Change is gonna come... (January 30th 2006)
Happy New Year from the world of North Cregg where there's
news a plenty so far in 2006...!
Fans
of the wonderful Fiona Kelleher will be dissappointed to hear that she
is no longer North Cregg's vocalist. We were all more than a little disappointed
when she reached the difficult decision to quit life on the stage with
the Creggies as the task of looking after the little ones became increasingly
more difficult to manage alongside her family committments(!).
Fiona has been part of many great North Cregg times and
we thank her for a great four years of songs and friendship. But worry
not, we will endeavour to keep you all posted on the future musical activities
of Fiona as she has no intentions of laying her wonderful singing talents
to rest just yet. Keep an eye and an ear out for Fiona in the future.
And so with the Santa Claus list already gone out in the post the boys
set about the difficult task of seeking out new talent to bring North
Cregg into the future all on their own...
And before you could say 'HUP', one of Cork City's brightest talents stepped
out of the shade and into the spotlight ready to take the music world
and all fans of North Cregg by storm...............................
Introducing CLAIRE ANNE LYNCH...
Claire Anne Lynch is without doubt one of the brightest
young vocal talents to emerge from this island for many a year. She came
to the attention of North Cregg during a spectacular jazz concert performance
some time ago and we are all absolutely thrilled to have her on board
with the band.
Expect to hear her spectacular voice and superb violin playing on stage
with the band in the upcoming concerts as she breathes new life into classics
like "Barbera Allen" and leads the band down some exiting new
musical routes!
The band will premiere the brand new sound during their short tour of
Holland and Belgium next week. All new pics and MP3's will be up on this
website asap to give you all a taste of things to come.
By the way, work is still progressing on the new album which we
are now aiming to have in your CD players for the early summer months
of 2006. This will coincide nicely with North Cregg's 10th anniversary
celebrations... more news anon...
Destination Music... (January 2006)
Destination Music is the brand new music program
currently being screened on BBC World Service. The program captured loads
of the great music played at last years Ballyshannon Folk Festival in
Donegal and features The Creggies in full flight during their main stage
performance on the Friday night alongside Altan and Joe Burke.
The TV station is available worldwide from Narth West Shetland to South
East Asia so be sure to tune in!
New Year Dates... (November 15th 2005)
The band will be taking a wee break from now until the New
Year to allow various people to concentrate on a couple of other projects.
Creggie drummer and guitarist, Martin Leahy, will be trekking around Austria
with the mighty Red Hat Band in the run up to Christmas so be sure cathch
them.
The band will undertake their first tour of Holland in February
and are very much looking forward to it! A more extensive tour is planned
for later in the year there so come back here for more details.
Our new agent in the UK will bring us over that direction
in the early summer of 2006 and dates will be added to this site as they
are confirmed.
Slan le tamaill, NC
The Winter's closing in... (November 15th
2005)
Dear
all from North Cregg HQ... All is well despite the recent lack of posts
in this section of the website! News just in is that the band have commenced
work on album number four and it's coming together very nicely!
The band are self-producing the new album and will feature
the amazing talents of newest member Liam Flanagan, marking just a couple
of new departures for the band. Expect the new album to be hitting the
shelves sometime in the New Year and keep coming back here for updates
on the same.
On the live front, we would like to express our most sincere
apologies to our fans in the Newcastle area for being unable to make the
show on Monday, October 17th. We arrived out to Cork airport early that
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