The Fuchsia Band
2006 was the self-declared Celtic Year of the Fuchsia, and for these traditional Irish musicians from Cork, 2006 did not disagree.
Follow The Fuchsia Band in America during 2007.
On only their second tour of the US, the Grá Dá Raibh tour, Máirtín de Cógáin, Eoin Verling, Mick Heffernan, and Brian McGillicuddy are playing the biggest Irish festival in the world, Milwaukee Irish Fest, and selling out gigs throughout the land.
More on The Fuchsia Band:
• The Fuchsia Band Man
• August ‘07: The Fuchsia Band Played Cafe And
• Fuchsia Band Video from Arkansas
• Last Night’s Fun: Máirtín with Eddie Delahunt - April ‘06
• Saw Doctors & Fuchsia Band: Mighty
Grá Dá Raibh is also the title of their first original song, and appeared on the the Ceol ‘06 Irish Language compilation during the Seachtain na Gaeilge promotion in Ireland.
Grá Dá Raibh means Love That Was in the Irish language, Gaeilge - and is also the title of the Fuchsia Band’s brand spanking new CD first aired in Minnesota and offered for sale at the Irish Fair there.
The Fuchsia Band first appeared in Kansas City in 2005, and have since made it a home from home, and Máirtín has been known to make guest appearances in Kansas City.
And Even More on The Fuchsia Band:
• The Fuchsia Band at Delahunt’s ‘Cafe &’
• Máirtín’s report on the Cannes Film Festival
• Loach irish Film: A Review
• Official Website
2006 saw Fuchsia front man Máirtín de Cógáin star in Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or Cannes Film Festival winning movie about Irish Independence and the Irish Civil War, The Wind That Shakes The Barley. Máirtín plays Sean and gets to sing Óró sé do Bheatha Abhaile as well as play with guns.
Here’s a video of The Fuchsia Band playing Dance on Barrack Street:
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