MUSIC OF THE GAELIC HARP OF IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND BEYOND
Fáilte, mo chairde! Fàilte mo charaidean!
News for Spring/Summer 2018 : ALBUM FUNDRAISER, Upcoming Gigs and recording news!
Album Fundraiser! Join us in making history come to life!
Join us in bringing this important, gorgeous part of Ireland’s cultural history to the world!
This is the first time several of these songs have been recorded, with their original Irish lyrics.!
Take a look at our campaign page, there's some great incentives to consider!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/o-carolan-king-of-the-blind-album-project/x/19155485#/
NEXT GIG: Rúpálaí at Irish Fair of Minnesota!! Harriet Island, August 11th, 4pm
Hear Rúpálaí play at the IMDA Triskell Tea Room, Saturday, August 11th at 4pm. and take in great music, food, culture in the most family friend Irish Fair in this country. And it's FREE to get in the door! https://www.irishfair.com/
O'Carolan: Rí na nDall/ King of the Blind~ALBUM Release Party ! September 8th, 7:30 pm
Get ready to party like it's 1699! Join us for an evening three hundred years in the making!
The Album release of O'Carolan: Rí na nDall/ King of the Blind~ Songs and Tunes of Turlough O’ Carolan, Ireland’s most celebrated harper, singer-songwriter -and party animal! Hear previously unheard songs and find out why O'Carolan was and still is a big deal!
Chad McAnally, Irish harp with Cory Froehlich, vocals and flute, Mary Vanorny, Fiddle and Mary Burke, viol da gamba
Celtic Junction Arts Center 836 Prior Ave N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104 More details to follow!
Our band: Rúpálaí (That's pronounced "ROO- PAH-LEE") celebrates our third year! Consisting of Siobhán Dugan on vocals and Shruti box, myself on Gaelic and lever harps, wooden flute, hammered dulcimer and some vocals, and a revolving third partner, on either fiddle or button accordion. Traditional and modern songs in Irish (Gaelic) English and Breton, traditional dance tunes, scintillating harp music and more!
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RECORDING NEWS: September 8th, we release "O'Carolan: Rí na nDall/ King of the Blind" ~ The Songs and Music of Turlough O’Carolan
We are almost done!! And....We may have made history.!Cory, Mary, Mary and myself have recorded five O'Carolan songs, in their original Irish!
In this album we aim to bring to life the beauty, vigor and variety of character in a manner that an audience of the composer’s time would have heard listening to this music. As well, we are thrilled to bring forward a number of gorgeous songs composed by O’Carolan that, to my
knowledge, have not been recorded previously.
SET DANCE AT THE DUBLINER: Ever 2rd and 4th Tuesday with live traditional music!
If Irish social dancing interests you, or you are looking to hear traditional dance music in its natural habitat, check out Set Dancing at the Dubliner! Catch me in the act of playing flute and harp live, with Tom Juenemann on Button Accordion, Mary Vanorny on Fiddle Tom Lockney (back from Texas) on fiddle and tenor banjo. No Cover Charge- Just FUN! 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month 7:30pm, 2162 University Avenue W. St. Paul MN. (Corner of University Ave. and Vandalia St.)
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Some quotes about the artist:
"Chad's virtuoso harp artistry seems to reverberate down the dark tunnel of the ages. ”
Dáithí Sproule, Singer and Guitarist of Altan and Skara Brae
"In Chad's hands the old tunes become electric again. The harp's magic spoken of so often in old Ireland seems to life anew."
John Gerharty, late Fiddler and Story teller
Critical Praise for Chad first solo album 'Of Bards and Beggars':
"...an album of real substance and real enjoyment. Beautiful." - Live Ireland
"Turn off your computer, the TV, the lights, and the phone! Keep the wine. Chad McAnally's harp takes you to a time when music was THE social media. Hear the joys, the sorrows, the loves, and the battles during the long dark nights..." - Century Song, KFAI
"Chad McAnally is a superb harp player... the unique sound rings absolutely true and clear as crystal…" - Irish American News
News for Spring/Summer 2018 : ALBUM FUNDRAISER, Upcoming Gigs and recording news!
