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 Aoife
Clancy (pronounced "Eefa") brings a refreshing new
voice to folk music, one that ranges from traditional Irish
songs to ballads and contemporary folk. Aoife comes from the
small town of Carrick-on-Suir, in Co Tipperary, Ireland, where
her musical career began at an early age. Her father Bobby
Clancy of the legendary Clancy Brothers, placed a guitar in
her hands at age ten, and by age fourteen was playing with
her father in nearby pubs.
She later moved to Dublin, where she studied drama at the
Gaiety School of Acting. After a season at the Gaiety, Aoife
was invited to do a tour of Australia. There she performed
at festivals and concerts sharing the stage with some of Ireland's
greatest performers, including Christy Moore and the Furey
Brothers. Her performances also include a Caribbean cruises
with the Clancy Brothers, the Milwaukee Irish Festival and
a seven week tour of the United States with the renowned Paddy
Noonan Show.
In 1995 Aoife was asked to join the acclaimed group "Cherish
the Ladies", which is one of the most sought-after Irish
American groups in history. For the past four years Aoife
has toured extensively doing no less than two hundred dates
a year throughout the United States and Europe. She has been
a featured soloist with orchestras such as the Boston Pops
and Cincinnati Pops and ,while performing with Cherish the
Ladies, collaborated with the Boston Pops on their Grammy
nominated Celtic album.
Now with seven recordings under her belt in the last decade,
Aoife has clearly established herself as one of the Divas
of Irish and contemporary Folk Music. She has recorded two
solo projects "Its about Time" and "Soldiers
and Dreams" on Rego Records. On her debut CD " It's
About Time," Aoife presents some traditional favorites,
such as "Factory Girl" and "Mrs. McGrath,"
but she also presents a sassy rendition of Leon Russelson's
"Don't Get Married Girls."
As one reviewer remarked, "she has a breadth of styles
that make her concerts fascinating. Her singing would melt
packed ice with it's warmth and richness" - Mike Jackson,
Canberra Times. On Aoife's second Rego solo album, "Soldiers
and Dreams," Al Riess, from Dirty Linen magazine, wrote:
"Solders and Dreams has a contemporary-meets-traditional-music
feel and Clancy's smooth, expressive singing works both ways-
ensuring a successful merger of the two approaches and an
enjoyable listening pleasure".
Currently, Aoife is touring with her own band in support
of her two Rego solo releases and her latest Appleseed release
"Silvery Moon". When she comes to a town near you,
be sure not to miss this totally enchanting performer.
Listen:
Are You Sleepin'
Silvery Moon
The Nightbird
There is Hope
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