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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! My World Visitor Map! |
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Music:Member Since: 11/28/2006Band Website: thefuchsiaband.com Band Members: See below! Fuchsia Band on BEBO : http://thefuchsiaband.bebo.com Fuchsia Band BLOG : http://www.thefuchsiaband.com Meet The Fuchsia Band ... MáirtÃn de Cógáin Vocals/Bodhran MáirtÃn was found under a shtone and brought up in a tree with many others! Of late he has been learning his trade from a little man named Larry the Leipreachan who is well learned in the ways of Eireann's past. MáirtÃn is a singing, dancing, story-telling bodhran player!!! On the night of a full moon it is rumored he stands at the cross roads playing to the wind. He learned his singing from many famous Irishmen such as Seamus Mac Mathune, Danni Maichi Ua Suillebhain and Ciaran Dwyer. In addition to his considerable singing and bodhran-playing talents, MáirtÃn is also an accomplished actor. He played the role of Sean in the latest Ken Loach film entitled "The Wind That Shakes the Barley", which won the top award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Read more about the film and MáirtÃn's other acting credits on his MYSPACE page at http://www.myspace.com/mairtindecogain . MáirtÃn is also a two-time National Irish Storytelling Champion. Story-telling has been in his family for generations, and when MáirtÃn's tales begin, his eyes move to the other world
MáirtÃn's EMAIL address: MáirtÃn's TOUR News... Mick Heffernan Flute/Guitar/Piano/Vocals Michael Anthony Heffernan, named after his grandfather, Dan, is a light fingered flautist from the mountain road in Carrigaline, 2nd last out, from a family of 6. He takes his inspiration from John A Wood (but his wife wouldn't!! .. bad-dum tish!!). His musical influences include everything from Sean O Riada to The Chieftains. Mick is a talented musician, who's well able to handle flute, a sax, a piano, a guitar or even a microphone!
Mick's EMAIL address: Eoin Verling Music Box/Guitar/Vocals Eoin, who proudly hails from Enniskeane in West Cork, started playing the box at the age of 5 in a marching band. He played all along until his late teens, when he then put the box aside for awhile for the want of women and porter. It was only while travelling in Australia, when he met a little maneen under a shtone, that he finally came to his senses and took it back up again. Eoin has notched up numerous medals and prizes over the years for playing music and has played manys the session at the Fleadh and Scor. An eager gaelgoir, Eoin enjoys nothing more that a quiet pub, couple o pints and a bit a craic!
Eoin's EMAIL address: Brian McGillicuddy Banjo/Mandolin/Vocals Brian McGillicuddy comes from Inniscarra ,which is just outside Cork City. Like the rest of the group, Brian has been playing music from a very early age. The banjo was Brian's second instrument. He was tootling happily on his D-whistle from the age of five for a few years when suddenly, like a mirage in a desert, at a Fleadh Cheoil in Skibbereen (West Cork), in 1989, ("Oh Father dear, I often hear you speak of Erins Isle.."), he saw a sight which made his eyes grow as big as saucers in his head!. It was a van bedecked in gleaming banjos, all of them the product of one Galway man, Tommy Cussen, who stood by his stall, smiling paternally at all the little Cork boys and girls. And so a child's longing for a new and different instrument, a mother's ambition, and a father's willingness to buy anything for anyone, having just emerged from his third public house of the day, brought about the deposit there and then on Brian's first banjo and a promise to pay Tommy Cussen the balance when times got better. The rest, as they say, is history and Brian has been twanging with gusto and no little skill ever since. He is still dealing with the affable Tommy Cussen, still paying deposits and promising the balance when times get better, so "d'chas" is definitely "nos treise na oili'int." Some years ago , one of his banjos gave birth to a bouncing , healthy mandolin (Tommy Cussen delivered), and now both mother and daughter are fine and Brian makes excellent music on both!
Brian's EMAIL address: Fuchsia Fotos... Fuchsia Videos... Fuchsia MOBILE!... Fuchsia Presskits... POSTERS from the Influences: Many! Record Label: Unsigned Type of Label: None |
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The Full Fuchsia Tour! USA 2008 |
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| A CharaIt is only a week away from our first concert of A Magical Tour of America&.Keep a close eye for us and make sure you get a picture with us before you leave the gig&.This year we will be keepin... Posted by The Fuchsia Band on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:32:00 PST |
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Fuchsialand Newsletter 1st of April 2008 |
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| A Chairde Gael!How are ye all in Fuchsialand?Well it is busy here in the Fuchsia Dáil, working out ambassadorial missions to America and other ventures besides. Máirtín is over there at the moment see... Posted by The Fuchsia Band on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:00 PST |
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Fuchsialand Newsletter Jan 17th |
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| A chara,Conas táín sibh go léir?Well we all here in Fuchsialand hope ye all or y'all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Make it a prosperous one as John Gildea said to Máirtín on the stroke of th... Posted by The Fuchsia Band on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:27:00 PST |
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Fuchsialand Newsltter Dec 07 |
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| A chairde Gael!Conas táin sibh?How are ye?Nollaig Shona Daoibh!Hello Fuchsia Fans and Happy Christmas to ye all!We are having a grand mild calm winter so far, thank God! CÚINNE CÚPLA FOCAIL'TIS FIERCE... Posted by The Fuchsia Band on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:33:00 PST |
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Please pardon the lack of communic... Posted by The Fuchsia Band on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:12:00 PST |
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Fuchsialand Newsletter - July 27, 2007 |
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| A Chairde!A big hello from all of here at Fuchsialand!You have been due a newsletter for a few months now but due to roadworks and heavy rain of late the news hasn't met the mainland forages. A new Mi... Posted by The Fuchsia Band on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:33:00 PST |
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