Pauline Scanlon
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Pauline Scanlon is a singer of contemporary and traditional Irish music
.
Dingle is in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht
, which is an area where the population's first language is Irish
. Scanlon has been singing professionally since she was 15 years old. She has toured the pub and club scene on the Dingle peninsula with her nephew Dayne Scanlon.
Scanlon has toured extensively worldwide with Sharon Shannon
and has been featured on RTE's The Late Late Show
. She featured on Sharon Shannon's Libertango album (2003), singing A Case Of You
, the Joni Mitchell
song.
Her first solo CD, Red Colour Sun, was released on the Daisy Label in 2004. (Compass Records in the USA) It blended traditional sounds with modern influences. In January 2006, she completed a new project with Donough Hennessy (formerly the guitar player for the Irish band Lunasa
) along with Darrell Scott
, Kenny Malone, Stuart Duncan
and other musicians. The album Hush was released on August 15, 2006 on Compass Records.
Scanlon has collaborated with Belinda Carlisle
on her 2007 release Voila.
In early 2009, she joined with Éilís Kennedy to form a band initially under the name of the Dingle White Females, later changed to Lumiere. Lumiere release their debut album (self-titled) on 11 September 2009 on the Sony Ireland label
Music of Ireland
Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland.The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th, and into the 21st century, despite globalizing cultural forces...
.
Dingle is in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht
Gaeltacht
is the Irish language word meaning an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, the Gaeltacht, or an Ghaeltacht, refers individually to any, or collectively to all, of the districts where the government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home...
, which is an area where the population's first language is Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
. Scanlon has been singing professionally since she was 15 years old. She has toured the pub and club scene on the Dingle peninsula with her nephew Dayne Scanlon.
Scanlon has toured extensively worldwide with Sharon Shannon
Sharon Shannon
Sharon Shannon is an Irish musician. She is best known for her work with the accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her 1991 album Sharon Shannon is the best selling album of traditional Irish music ever released there...
and has been featured on RTE's The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ...
. She featured on Sharon Shannon's Libertango album (2003), singing A Case Of You
A Case of You
"A Case of You" is a song by Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album Blue. It is one of her most well-known songs.-Writing and recording:Mitchell recorded A Case of You in 1971, during her early folk period. The song was first released on the 1971 album Blue with Mitchell playing Appalachian dulcimer,...
, the Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
song.
Her first solo CD, Red Colour Sun, was released on the Daisy Label in 2004. (Compass Records in the USA) It blended traditional sounds with modern influences. In January 2006, she completed a new project with Donough Hennessy (formerly the guitar player for the Irish band Lunasa
Lúnasa
Lúnasa can refer to:* Lúnasa , a traditional Irish band from Ireland** Lúnasa , the first album released by Lúnasa in 1998* Lughnasadh, a Gaelic holiday* Lúnasa, the Irish language word for the month of August....
) along with Darrell Scott
Darrell Scott
James Darrell Scott known as Darrell Scott , the son of musician Wayne Scott with whom he has collaborated, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana. He was playing professionally by his teens in Southern California, later living in...
, Kenny Malone, Stuart Duncan
Stuart Duncan
Stuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
and other musicians. The album Hush was released on August 15, 2006 on Compass Records.
Scanlon has collaborated with Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...
on her 2007 release Voila.
In early 2009, she joined with Éilís Kennedy to form a band initially under the name of the Dingle White Females, later changed to Lumiere. Lumiere release their debut album (self-titled) on 11 September 2009 on the Sony Ireland label