Celtic women in music a celebration of beauty and sovereignty / Maireid Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Mairéid.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicians, Celtic--Biography.

Musicians, Celtic.

Women musicians.

Celtic music.

Women musicians--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Ontario, Canada : Quarry Press, [1999]

Summary:

During the past few years, Celtic music and dance have taken North American culture by storm, becoming the soundtrack of the age. Riverdance, Braveheart, Lord of the Dance, Gael Force, Celtic Tides, and Needfire are just a few of the dance and film productions which have introduced traditional Celtic music to the new world. Aside from such notable male acts as The Chieftains, this music has been written and performed by women, either as solo artists or as band leaders. Their work has been compiled, somewhat anonymously, on such CDs as "A Woman's Heart" and "Women of the World: Celtic". But who are these women? What has inspired them to perform? What do they feel about traditional and contemporary Celtic culture?

Celtic Women profiles the lives and careers of over twenty Celtic women artists, including Enya and her sister Maire Brennan, Mairiad Ni Mhaonaigh, Karen Matheson, Sharon Shannon, Loreena McKinnett, Mary Black, Natalie MacMaster, Mary Jane Lamond, Heather, Cookie, and Raylene Rankin, Rita Connolly, Mary Coughlan, Figgy Duff, Eileen Ivers, Talitha MacKenzie, Maura O'Connell, Maddy Prior, Delores Keane, Kathryn Tickell, and Mairead Sullivan, co-author of the book.

Contents:

Mary Bergin 25

Maire Brennan 30

Sheila Chandra 38

Mary Coughlan 47

Connie Dover 54

Ann Heymann 61

Eileen Ivers 68

Dolores Keane 74

Alison Kinnaird 81

Mary Jane Lamond 89

Talitha MacKenzie 95

Karen Matheson 103

Eileen McGann 110

Loreena McKennitt 116

Susan McKeown 122

Maire Ni Chathasaigh 128

Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill 145

Triona Ni Dhomhnaill 152

Noirin Ni Riain 159

Maura O'Connell 170

Siobhan Peoples 178

Maddy Pryor 186

Bonnie Rideout 193

Jean Ritchie 199

Kate Rusby 206

Cathie Ryan 212

June Tabor 220

Kathryn Tickell 226

Gay Woods 233

Grainne Yeats 240

Celtic Music on the World Wide Web 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and website addresses.

ISBN:

1550822462

OCLC:

46634238