Maura O'Connell (born 16 November 1958 in Ennis County Clare, Ireland) is a singer known for blending Celtic and folk sounds and filtering them through contemporary American country music. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ennis ( is the County town of Clare in Ireland. Situated on the River Fergus, it lies north of Limerick and south of Galway County Clare ( Irish: Contae an Chláir) commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a county on Ireland and part of the wider Celtic music is a term utilised by artists record companies music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of Musical genres that evolved out of the Folk Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains.
She stated in an early interview: "I really hadn't intended on becoming a professional musician, but that isn't to say that I didn't have the dreams of being a Judy Garland in some sort of wonderful musical". Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Like Garland, Maura O'Connell came from a musical family and sang locally with her sisters.
After performing in Ireland with the traditional Celtic band De Dannan, O'Connell became interested in broadening her sound, and moved to the USA in 1986, eventually settling in Nashville Tennessee. De Dannan (originally Dé Danann) was an Irish Folk music group
There, she recorded a string of critically well-received albums, initially for the Philo label, and later for Warner Brothers. Philo (20 BC - 50 AD) known also as Philo of Alexandria (gr Φίλων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Her 1989 Helpless Heart album was nominated for a Grammy. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
In addition to her solo work, O'Connell has collaborated with a number Celtic, folk, pop and country artists, including Van Morrison, Brian Kennedy, Moya Brennan, Mary Black, John Gorka, Bela Fleck, Dolly Parton and Shawn Colvin. George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born 31 August 1945 is a Grammy Award -winning Northern Irish Singer, Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy (born October 12 1966) is a Northern Irish Singer-songwriter and Author, known for his Ballads Máire Ní Bhraonáin, mˠaːrʲə nʲiː vɾˠiːn̪ˠaːn better known as Máire Brennan or Moya Brennan (born August 4, 1952, Gweedore Mary Black (born 22 May 1955, in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish Singer. John Gorka (born 1958 Edison New Jersey) is a contemporary American Folk musician In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent Béla Fleck (born July 10, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American Virtuoso Banjo player Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1955) is a Grammy Award -winning American singer songwriter and Musician.
Maura O'Connell had a cameo role in Martin Scorsese's 2002 film, Gangs of New York. Gangs of New York is a 2002 Bildungsroman film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City.
Discography
Albums
- 1983 Maura O'Connell
- 1988 Just in Time
- 1989 Always
- 1989 Helpless Heart
- 1991 A Real Life Story
- 1992 Blue is the Colour of Hope
- 1995 Stories
- 1997 Wandering Home
- 2001 Walls & Windows
- 2004 Don't I Know
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