Eclectic folk-pop with soulful vocals and spiritually-oriented lyrics. Enjoyable earthy music that rocks.

14 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Pop, FOLK: Modern Folk



Details:
Honor Finnegan was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago and learned to appreciate a variety of people and music living in a mostly African American neighborhood and sitting in the back seat of her single mothers car listening to the radio for long periods of time. When Honor was 11 her dream of being an actress came true when she was cast in the 1st National Tour of âAnnieâ and even though she cried a lot at first, she was pretty happy to be on the road with a lot of strange people who liked show tunes.

Honor eventually outgrew the Annie thing and went back to Chicago, spending her early adult life studying Improv with Del Close who created âHonor Finnegan vs. the Brain of the Galaxyâ to try and help the poor waif get somewhere in life.

In 1991 Honor moved to Ireland to find a husband. While Honor was living in Ireland she sang with jazz bands, blues bands, big bands and traditional Irish bands including DeDannan for about a day. Honor took up writing songs and discovered that it was really fun despite all that stuff writers say about the torture of art, blah, blah⦠She released a cassette, âLearning to Flyâ, in 1996 and was a finalist in the Paddy Music Expo in Limerick. Her song âBetter Love Waterâ was sung on the Gay Byrne Radio Hour twice with the all-female a Capella group, âThe Cappuccinosâ. Honor moved to New York in 1998. She lives in Chelsea with her husband, guitarist, Carl Money.

âHuman Heartâ is Honor Finneganâs first CD. Greg Anderson (Cathie Ryan, Eileen Ivers and Whirligig) worked closely with Honor, co-producing, co-arranging and playing on âHuman Heartâ. Other musicians include Steve Holley (Dar Williams, Paul McCartney) on drums, Ivan Goff (Eileen Ivers, Whirligig) on pipes and whistles, Lisa Gutkin ( Klezmatics, Whirligig) on violin and Rufus Cappadocia on cello.