival of World Cultures, Dun Laoghaire 2003
"..the group's orginal material is mightily impressive.....gorgeous three-part harmony..." - Sarah McQuaid, The Evening Herald, 2008.
"......clear beautiful voices.....three charming Ladies....the three cannot only sing, but write Songs.....recommendable work..." - Adolf Goriup, FolkWorld Magazine (Germany), 2009
“...remarkable.” - Steve Batts, co-artisic director Echo Echo Dance company
"... come from a strong traditional music background but fuse this with modern influences...fantastic..." - Derry City Council
Joleen, Lorna and Karen are three sisters from a little village in Donegal way way up north, called Malin...our dad is a Malin man, born and bred and our mum is a Glaswegian...she came on holidays to Donegal with her pals in the the 60s.... she met our Dad Joe....the rest is history as they say. A few years later we came along...six girls in total. Growing up in the countryside, right next to a piano teacher, it was no surprise that we all started to play music from a very early age...also our mother was involved in the running of the church choir so we all learned to sing in harmony from the word go...so basically back in those days ( i mean pre-internet and good car radios) we sang and sang and sang...you can imagine the trips to Scotland....
Since forming in 2002, as well as recording 2 albums (Between us and Morning Rush), the Henry Girls have scored and performed music for movies and documentaries (A Shine of Rainbows, Nationwide), scored and performed music for live theatre drama ( A Midsummer's Night Dream, The O Neill ), performed and toured with a contemporary dance theatre company(The Ripple Affect 2009), have been invited to do backing vocals for numerous other artists and TV shows (You're a Star on RTE1, the Late Late Show), regularly collaborate with other artists (Gawa Fusion, The Pyros, Finbarr Doherty, Jerry Harmon, Gameli Tordzro, Keith Power, Mark Black, Shunie Crampsey, Natty Wailer, Uni and her Ukelele), make regular radio (Lyric FM, RTE 1, Radio Ulster) and TV appearances (Blas Cheoil, First Stop on BBC2, Feilte on TG4, SRL on BBC2, Nationwide) and host a weekly acoustic session in the Persian Bar in Carndonagh, Co.Donegal...
It was my pleasure.... Wonderful to welcome you all here, and I've been thoroughly enjoying your albums. Keep in touch - it would be great see you again, either at your gigs or one of mine!! Anthony x
Hiyaa Ladies...Thanks for the add. I saw you at Portstewart at the weekend - superb stuff. A crackin' wee night was had by all. Hopefully we'll see you over this side of the puddle before too long.
Hey thanks so much! I'm starting to think about planning an irish tour for the new year and am keen to get to your part of the island as soon as possible!! We are just training up some new members and should be good to go as of nov... I'll keep you posted and if you have any tips about good venues they would be greatly appreciated! ") I love your stuff - and your comments mean a lot! Hope the north coast festival goes well - I played it last year with a different band and it was great craic! Take it easy Katie ")
Michael Brunnock will be performing with his Irish Band "Little Palace" November 5th 8pm Whelans, Dublin November 7th 9pm Headfort Arms, Kells, Co. Meath November 12th 8pm The Backroom, Navan, Co. Meath Little Palace will be releasing their New Single "Beekeeper" from their latest album Invitation Time. We all hope to see you there. Keep Music Alive go hear a show.
Hey Girls, hope you're having a swell time in L.A. Just listening to the new tunes on your player, magic as always xx. I've stuck up some recordings from my gigs at the City of Song Festival if ye get a chance to have a listen. See y'all real soon to catch up on your travellin' tales :-) K.
