HELLO THERE!
This is
The Fuchsia Band's
CURRENT Myspace page!
To see the Band's
2007 MySpace page
exactly the way it was at
the end of 2007 just click
the link below...
http://www.myspace.com/thefuchsiaband2007
Welcome, Ladies and Gentlemen, to Fuchsialand!
Come and join us in the time before television and radio, before the learning of books!
Forget about the outside world of worries and come along on our magical journey to a place that lives on music, story, song and dance.
Come away, oh human child, from the waters and the wild with a fairy hand in hand and stay with us for a while in Fuchsialand!
Fuchsia Band CDs...The Fuchsia Band
The CD that started the legend of The Fuchsia Band!
Jigs, Reels, Slides, Polkas, Songs and Storytelling!
Click the image of the CD at left or click
HERE to buy this CD online
Grá Dá Raibh
The most recent CD from The Fuchsia Band.
More Jigs, Reels, Slides, Polkas, Songs, Storytelling and
the original Fuchsia Band composition "Grá Dá Raibh".
Click the image of the CD at left or click
HERE to buy this CD online
BOTH
The Fuchsia Band
AND
MáirtÃn de Cógáin
HAVE WON
AWARDS!
The highly acclaimed and respected
Radio Show
"No Celtic Boundaries"
has announced
BOTH
of the following
AWARDS
MáirtÃn de Cógáin
was voted
Songwriter of the Year for 2007!
The Fuchsia Band's
Grá Dá Raibh CD
has been voted
Album of the Year for 2007!
Click HERE and visit the
No Celtic Boundaries Radio Show Website
at
http://www.nocelticboundaries.co.uk/
for full details and
the official contest result announcements!
THANK YOU to EVERYONE
who voted
for MáirtÃn and
"The Fuchsia Band"
and have helped bring
BOTH of these awards
home to
FUCHSIALAND!
Related links
"No Celtic Boundaries" WEBSITE
"No Celtic Boundaries" MYSPACE page
CelticRadio.net WEBSITE
Grá Dá Raibh CD contains the official studio
recording of "Óró Sé Do Beatha 'Bhaile" from
the movie "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"...
Fuchsia Band lead singer MáirtÃn de Cógáin is also an accomplished stage and film actor and recently played the character Sean in Ken Loach's new film The Wind That Shakes the Barley .
The film was shot entirely in Cork and is about the Irish struggle for independence circa 1920. The film won the TOP AWARD (the coveted Palme D'Or) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and is currently playing in theatres around the world.
The Irish Film Board says that The Wind That Shakes The Barley ‘has become the highest-grossing independent Irish-made film ever" ( Irish Times, August 8 2006).
One of the most stirring scenes in the film is when MáirtÃn's character Sean is leading the Flying Column of Irish freedom fighters towards a confrontation with British Soldiers while singing the inspiring song Óró Sé Do Beatha 'Bhaile, which became the official theme song for the movie.
The Fuchsia Band's Grá Dá Raibh CD contains the ONLY official studio recording of MáirtÃn and the lads singing Óró Sé Do Beatha 'Bhaile from The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
Click HERE for the actual YOUTUBE clip from the movie or just click the PLAY button on the video below...
Fuchsia Band NEWS...
The 2008 USA Tour!
For the FOURTH SUMMER IN A ROW, Fuchsialand returns to the USA! The lads will be headliners again this year at the famous Milwaukee Irish Festival and will also be bringing the spirit of Fuchsialand to NEW places in America's Heartland!
The 2008 Tour Schedule...
