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Fionnuala Sherry’s Songs From Before

BT Fasmer — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:54:17 +0000

Fionnuala Sherry’s debut solo album Songs From Before has now been released on CD in Ireland – and is available in the whole UK as a digital download on iTunes. It is scheduled for release in the UK and Norway on CD in the beginning of next year.

But note that the album is available internationally on CD from this page!

Here is a presentation of the album from the press release:

One of Ireland’s most successful musicians, Fionnuala Sherry, releases her debut solo album. Entitled “Songs From Before” the album features an enchanting collection of some of Ireland’s most cherished and recognisable melodies. On the concept of the album Fionnuala says “for a long time I have wanted to record some of the beautiful traditional Irish songs that I grew up with. This year the dream became a reality”!

Following in the footsteps of her violinist grandfather, Fionnuala wanted to reflect the new and modern Ireland in her interpretation of some very old Irish airs including “An Cuilfhionn”, “My Lagan Love” and “Our Wedding Day”, also known as “She Moved Through The Fair”.

So far I have only been able to sample the clips on iTunes – but they tell me that this is a very promising release – and that Fionnuala Sherry is one of the most interesting artist today.

Thank you Jeff Wasserman for telling us about this release!

New age music in the European Song Contest

BT Fasmer — Sat, 29 May 2010 17:19:32 +0000

The European Song Contest is today being held in Oslo, Norway. Last year Alexander Rybak won the European Song Contest with the ballad Fairytale. The song got the most votes in the history of the show. You can see the song performed here.

It is however not a new age song, but the reason I am writing this is because the last time Norway won, in 1995, the winner was Secret Garden with Nocturne – which is very new age indeed. This was the beginning of Secret Garden’s career, which has given us some incredible songs (like You Raise Me Up).

So yes, a new age song can win the European Song Contest, at least back in 1995.

See the performance here – which is a classic moment i new age music history (with some Dutch speaking in the intro):

Secret Garden’s Korea tour

BT Fasmer — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:37:25 +0000

New age music superstars Secret Garden will in April be on the road in Korea. They will be performing in 5 cities; Nowon, Goyang, Sjeong, Incheon and Gunpo. The duo consists of Rolf Lovland and Fionnuala Sherry.

See information here, where you can also get tickets.

Fionnuala Sherry solo album coming soon

BT Fasmer — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:33:23 +0000

Fionnuala Sherry, the female part of the Secret Garden duo, will release a new solo album very soon. She says:

This CD has been in an embryonic state for many years and I was just waiting for the right moment to record it. There are many songs from my childhood featured in this CD as well as new previously unreleased material.

On this CD, Fionnuala has worked with the well known Norwegian composer/arranger Kjetil Bjerkestrand. Mr. Bjerkestrand says: “We are so looking forward to its release and very happy with where the magical journey of making this CD has taken us!”

More updates coming soon. See pictures from the studio here.

2009 Eurovision winner plays Secret Garden

BT Fasmer — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:58:32 +0000

This year’s winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, Alexander Rybak from Norway, has just released his debut album entitled Fairytales. It is a pop album of course, but the last song on the album is a cover version of 1995 Eurovision Song Contest winner Secret Garden’s magnificent Song From A Secret Garden.

The album is so far only out in Norway, but you can sample the song here.

Norway wins the European Song Contest

BT Fasmer — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:09:43 +0000

Norway’s Alexander Rybak won yesterday’s European Song Contest with the ballad Fairytale. The song got the most votes in the history of the show. You can see the song performed here.

It is however not a new age song, but the reason I am writing this is because the last time Norway won, in 1995, the winner was Secret Garden with Nocturne – which is very new age indeed. This was the beginning of Secret Garden’s career, which has given us some incredible songs (like You Raise Me Up).

So yes, a new age song can win the European Song Contest, at least back in 1995.

See the performance here: