Celtic Music Radio's CD album of the week is 'This Land' by Kinfolk.
Kinfolk are Brian Mcdaid and Gerry Power. Brian and Gerry met in south of England in 2000. Both were working in different bands, and involved in different musical collaborations. Gerry was busy on the London singer songwriter circuit playing suppot spots to established artistes such as Nils Lofgren, Colin Blunstone, Geno Washington, Bert Jansch. Brian was poised to go to America having just been offered a deal. Since that meeting they have worked together with a number of other musicians, mainly playing live venues throughout the UK. Since late 2004 they have been drawing on their shared musical heritage to create Kinfolk and their debut album: 'This Land'.
This meeting of musical experience has produced a song writing duo that has flourished and developed together. They have produced songs of quality diversity, appealing accross a wide range of folk music tastes.
Visit Kinfolk's Myspace page at myspace.com/kinfolksongs.
Listen again to Celtic Music Radio's outside broadcast highlights from Òran Mór on Saturday 2 May.
Click here, or the individual artists, where you can listen and enjoy ‘live’ sessions from the broadcast at Òran Mór on Saturday 2 May. You can hear performances from:
The Last Ones,
Vivien Scotson and Patrick Bullen,
Andi Neate,
The Whistleblowers,
Amy MacKinnon,
Craig Jeffrey,
Naomi Chapman,
Jim Byrne,
Lorna Lavelle.
Below are the artists that performed at Celtic Music Radio's outside broadcast from Òran Mór, on the holiday weekend of 23-24 May 2009:
Eddie Beggan,
Gavin Moore,
Steve Hat,
Rona,
Steven Clark & Jim King,
The Catskinners,
and an interview with Glasgow singer
Pauline Alexander,
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