The Mighty Stef, a singer and songwriter from Dublin who has been celebrated in the U.K. press for the storytelling in his songs and for his passionate live shows, has release a new album, "100 Midnights."
FANS of Celtic music have likely encountered Robert Plant or Alison Krause.
He is the bare-chested rock god who tucked Celtic and Nordic imagery into the heavy metal stomp of Led Zeppelin while exploring Irish music with side projects like AftoCelt Sound System.
She infused Irish fiddling into the bluegrass patchwork of her compositions.
ROLLING Stone magazine has just come out with an interesting list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, and the Irish are all over it!
Unlike some of the other best of lists produced by magazines, which are mostly created by the editors in a vacuum, Rolling Stone actually got the artists to vote on their choices for best singer. They even published the artists' rationale, which makes for great reading.
"Bob Dylan did what very, very few singers ever do - he changed popular singing," opines Bono.
Music Reviews
By Ian Worpole
On the CD front, there are two new offerings from great young Irish-American women this month. First up: Heidi Talbot. A recent alumna of Cherish the Ladies, this is her second solo album on the Compass label, titled In Love and Light.