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Daniel Harte and Bill Hughes formed the idea of a trio of Irish tenors during the Cannes film festival. [when?] Harte and Hughes wanted to produce a television special and first approached Ireland's Finbar Wright (one of Ireland's leading romantic tenors) in 1998 to join the group, but Wright's recording contract with Sony BMG prohibited such a venture.
Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss recorded the song for Ma's 2008 holiday album, Songs of Joy & Peace. Anthony Kearns (The Irish Tenors) performs it annually and has featured on TV across the USA at Christmas. Michael McDonald covered it on his 2009 album This Christmas as a duet with his wife Amy Holland, using only the first three of the traditional ...
Cloverton is an American contemporary Christian music and worship band from Manhattan, Kansas, United States.The band started out as Lance Stafford on lead vocals and keys with his twin brother Layne Stafford on background vocals and bass guitar, alongside, drummer Kirby LeMoine and lead guitarist Matt Brown.
Kearns sang "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears," by songwriter Brendan Graham which he and The Irish Tenors recorded in 2001 on Ellis Island. The song became a huge hit for Kearns and his Irish Tenor colleagues. Kearns sang before an audience of 1,200 including former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who hosted the event as chairman. The event paid ...
Born to an Irish-American family in Grand Island, Nebraska, Feeney had two brothers. [1] He started singing as a boy soprano in St. Mary Cathedral, [2] his parish church choir and after graduating from St. Mary's Cathedral High School, [3] he landed a guest appearance on the show Youth Opportunity Hour.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines hallelujah as “a song or shout of praise to God,” but biblical scholars will tell you it’s actually a smash-up of two Hebrew words: “hallel” meaning ...
The Celtic Tenors is an Irish trio of tenor singers. The trio comprising Matthew Gilsenan, James Nelson, and Daryl Simpson. Known for their signature harmony-rich style, they blend opera, classical, Irish traditional, and pop influences. The group was formed in 1999 by Matthew Gilsenan, James Nelson, and Niall Morris.
To mark 40 years since the first version of the song, masterminded in 1984 by Bob Geldof, an all-star version will be mixed to include the voices and performances from the original along with the ...