Fil Campbell's Blog (2)

Dear Friends, Firstly a very happy New Year to you! I hope 2009 brings some sunshine for us folk living too far north for homo sapiens!!!!! And I hope that wherever you are in the world that you and yours have a peaceful, healthy and joyful year ahead. And… all the best wishes to Mr. Obama. We need some positive news. Tom, Brendan and I are doing some concerts next month both here at home and in England and Scotland. Details as follows - hopefully I'll get a chance to meet up for a cuppa and a… Continue

CD & DVD Review: Fil Campbell – SONGBIRDS (CD and companion DVD) (Glenshee Records) The Fermanagh-born singer/songwriter has changed tack for her latest project (and fourth album release), on which she looks back at the music of her childhood and pays tribute to the songs of the past and the women singers who performed them. Its genesis lies in Fil’s desire to make a CD of folk songs that she had grown up with and that had first been recorded in the 1930s by Delia Murphy, but that basic idea… Continue