The Gloaming
The Gloaming | |
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minimalism | |
Years active | 2011–present |
Labels | Real World Records (Rest of World) Brassland Records (North America) |
Members | Martin Hayes Iarla Ó Lionáird Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Thomas Bartlett |
Past members | Dennis Cahill |
Website | http://www.thegloaming.net/home |
The Gloaming is a contemporary Irish/American music supergroup. Its members are fiddle player Martin Hayes, sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, hardanger fiddle player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, and pianist Thomas Bartlett.[1] Guitarist Dennis Cahill was a member until his death in June 2022.
The group was formed in 2011 and began a first tour of Ireland with a sold out performance in the National Concert Hall (NCH). Since then they have played the NCH annually, increasing to a residency of seven consecutive nights by 2017.[2] After the release of their third studio album and a concert tour in 2019, the band announced that it would "take a break" in 2020.[3]
They have recorded three studio albums,
The Gloaming won the Meteor Choice Music Prize for 2014 Irish Album of the Year for their first album.[6] They won the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track, for Samhradh Samhradh, which appeared on the first album.[7] In 2019 they were nominated for three RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards: Best Original Folk Track, Best Folk Group and Best Folk Album. Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh was nominated for Best Folk Instrumentalist.[8] Iarla Ó Lionáird won the Best Folk Singer award.[9]
References
- ^ Madonna, Zoë (3 April 2019). "Inside the twilit wanderings of Irish music supergroup The Gloaming". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "It's that time again: The Gloaming are back". Irish Examiner. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ O’Byrne, Ellie (22 February 2019). "Iarla Ó Lionáird is bringing it all back home". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Carty, Pat (10 April 2019). "The Twilight Saga: The Gloaming Interview". Hot Press. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Long, Siobhan (2 March 2018). "The Gloaming: Live at the NCH review – capturing their mesmerising essence". The Irish Times.
- ^ Kelly, Aoife (5 March 2015). "The Gloaming win coveted Meteor Choice Music Prize Album of the Year, The Script bag Song of the Year". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "Gloaming among BBC Folk Awards winners". RTE. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "RTÉ Announces Shortlist for 2019 Folk Awards". The Journal of Music. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Ye Vagabonds win big at the Irish Folk Awards". RTE. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
External links
- The Gloaming discography at Discogs