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About Glór na mBan (Faoin Grúpa - Beathaisnéis)
Rugadh Glór na mBan i mí Lunasa 2004. Bhuail na cailíní lena chéile ar dtús ag seinm ceoil i seisiúin i Wellington, ach nuair a fuair siad amach gur amhránaí ab ea iad go léir chomh maith, agus ragús rince ar ceann amahain acu, b'é an rud is nadúrtha dóibh no grúpa a chuir le chéile ag déanamh an triú rudaí is tabhachtach dóibh....sin scéal an banna cheoil seo!
Glór na mBan is an all-girl Celtic group taking New Zealand by storm.The group performs Celtic songs in Irish and English, Irish instrumental music and dance with a unique style and a refreshing simplicity that audiences love. Glór na mBan formed in 2004 and have rapidly built up a strong fan base and reputation for absorbing live performances since. The girls are based in Wellington, New Zealand.
Glór na mBan are:
Melanie Brown from Ballycastle, on the north coast of Co. Antrim, plays fiddle and bodhran. She learnt fiddle from legendary local fiddler Jim McGill who, in his seventies, passed the music on to many a local youngster for nothing but a cup of tea and a biscuit. She sings when the mood takes her, and she’ll dance at the drop of a hat! (She dragged her mother along to Mary McGuigan’s Irish dancing school when she was four.) She abandoned the tradition for about 10 years before coming back to her senses in her mid-20s!
Ang Kidd, a gypsy in youth and in adulthood, is of Irish and Scottish extraction and plays bouzouki, guitar fiddle and bodhran. She will warble a song or two but confesses to a lack of balance and two left feet so leaves the dancing to everyone else! She settled in New Zealand in her early-20s. Not having grown up with live music in the family, Ang finally explored her roots through whisky, travel and trad, thanks to a cheap guitar and some great pubs and encouragement along the way.
Edith O'Regan, from Youghal on the south coast of Co. Cork, sings, and plays flute and tin-whistle. She grew up with lots of instruments at home but an early love of Matt Molloy and a cranky old flute from under her Granny’s bed sealed her fate. She too after several years’ abstinence from Irish music returned to the tradition with renewed passion.
Neasa Scanlon, from Attymass in County Mayo plays accordion and tin whistle. She sings (with no encouragement needed), and like all good Irish women will dance when inspired. Having grown up surrounded by a large musical family and having sung in her local church choir since the age of five, she was destined to amalgamate these talents at (or on!) some stage. Following some years of alternative musical influences, she too, with the help of her Wellington buddies, has returned to the realisation of the pleasure and importance of singing, playing and dancing in true Irish style.
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