August 1-3
Fort Collins, Colorado
The Fort Collins Irish Festival
August 5
Kansas City, Missouri
Eddie Delahunt's Cafe &
August 6
Jefferson City, Missouri
The Langston Hughes Theatre
On the campus of
Lincoln University
820 Chestnut St
Jefferson City, MO 65101-3537
573-681-5000
MapQuest
For tickets or information contact:
Allen Tatman of
Paddy Malone’s Irish Pub
700 W. Main Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-761-5900
Website
MySpace page
August 8-9
La Crosse, Wisconsin
The La Crosse Irish Festival
August 10
St. Paul, Minnesota
The Minnesota Irish Fair
August 13
Green Bay, Wisconsin
St. Brendan's Irish Inn and Pub
August 14
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Zoo Concert Series
Sponsored by...
Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens
10001 West Blue Mound Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226
Information: (414) 256-5412
Main Office: (414) 771-3040
Website: http://www.milwaukeezoo.org
August 15-17
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Famous Milwaukee Irish Festival!
August 19
Chicago, Illinois
CONCERT at Martyrs'
Together with Chicago band BUA!
Time/Location:
8pm at Martyrs'
3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL 60613
Phone: (773) 404-9494
Website: http://www.martyrslive.com
August 20
Fairfield, Iowa
CONCERT at Cafe Paradiso
607 West Broadway Ave.
Fairfield, Iowa. 52556
Website: http://www.cafeparadiso.net/
August 21
Omaha, Nebraska
CONCERT at The Anchor Inn
Together with Special Guests
The Brennan Irish Dancers
Sponsored by...
Thunder on the Plains Project
August 22
Des Moines, Iowa
CONCERT
Sponsored by...
The Des Moines, Iowa, Celtic Music Association
Phone: (866) 883-9482
August 23
Dubuque, Iowa
An Irish Hooley!
Alliant Amphitheater at
The Dubuque Star Brewery
Thank You!
Once again, a big THANK YOU goes out to Culture Ireland for their help in making this year's tour possible! Click the image below to learn more about this wonderful organization.
The 2008 Tour BLOG...
Follow the lads on their 2008 Summer tour! Treat yourself to some great pictures and "stories from the road" by visiting the Band's BLOG!
The lads showing off their new stage costumes!
The FuchsiaNauts! Left to right... Brian, Eoin, MáirtÃn, Mick.
Sure, this one speaks for itself.
PHOTOS and VIDEOS from the
2008 USA TOUR!...
Fuchsia Fans have posted all sorts of pictures and videos from THIS year's (2008) tour on sites like FLICKR and YOUTUBE and even private web pages.
Sure, it's hard to keep up with it all these days but here are just some of the things that were posted online as the lads made their way around 'Amerikay' in 2008...
Thanks to all the fans out there who took the time to post these images and videos! Keep 'em comin'!
The 2008 Fort Collins Irish Festival
Jen has posted a VIDEO on YOUTUBE of the lads performing at the first stop on the tour, the 2008 Fort Collins Irish Festival. The video shows the lads performing Dick Darby for the Fort Collins fans! Click the PLAY button below to watch the video or click HERE for the full-size version on YOUTUBE.
Jen also posted a full set of pictures
from the 2008 Fort Collins Irish Festival.
Click the image at left or click HERE
to see the photo set on FLICKR.
More pictures from Fort Collins...
Adam's photo set on FLICKR
Kansas City, 2008
Eddie Delahunt's Cafe & ...
OUT WITH THE OLD...
Eddie's OLD Cafe & at 45th
and Stateline Road, KCMO.
The Fuchsia Band had the
honor of being the first band to play
a concert at Eddie's original location,
shown at left.
...AND IN WITH THE NEW!
Eddie's NEW Cafe & directly
across the street from the old spot
and now located at 45th and Bell, KCMO.
This year, on Tuesday, August 5, 2008,
almost 1 year to the day since
their last concert at Eddie's,
The Fuchsia Band also became
the first group to play a concert
in Eddie's NEW location!
The MAN himself!
Eddie Delahunt hard at work just before
the concert making sure, as usual,
that there's enough of everything
for EVERYONE!.
Congrats on the NEW PLACE, Eddie!
