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US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and Irish President Mary McAleese and millions of music fans around the world have all been a part of Orla's audiences throughout the years, both as a solo artist and with the phenomenally successful group Celtic Woman.
Orla's forthcoming solo album, Distant Shore, has benefited from the experience she gained and the people she came in contact with in her time in Celtic Woman. The new record, partially produced by Eoghan O'Neill of the seminal Irish folk band Moving Hearts (and who also plays bass for Celtic Woman), builds on Orla’s previous work and boasts a more intimate, live sound which she says “pushes the boundaries out a bit.” She also recorded with some of her Irish musical heroes. “People like Davy Spillane, Donal Lunny and Mairtin O’Connor are playing on it. I did three original songs of my own, and to hear these guys playing those songs was fabulous. I am really excited about it!”.
Brendan Graham also contributes two songs to the CD: “My Land” and “Always There.”
Track listing:
1. Who Knows
2. Distant Shore
3. Dancing In The Moonlight
4. My Land
5. Shooting Star
6. Bean An Ti
7. Always There
8. Voices On The Wind
9. Simple Love
10. My Waking World
11. Eleanor Plunkett
- Trip To Shanbally
- Michael O'Dwyers
12. You'll Never Be The Sun
13. Hard Times
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