Danbury (Connecticut), USA -
Irish singer
Niamh
Parsons will release her new Green Linnet CD
Old Simplicity on Feb 21, 2006, with guitarist Graham Dunne. Her singing - "earthy
and sensual" (Irish Times) - gives voice to both traditional and contemporary
songs by Linda Thompson, David Olney, Ron Kavana and others.
Dennis Cahill (Martin
Hayes) again produces, as on 2002's
Heart's Desire (AFIM's Celtic Album
of the Year).
Recorded in Cahill's Chicago with some of the city's finest musicians: accordionist John Williams (Solas), fiddler Liz Knowles (Cherish the Ladies), singer Kat Eggleston (Bohola), and jazz bassist Larry Gray (Ramsey Lewis ).
Buy her CDs:
In North America (US): Old Simplicity & Heart's Desire, In My Prime , Blackbirds & Thrushes, Loosely Connected.
In Europe (UK): Old Simplicity & Heart's Desire, Blackbirds and Thrushes , 3 , In My Prime, Loosely Connected, Loosen Up
For tour information, click here.
World Music Central
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/2006021520063367