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The High Kings is an Irish folk group formed in Dublin in 2008. The band consists of Finbarr Clancy , Brian Dunphy , Darren Holden , and Paul O'Brien. [ 1 ] As of 2023, the group had released five studio albums, four live albums, two live DVDs, and one greatest hits album.
The High Kings album Friends for Life was released in 2013, and the opening track was a Holden original called "Oh Maggie", which became the most-played and downloaded song from the album in Ireland, the UK and particularly Germany. [citation needed] The album reached number 5 in the Irish Top 40, Number 3 on Billboard ' s World Albums chart.
As a performer and member of the Irish folk band The High Kings, Brian Dunphy has toured the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He got his start as the lead singer in Riverdance: The Show, which ran on Broadway in New York City. He also joined the Three Irish Tenors, who toured throughout the United States, and was also part of the ...
Celtic Woman: A Celtic Family Christmas is a collaborative album by the group Celtic Woman and The High Kings, released on 14 October 2008. [1]Performers in A Celtic Family Christmas are vocalists Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Órla Fallon, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. [1]
The band was formed in 1989 by former Turning Blue singer John Matthews, along with former Buzzcocks F.O.C. members Andy Couzens (guitar, also formerly of The Stone Roses and pre-Roses bands The Patrol and Waterfront), [1] Simon Davies (), and drummer Chris Goodwin (also formerly of the Waterfront as well as the Inspiral Carpets), when Steve Diggle left Buzzcocks F.O.C. to reform the Buzzcocks.
The late 1980s were a difficult period for The Kings as they lost their drummer and their record label. As it was, the group was on the verge of a major revival as the single "This Beat Goes On" and "Switchin' To Glide" became a huge radio hit in Chicago once again, getting major play on all of the main rock stations: Classic rock WCKG, Alternative rock WXRT, and Mainstream Rock WLUP, as well ...
The band was formed by cousins Jamie Turner and Matt Williams in late 2011, not long after the band recruited Michael Nutt and former drummer Adrian MacMillan. [4] The band started playing shows around Perth in 2011 and became well regarded for their cover versions of songs from the 1950s and 1960s as well as their original compositions.
Amanda Rose Shires (born March 5, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddle player. Shires has released seven solo albums starting in 2005, her most recent being Take It Like a Man in 2022.