Album Fundraiser! Join us in making history come to life!
Join us in bringing this important, gorgeous part of Ireland’s cultural history to the world!
This is the first time several of these songs have been recorded, with their original Irish lyrics.!
Take a look at our campaign page, there's some great incentives to consider!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/o-carolan-king-of-the-blind-album-project/x/19155485#/
NEXT GIG: Rúpálaí at Irish Fair of Minnesota!! Harriet Island, August 11th, 4pm
Hear Rúpálaí play at the IMDA Triskell Tea Room, Saturday, August 11th at 4pm. and take in great music, food, culture in the most family friend Irish Fair in this country. And it's FREE to get in the door! https://www.irishfair.com/
O'Carolan: Rí na nDall/ King of the Blind~ALBUM Release Party ! September 8th, 7:30 pm
Get ready to party like it's 1699! Join us for an evening three hundred years in the making!
The Album release of O'Carolan: Rí na nDall/ King of the Blind~ Songs and Tunes of Turlough O’ Carolan, Ireland’s most celebrated harper, singer-songwriter -and party animal! Hear previously unheard songs and find out why O'Carolan was and still is a big deal!
Chad McAnally, Irish harp with Cory Froehlich, vocals and flute, Mary Vanorny, Fiddle and Mary Burke, viol da gamba
Celtic Junction Arts Center 836 Prior Ave N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104 More details to follow!
Our band: Rúpálaí (That's pronounced "ROO- PAH-LEE") celebrates our third year! Consisting of Siobhán Dugan on vocals and Shruti box, myself on Gaelic and lever harps, wooden flute, hammered dulcimer and some vocals, and a revolving third partner, on either fiddle or button accordion. Traditional and modern songs in Irish (Gaelic) English and Breton, traditional dance tunes, scintillating harp music and more!
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RECORDING NEWS: September 8th, we release "O'Carolan: Rí na nDall/ King of the Blind" ~ The Songs and Music of Turlough O’Carolan
We are almost done!! And....We may have made history.!Cory, Mary, Mary and myself have recorded five O'Carolan songs, in their original Irish!
In this album we aim to bring to life the beauty, vigor and variety of character in a manner that an audience of the composer’s time would have heard listening to this music. As well, we are thrilled to bring forward a number of gorgeous songs composed by O’Carolan that, to my
knowledge, have not been recorded previously.
SET DANCE AT THE DUBLINER: Ever 2rd and 4th Tuesday with live traditional music!
If Irish social dancing interests you, or you are looking to hear traditional dance music in its natural habitat, check out Set Dancing at the Dubliner! Catch me in the act of playing flute and harp live, with Tom Juenemann on Button Accordion, Mary Vanorny on Fiddle Tom Lockney (back from Texas) on fiddle and tenor banjo. No Cover Charge- Just FUN! 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month 7:30pm, 2162 University Avenue W. St. Paul MN. (Corner of University Ave. and Vandalia St.)
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Some quotes about the artist:
"Chad's virtuoso harp artistry seems to reverberate down the dark tunnel of the ages. ”
Dáithí Sproule, Singer and Guitarist of Altan and Skara Brae
"In Chad's hands the old tunes become electric again. The harp's magic spoken of so often in old Ireland seems to life anew."
John Gerharty, late Fiddler and Story teller
Critical Praise for Chad first solo album 'Of Bards and Beggars':
"...an album of real substance and real enjoyment. Beautiful." - Live Ireland
"Turn off your computer, the TV, the lights, and the phone! Keep the wine. Chad McAnally's harp takes you to a time when music was THE social media. Hear the joys, the sorrows, the loves, and the battles during the long dark nights..." - Century Song, KFAI
"Chad McAnally is a superb harp player... the unique sound rings absolutely true and clear as crystal…" - Irish American News