News
The Roseland Barndance wins Best
Vocal/Instrumental Album of the Year in LiveIreland.com Music
Awards (February 2007)
For the second time in the band's history, North Cregg have won Best Vocal/Instrumental Album of the year at the LiveIreland.com music awards. Thanks LiveIreland! We're thrilled!
The Last Days of Summer (September 1st 2007)
During a pretty wet summer here in Ireland, North Cregg continued to enjoy first class reviews streaming in from the Folk Music Media all over the world. Some of these have now been posted on the Reviews page for your perusal. Enjoy!
The band enjoyed some memorable concerts over the summer taking in some nice trips to The Orkney Islands, Wales and England along the way as well as Irish concerts in Donegal, Kerry and of course Cork.
Keep an eye to the tourdates section in the near future when some more dates will be announced.
THE ROSELAND BARNDANCE (February 1st 2007)
Today,
North Cregg's fourth and finest album entitled THE ROSELAND BARNDANCE
went on general release on the Greentrax label. The band are exceedingly
proud of this recording as it is the first to be produced (and indeed
partly engineered) by the band. This is an important milestone for the
band and as it also marks 10 years in the life of North Cregg.
The new album sees the band in top form with some top notch performances and a first class production. It also showcases the two newest members of the band, Claire-Anne Lynch and Liam Flanagan, who slot into the instantly recognisable sound of North Cregg with aplomb.
Having steadily etched out their own sound and style over a decade of playing music, North Cregg continues to contribute fresh sounds to the world of traditional music. Here's to 10 more great years!
***NEW ALBUM ON THE WAY*** (November 13th 2006)
Sorry folks for the lack of posts in this area for a while but the band have been locked away in the recording studio for some time now and can now announce that a star has been born and will be released on February 1st 2007!!!
The new album (yet to be christened!) will be released worldwide by Greentrax Recordings and is set to be one of the best Irish music releases in 2007. More info, pics and album details coming soon... STAY TUNED!
The Low Low Lands of Holland... (February
23rd 2006)
2006
got off to a flyer for North Cregg with four mighty concerts in The Netherlands.
From the regal surroundings of the Zaantheater and the Zwolle Odeon to
the electric atmosphere in the Fookhook and Sneek, The Creggies felt right
at home with great audiences everywhere. A big thanks to the organisers
one and all who were just brilliant.
North Cregg's great new vocalist, Claire Anne Lynch, took
to her new surroundings like the preverbial duck to water and was a big
hit everywhere we went. Not even a sign of a nerve as she graced the stage
alongside famed and espoused North Cregg veterans!
We played three shows with the wonderful group Carmina and met lots of
other great bands along the way too. Thanks to all for a mighty time!
YES!
...and Belgium's best kept secret... (February
23rd 2006)
So after four days trekking around the Lowlands, we hit
the road south to Ingelmunster in Belgium to play one show at Cafe De
Fagot. We had heard many rumours about this little music venue but nothing
could have prepared us for the great surprise in store.
From the moment we walked in the door, Jean Pierre and his beautiful daughters
treated us like lords with food and wine aplenty. The history of great
music in this house is astounding and it bore more than a little resemblance
to some of favourite music venues like McCarthy's in Baltimore or The
Lobby in Cork.
We're looking forward to heading back there for the Labadoux Festival
in May. Until then...
Limerick here we come... (February 23rd 2006)
Dolan's great bar in Limerick will be North Cregg's next 2006 Irish appearance - the date has been set for Thursday April 20th 2006. The wonderful upstairs venue is one of the finest in the country and should make for a great night.
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