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24 IRISH AMERICAN NEWS July 2006 Solas Reunion – A Decade of Solas www.compassrecords.com Since its birth in 1996, Solas (Gealic for light) has been loudly proclaimed as the most popular, infl uential and exciting Celtic band to ever emerge from the United Status. Solas celebrates their tenth anniversary with this spectacular concert performance DVD/CD package that includes all current and past members. Featuring a fortyfi ve minute DVD of the reunion concert, interviews and extensive photo gallery with individual and band photos. This collection also has behind the scenes views of the rehearsals and performances and a sixteen track bonus audio CD of the reunion concert. Billy Connolly: Live in New York www.amazon.com Straight from the recordbreaking sales of his DVD in the U.K. and a sold-out tour of Australia and New Zealand, Billy Connolly is taking aim at the U.S. market. Rykodisc will release his new DVD “Billy Connolly Live in New York” in the U.S. Recorded during a special twonight engagement at New York City’s Town Hall in early 2005, “Billy Connolly Live in New York” was released late last year in Europe where it racked up impressive DVD sales of more than 750,000 copies in the U.K. alone. Celtic Dreams Méav Ni Mhaolchatha with Anuna One of the most highly praised and musically important groups, Anuna has established a history of combining Irish classical, Celtic and historical sacred music into some of the most beautiful CDs ever recorded. Anüna was formed by Dublinbased composer Michael McGlynn in 1987. Although more than 100 singers have performed with the group, Anfi na usually featured ten to seventeen young Irish singers. In 1994, a young Irish soprano named Méav NI Mhaolchatha (pronounces Mäve Nee Wail-cot-ha) joined Anuna as a featured soloist. The band recorded and released the single “Riverdance” which spent 18 weeks at the top of the Irish music charts and became a top ten hit in the UK. The group was featured on four tracks of Riverdance which eventually sold over a million copies and received a Grammy® 1997. Méav went on to record two This release marks Connolly’s fi rst high-profi le DVD release in North America. highly successful and critically acclaimed solo CD’s, 2002’s Méav and 2004’s Silver Sea. Recently she has been a featured vocalist on the PBS special Celtic Woman and international tour of the same name. Celtic Dreams is a compilation of previously unreleased music that Anuna recorded with Méav during the Riverdance sessions. These traditional Celtic and classical pieces showcase Méav’s pure voice and her eff ortless interpretation and present the best of her early career with the group which helped to launch her to international acclaim. www.valley-entertainment.com
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