New CD

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We have added a second album to our catalogue, a collection of songs from Scottish singer Chris Miles.

Chris has been a regular visitor to Drogheda for some years, and these performances were recorded between 2012 and 2014.

The album is called Among Friends and is available now on iTunes and Google Play. The CD version will be launched at the Drogheda Traditional Music Festival this coming November.

Among Friends: Chris Miles, Live in Drogheda

Official Launch: Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell Street, Drogheda, County Louth. Sunday, 3pm, November 30th, 2014

Contact number: (086) 347-0923

The Drogheda Traditional Music Festival is proud to launch Chris Miles’s new CD on November 30th. Chris Miles has been a regular guest at the Drogheda festival and this CD is a selection of songs from her native Scotland as well as audience favourites from Ireland and beyond. As one of Scotland’s finest singers, Chris has performed at singing and music festivals throughout Ireland and Britain. The thirteen songs featured on this CD combine the political anthem with the humorous tale and the love song with the sea epic.

Threads of Fine Gold – Songs from the Drogheda Singing Gathering 2013

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Threads of Fine Gold – Songs from the Drogheda Singing Gathering 2013                                                                                 

In February 2013 Drogheda played host to one of the year’s most successful singing festivals. Threads of Fine Gold – Songs from the Drogheda Singing Gathering 2013 is a new CD of songs recorded live at singing sessions in the town that weekend and is a celebration of the unaccompanied singing tradition at its best.

The CD will be launched on Saturday 22nd February at the Governor’s House, Millmount, Drogheda between 7.30 and 9pm. This will be followed by a singing session in Tí Cairbre, North Strand, Drogheda.

Drogheda has a long-established tradition of singing and is associated with the names of source singers such as Pap Usher and Mary Ann Carolan, both of whom possessed a rich store of tragic, comic and occasional songs such as Bonny Light Horseman, Wild Rover and The Wedding of Sweet Baltray. Songs sung in harmony have been popularised in the town by local groups such as The Voice Squad and Sunday’s Gate Quartet. A regular Wednesday night singing session takes place in Tí Cairbre and in the Droichead Arts Centre. These two venues hosted many of the sessions of the Drogheda Singing Gathering – including an all-night session in the Arts Centre. Other sessions were held in historical sites such as Newgrange, Oldbridge, Millmount and the Tholsel. The weekend was rounded off with a concert in the Barbican Theatre which featured The Unthanks, Martin Carthy and The Voice Squad.

For enquiries, telephone Kevin Branigan: (086) 347-0923

Email: kevin@branigan.com