MP3 Marney McCague - Again

Traditional celtic folk music with a new wave spin, created for Irish dancers to practice dance steps to. Played on flutes and whistles and accompanied with percussion, guitars, fiddle, drum loops, and bodhran.

19 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Celtic, FOLK: Traditional Folk



Details:
Marney was born and raised a true Southern Belle in and around Atlanta, Georgia, though she is very selective of who hears her true southern accent. She attended University at the University of Georgia and earned a degree in classical performance in flute and piccolo, graduating in 1999. She continued to take private lessons from top players of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with the hopes of a career in classical music. She moved to Nashville the summer of 2000 for a job, leaving everything and everyone she knew behind.

Once in Nashville, she continued to take classical lessons from players of the Nashville Symphony, but soon realized she no longer harbored a true passion for classical music. She decided to take Irish dance lessons to meet people and get out of the apartment twice a week. Meet people she did, which led to her going to Irish music sessions twice every month and learning traditional celtic tunes on flute and whistle. As time passed she discovered a real love for celtic music, making her realize that she had stumbled on her true musical calling.

During her time as a dancer, one of her dance teachers and favorite people made an off the cuff comment about making a new dance practice CD for Irish dancers. Marney jumped at the chance and thus began the long journey of "Again!". Now that the dance CD is completed and available to the public, Marney hopes to continue to make solo albums for many, many years.

Praise for "Again!":

Wow. I just got through listening to the cd on the way home and Wow. I could not get as good a listen to it in the pub as I could in the car and Wow. Brilliant. It is so good, so cool, so lovely. And so cool the way you organized it - truly a cd by a dancer for dancers!!! It's great to listen to or to dance to. I am very excited to share it. Rebecca, Nashville, TN


I just wanted you to know I purchased your CD last night and played it on the way home and love it!! Itâs really really great when a DANCER produces Irish music because they understand it so well and this is such a great tool for practice and itâs easy on the ears!!! Great listening! Kelly, Nashville, TN