Moya Brennan,also known as Máire Brennan,is an Irish folk singer,songwriter,harpist,and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing professionally in 1970 when her family formed the band Clannad. Brennan released her first solo album in 1992 called Máire,a successful venture. She has received a Grammy Award from five nominations and has won an Emmy Award. She has recorded music for several soundtracks,including Titanic,To End All Wars and King Arthur.
Misty Eyed Adventures is a music album by Irish musician Máire Brennan,now known as Moya Brennan. This was the second solo outing for her and features many of her family and friends on the recording. It was released in 1995.
What I Really Want for Christmas is the sixth studio album by Brian Wilson and his first solo seasonal release. It was released by Arista Records in October 2005 and features many traditional Christmas songs,as well some of Wilson's originals,including remakes of the Beach Boys' "Little Saint Nick" and "The Man with All the Toys". As a bonus,Wilson elected to include a sampling of seasonal recordings initially available on his website a few years earlier.
Whisper to the Wild Water is a music album by Irish musician Máire Brennan,now known as Moya Brennan. This was the fourth solo outing for her,released in 1999. At the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2001,it was nominated for the Best New Age Album.
Óró–A Live Session is a music album by Irish musician Máire Brennan,now known as Moya Brennan. Just before the start of the German tour,Moya and her band recorded a "live session" album to have available for fans on the tour. She's tried to recreate some of the live feel with the band in the studio covering many of the songs she plays in concert. The album will become more widely available subsequently,but originally was released in 2005.
Two Horizons is the fifth solo album by Irish singer Moya Brennan. It is her first full-length release under the name Moya Brennan,as opposed to Máire Brennan. The album was predominantly recorded in her home studio in Dublin and was nominated for a Grammy award. The album was recorded between 2002–2003 and first became available on 23 October 2003. It is also Brennan's first non-Christian album since her 1993 recording Misty Eyed Adventures. It is the most successful of her solo albums to date and the second to be Grammy-nominated.
So Good Together is the twenty-fourth studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released in 1999 and was preceded by the single "What Do You Say". "What Do You Say" peaked at number 3 on the country singles chart and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Short Form Video. It also became her highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100,peaking at number 31 and becoming her first big crossover hit. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.
Macalla is a 1985 musical album by Irish folk group Clannad. It is their ninth album and became prominent with a collaboration between Clannad's singer Moya Brennan and U2 vocalist Bono on the duet "In a Lifetime". Furthermore,it featured some internationally renowned artists such as art rock saxophone player Mel Collins,an ex-King Crimson member and famous for his solo on The Rolling Stones' "Miss You",and Anton Corbijn's photography. An alternate version of the album's first track,"Caisleán Óir",was used throughout the third Robin of Sherwood series.
Brand New Year is the second studio album and the first Christmas album from country music trio SHeDAISY;it was released September 26,2000. The renditions of "Deck the Halls" and "Jingle Bells" both charted on the Billboard country charts in 2000,peaking at No. 37 and No. 44,respectively. It's best known for "Deck the Halls" appearing on Disney's 1999 Christmas film Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.
No Deeper Blue is a 1994 studio album by Texas country/folk singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. This was Van Zandt's first studio album of original songs in seven years following At My Window and the last to be widely released before his death on New Year's Day 1997.
Stars &Stripes is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Aaron Tippin,released on September 10,2002. It features the singles "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly","Love Like There's No Tomorrow" and "I'll Take Love over Money". "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly" was Tippin's biggest crossover hit,peaking at #2 on the country charts and #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me" was later recorded by John Anderson on his 2007 album Easy Money,from which it was also released as a single.
Acoustic Christmas Carols:Cowboy Christmas II is the twenty-second album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and his second album of Christmas music. Recorded at St. James Episcopal Church in Taos,New Mexico,the church Murphey attended at the time,the album consists of carols from the nineteenth century or earlier played on acoustic instruments,among them "Silent Night" and "Joy to the World". Murphey's arrangements feature his own finger-picked guitar,accompanied by John McEuen on banjo or mandolin,or Paul Sadler on hammer dulcimer. Murphey's sons,Ryan and Brennan,play blues guitar licks on "Go Tell It on the Mountain",and his daughter,Laura,sings a duet with her father on "Silent Night". This is a "spare and reverent Christmas album,appropriate for a rustic celebration in a Western church."
The Bells of Dublin is a 1991 album of Christmas songs and traditional carols by the Irish band The Chieftains. The album features guest performances by various artists,including Elvis Costello,Jackson Browne,Kate &Anna McGarrigle,Marianne Faithfull,Nanci Griffith,Rickie Lee Jones and the actor Burgess Meredith.
Let Them Be Little is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Billy Dean. His first album since Real Man seven years previous,it is also his first release on Curb Records. The album was originally to have been released in 2003,on View 2 Records,which promoted the first two singles. Asylum-Curb promoted the third single,"Let Them Be Little",which was co-written by Richie McDonald,lead singer of Lonestar,and recorded by the band on their 2004 album Let's Be Us Again. After this song came "This Is the Life","Race You to the Bottom" and "Swinging for the Fence". Also included on the album are re-recordings of "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" and "Billy the Kid",two of Dean's early singles from 1991 and 1992.
My Match Is A Makin' is a music album by Irish musicians Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra. This is Moya's eighth studio album to be released. It was released on 14 April 2010 exclusively to concertgoers on her Spring 2010 tour of the Netherlands. The album was re-released to a wider audience under the title Voices &Harps.
T with the Maggies is the debut album from Irish Celtic-folk supergroup T with the Maggies. It was released on 29 October 2010 in Ireland and on 22 February 2011 in the United States.
Voices &Harps is a music album by Irish musicians Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra. It was released on 28 June 2011 in the United States. The album is a remastered and remixed version of the 2010 album My Match Is a Makin'.
Clannad:Christ Church Cathedral is a live album by Irish folk group Clannad which was released in 2012. The album and DVD features Riverdance singer Brian Kennedy and Irish choral group Anúna.
Silent Night:A Christmas in Rome is a 1998 Christmas live album by Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains. Almost each track features a different female/male guest artist or a group/choir. Artists featured on this album are Maire Brennan,Montserrat Caballe,Sissel Kyrkjebø,Zucchero and Carlos Nunez.
The King's Gift is the fifteenth studio album,and the first Christmas album released in 2013 by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It is his first album of Christmas music and an album of classic Christmas Carols performed in Celtic style.
