Cherish the Ladies
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Cherish the Ladies | |
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Irish folk, Celtic | |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Members | Joanie Madden Mary Coogan Mirella Murray Nollaig Casey Kathleen Boyle |
| Past members | Aoife Clancy Eimear Arkins Siobhan Egan Winifred Horan Eileen Ivers Liz Knowles Donna Long Maureen Doherty Macken Mary Rafferty Deirdre Connolly Marie Reilly Cathie Ryan Heidi Talbot Michelle Burke Roisin Dillon |
| Website | www |
Cherish the Ladies is an American female super group that plays Celtic music. The band began as a concert series in New York in January 1985. It was the brainchild of Mick Moloney who wanted to showcase the brightest female musicians in America in what had been a male-dominated scene. The group took its name from a traditional Irish jig called "Cherish the Ladies", and the series opened to sold-out concerts. Their leader Joanie Madden plays flute and tin whistle. The other members of the group play a wide variety of instruments. Their albums contain both tunes (instrumental tracks) and songs (tracks with vocals).
Background
Joanie Madden was born in
Over the course of the past twenty-nine years[when?], the band have played in the finest concert halls and have performed in North and South America, the UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia. Their shows are always accompanied by world-class step dancers on stage.
They have recorded many albums, but their album
Although the group was originally formed from Irish-American female musicians, the current lineup, along with Madden, consists of founding member Mary Coogan (from New York) on
Discography
- Cherish the Ladies: Irish Women Musicians in America (1985)
- Fathers and Daughters from Cherish the Ladies: Irish Traditional Music in America (LP only, 1985)
- The Back Door (1992)
- Out and About (1993)
- New Day Dawning (1996)
- Live! (1997)
- One and All: The Best of Cherish the Ladies (1998)
- Threads of Time(1998)
- At Home (1999)
- The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone (2001)
- Across the Waves (2004)
- On Christmas Night (2004)
- Woman of the House (2005)
- A Star in the East (2009)[3]
- Country Crossroads (2011)
- An Irish Homecoming, Live from Bucknell (2013)
- Christmas in Ireland (2015)
- Heart of the Home (2018)
References
- ^ Joanie Madden information Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cathie Ryan Profile
- ^ "January 2010 Releases". irishmusicmagazine.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
External links
- Cherish the Ladies - official website
- Cherish the Ladies discography - MusicCity.org
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