Breakfast at Eddie's Cafe &
the morning after the gig.
Left to right...
Eddie,
Gabe,
Brian (Behind Eoin),
Eoin,
Mick
Ah!... the GLAMOUR of
the road!
There was time for a
little laundry before
shooting back over to
Jefferson City for the
next gig!
THANKS, LIZ!...
...for all the hospitality
and the 'crash pad' for the
2008 KCMO gig!
Left to right...
Mick
Eoin,
Liz,
Brian
MáirtÃn
Jefferson City, 2008
Left to right... Brian, Allen, Eoin, Marylee, MáirtÃn, Mick.
Pete, Editor of Midwest Irish Focus Magazine , did a fantastic job
taking pictures of the Jefferson City Concert and after-party.
Click HERE for Pete's complete Jefferson City photo set
The 2008 La Crosse IrishFest
YOUTUBE user PatandAJ posted the VIDEO below a few days after the
2008 La Crosse Irishfest. It's a composite video showing an overview of the whole
Festival including the dancers, strolling minstrels, bands, and crowd shots.
The Fuchsia Band appears for a moment near the start of the video but look quick!
YOUTUBE user LAXIrishFest posted the VIDEO below of MáirtÃn joining
one of the late night sessions at the La Crosse Irish Fest.
In the video, MáirtÃn sings "Black 44".
Click the PLAY button below to watch the video or click HERE to watch
the original FULL SIZE version at YOUTUBE.
The 2008 Minnesota Irish Fair
The lads on the Main Stage at the 2008 Minnesota Irish Fair.
Photo courtesy of gypsyphoto on FLICKR.
Click the image at left to see LeighBlack's FLICKR photoset from the 2008 Minnesota Irish Fair.
The 2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival
Click the PLAY button below to see a VIDEO of the lads onstage at the
2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival or click HERE to see the FULL SIZE
version at YOUTUBE.
More VIDEOS of the lads performing at the 2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival...
VIDEO - The Fuchsia Band - Ten Minutes Too Late
VIDEO - The Fuchsia Band - Táimse 'gus Máire
VIDEO - The Fuchsia Band - Dick Darby
Fuchia Fan IndyCelt took some
GREAT photos of the lads at the
2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival!
At left is just one of her shots of
MáirtÃn defying GRAVITY
during the BRUSH DANCE on the Miller Stage!
Click the image at left
to see IndyCelt's
FLICKR photoset from the
2008 Milwaukee Irish Festival.
Chicago, 2008 - with BUA!
On August 19, 2008, the lads shared the stage in Chicago at Martyrs' with BUA!
Photobucket user TJANNERINO posted THIS VIDEO of BOTH BANDS playing
a dance set at Martyrs'...
..
PHOTOS and VIDEOS from the
2007 USA TOUR!...
Fuchsia Fans also posted all sorts of pictures and videos from LAST year's (2007) tour on sites like FLICKR and YOUTUBE and even private web pages.
Thanks to all the fans out there who took the time to post these images and videos!
The 2007 Dayton Celtic Festival...
SKMalloy has posted a VIDEO on YOUTUBE of the lads performing at the first stop on the tour, the 2007 Dayton Irish Festival. The video shows MáirtÃn doing his famous Brush Dance for the Dayton fans! Click the PLAY button below to watch the video or click HERE for the full-size version on YOUTUBE.
Band, Band, Ceili Band!
The lads performing "Joyce Country Ceili Band" by The Saw Doctors on the main stage in Dayton.
They are joined by Patrick Murphy and Steve Twigger of Gaelic Storm!
Click the PLAY button at left to watch the VIDEO or click HERE to see the FULL SIZE version on YOUTUBE.
Memphis...
Memphis photos!
Click the image at left or click HERE for a page of pictures from the Celtic Crossing Irish Pub show in Memphis on August 2, 2007. The page is formatted for Mobile Devices!
The 2007 Minnesota Irish Fair...
