Clare Horgan interview 1st Nov 20101.
Originally from Waterville, Clare Horgan spoke with me this week on Youghal Radio. I started by asking here when did it all start. Clare replied” As a child growing up I was involved Sean-nós singing all the time, and then I studied at the Leeds College of Music in the mid 90s. While at college, Clare fronted and led The Lilting Banshees, appearing at festivals in France and the UK. One of the highlights of her time in Leeds saw her fronting a sixty-strong Gospel.
In 1999, Clare recorded an EP with four of the top Jazz Musicians in the UK. Dave Newton, Andrew Cleyndert, Steve Brown and Don Patterson. Tracks included the old Sinatra favourite, In the wee small hours of the morning, Jobim’s Bossa Nova, Dindi, a medium swing interpretation of Gershwin’s But not for me and the hauntingly beautiful Irish Lament An Leanbh Sí (The Fairy Child).
2000 saw Clare fronting a highly accomplished band of Belfast based musicians, Brian Connor pianist and musical director of River Dance and West Life, Alan Shields, one of Ireland’s top double bass players and John Wilson, formerly of Rory Gallagher’s band Taste on a very successful tour of her native County Kerry, organised by Ceol Uibhraithigh..
A trip to France, in 2001 and Portugal in 2002 saw Clare gigging regularly. 2005 saw Clare in London with her quintet, Luascadh , a fusion of traditional Irish, Gospel and Jazz. Clare teamed up with young Irish musicians including fellow Kerry woman Colette O’ Leary of the Bumblebees and talented Guitarist and Singer/Songwriter Jay Owen. The summer of 2005 saw Clare in Beirut where she joined local and visiting Jazz musicians at the Blue Note. Clare spent the winter of 2005 and the spring of 2006 in Paris where she had a residency at The Swan Bar in Montparnasse.
Clare’s Debut Album, The Stolen Child, features top Irish musicians Dave Fleming and Richie Buckley as well as Andy Cleyndert, Dave Newton, Steve Brown and Don Patterson. The album combines work, recorded in Belfast, Dublin and London over the past decade.
Clare returned home to her much-loved Co. Kerry in June of last year. In live performance Clare really comes into her own, she has an ability to stop an audience in their tracks. One song will draw you into the mystical world of pre-Christian Ireland and the next you will find yourself tapping your feet in a dimly-lit jazz club in 1940s New York. Make sure not to miss the chance to hear this new arrival to the Irish music scene, unique, not only for her powerful, haunting voice, but for her hugely eclectic mix of songs and tunes.
In 1999, Clare recorded an EP with four of the top Jazz Musicians in the UK. Dave Newton, Andrew Cleyndert, Steve Brown and Don Patterson. Tracks included the old Sinatra favourite, In the wee small hours of the morning, Jobim’s Bossa Nova, Dindi, a medium swing interpretation of Gershwin’s But not for me and the hauntingly beautiful Irish Lament An Leanbh Sí (The Fairy Child).
2000 saw Clare fronting a highly accomplished band of Belfast based musicians, Brian Connor pianist and musical director of River Dance and West Life, Alan Shields, one of Ireland’s top double bass players and John Wilson, formerly of Rory Gallagher’s band Taste on a very successful tour of her native County Kerry, organised by Ceol Uibhraithigh..
A trip to France, in 2001 and Portugal in 2002 saw Clare gigging regularly. 2005 saw Clare in London with her quintet, Luascadh , a fusion of traditional Irish, Gospel and Jazz. Clare teamed up with young Irish musicians including fellow Kerry woman Colette O’ Leary of the Bumblebees and talented Guitarist and Singer/Songwriter Jay Owen. The summer of 2005 saw Clare in Beirut where she joined local and visiting Jazz musicians at the Blue Note. Clare spent the winter of 2005 and the spring of 2006 in Paris where she had a residency at The Swan Bar in Montparnasse.
Clare’s Debut Album, The Stolen Child, features top Irish musicians Dave Fleming and Richie Buckley as well as Andy Cleyndert, Dave Newton, Steve Brown and Don Patterson. The album combines work, recorded in Belfast, Dublin and London over the past decade.
Clare returned home to her much-loved Co. Kerry in June of last year. In live performance Clare really comes into her own, she has an ability to stop an audience in their tracks. One song will draw you into the mystical world of pre-Christian Ireland and the next you will find yourself tapping your feet in a dimly-lit jazz club in 1940s New York. Make sure not to miss the chance to hear this new arrival to the Irish music scene, unique, not only for her powerful, haunting voice, but for her hugely eclectic mix of songs and tunes.
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