Great Irish Singers
It truly amaze me how many great singers Ireland has. If you thing in numbers, population of Ireland is much lower, compared to almost any country in Europe. And still, I don’t know any country in Europe (maybe except UK) that would produce more great singers then Ireland. And I mean the greatest ones, those that are known worldwide.
How many great singer you can think of just now are Germans, French, Italian, Polish or Spanish? There certainly are some, and maybe you can name few, but I can’t. And then they are Irish – U2, Westlife, The Corrs, Boyzone, Shinead O’Connor or Celtic Woman. All the big names, all known worldwide. How is that? Maybe it is simple, because the music is culture and passion for Irish people. Everybody who has ever visited Ireland will probably agree.
I have travel a lot and I have never seen such passion for the music as it is in Ireland. I’ve been living in Dublin for almost seven years and I hear people singing everywhere. Every second pub in Ireland (believe me there is more pubs in Ireland than anywhere else) has a live music performance few nights a week. It’s just amazing. I’ve met some of these people, for whom the music is life. I’ve met Rob Strong, or Finnbar Clancy, the singer of The High Kings band, that is very popular here in Ireland, so as they are popular in US too. Two colleagues in work are musicians. One is a drummer, and the second one, she is a saxophonist and the singer of the Martin Staunton band. I’ve been to their gigs, and I was shocked how good they are. And I have met many other singers too like back-up singer of Celtic Woman, or a choir singer Dermot.
What about Shane Ward, the winner of the 2005 British X-Factor talent show, and yet another Irish. I have watched this show in many different countries and none of the winners were ever close to the talents that are in the UK version. Neither the other countries winners has ever make it to the top, as Shane Ward or Leona Lewis. Soon, you’ll be hearing about the last year winner Alexandra Burke who’s just an incredible signer.
This is one of the things I like about Ireland. It might be small country where rains all the times, but they certainly know how to sing, and they do sing very well.