Username khoogheem on YOUTUBE has added a video of The Fuchsia Band at this year's Minnesota Irish Fair in Minneapolis. Click the PLAY button below...
Barrack Street
The Fuchsia Band performing "Barrack Street" at the 2007 Minnesota Irish Fair.
Click the PLAY button at left to watch the VIDEO or click HERE to see the FULL SIZE version on YOUTUBE.
Dancin' the Night Away with The Fuchsia Band!...
The Fuchsia Band kept the Ceili Tent hoppin' all weekend long at the 2007 Minnesota Irish Fair! Here are FOUR videos submitted to YOUTUBE of the toe-tapping, foot-stompin' good time that was had by all!
Click the PLAY button on any of the videos below or click HERE for the YOUTUBE page that has all the FULL SIZE versions of the videos.
The 2007 Milwaukee Irish Festival...
Dick Darby
The lads performing "Dick Darby" on the Miller Lite Stage at the 2007 Milwaukee Irish Festival
Click the PLAY button at left to watch the VIDEO or click HERE to see the FULL SIZE version on YOUTUBE.
Eimear Ryan has posted TWO Photo Albums from Milwaukee IrishFest, 2007. Thanks, Eimear! Click the images below to view the new albums on her BEBO site.
The set of photos on the left, below, has pictures of the lads performing at the SNUG Stage in Milwaukee and the set of photos on the right has pictures of MáirtÃn participating in Milwaukee's official Tribute to Tommy Makem with the Makem and Spain Brothers.
The 2007 Kansas City Irish Festival...
Click the banner below for full details about the 2007 Kansas City Irish Festival...
Kansas City photos!
Fuchsia fan and great photographer Joshua has posted LOTS of pictures from the Fuchsia Band's appearance as headliners for the 3rd year in a row at the 2007 Kansas City IrishFest! Photo at left is from the Sunday afternoon show on the Boulevard Stage with downtown Kansas City as a backdrop!
Click the image to see Joshua's complete FLICKR ALBUM.
KC Ceili!
A GREAT video posted to YOUTUBE by Fuchsia Fan Hank Hogan of the lads conducting the Saturday afternoon Ceili at the 2007 Kansas City Irishfest.
Click the PLAY button at left to watch the VIDEO.
The 2007 Jackson CelticFest...
Jackson photos!
Fuchsia fan Natalie Maynor has posted some pictures from the Fuchsia Band's appearance as headliners for the 3rd year in a row at the 2007 Jackson Celticfest.
New STARLIGHT curtain on the mainstage this year!
Click the image at left to see her FLICKR ALBUM.
Ceili Mor!
The Jackson CelticFest is always host to the Southern USA's largest annual Ceili Mor!
YOUTUBE user and Fuchsia fan ryleh posted this VIDEO of MáirtÃn calling the 2007 Ceili Mor on Saturday night.
Click the PLAY button to watch the VIDEO or click HERE to see the full-size version on YOUTUBE.
More 2007 Jackson CelticFest Videos...
YOUTUBE user ryleh has now posted about a DOZEN videos from the 2007 Jackson CelticFest including 2 more videos of the Saturday Night Ceili Mor.
The first VIDEO below, is a JIG set from the Ceili Mor and the second one is a LINE DANCE set.
MáirtÃn is the caller for the JIG set and the legendary Paddy Keenan (Bothy Band) is on the stage (red shirt and cowboy hat) playing the pipes live for the Ceili Mor.
Click the PLAY button on any of the videos below or click HERE for the YOUTUBE page that has all the FULL SIZE versions of the videos.
Fuchsia Ceili Band!
Click the image at left for more pictures from the 2007 Jackson CelticFest including this one showing Brian and Eoin ( second and third from the left ) playing for the Ceili Mor on Saturday night.
The page also has some GREAT shots of MáirtÃn and Mitra out on the dance floor that night!
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