Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill -”Welcome Here Again” (Green Linnet)

Nashville, Tenn., — Irish fiddler Martin Hayes was featured this last week in The Wall Street Journal’s popular Leisure and Arts column, Cultural Conversation. The Wall Street Journal is the second largest newspaper in America with more than two million readers.

Martin Hayes was the recipient of TG4’s 2008 Gradam Ceoil Award for Traditional Musician of the Year and will appear at the awards show on March 21, 2008 in Killarney, Co. Kerry to officially accept. “The Oscar of the traditional music world” (The Irish Times), the Gradam Ceoil is the highest accolade a traditional Irish musician can receive.

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill’s latest release and first studio album in over a decade is titled Welcome Here Again. Hayes and Cahill were featured on last month’s cover of Irish Music Magazine, have appeared on WFUV’s “Ceol na nGael” and “A Thousand Welcomes” and have received rave reviews in both The Irish Echo and The Irish Times. A review of Welcome Here Again will be heard on NPR’s All Things Considered later this month.

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Nashville, Tenn. - Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill’s “Welcome Here Again” hit the storeshelves yesterday is the first release on Green Linnet since its acquisition by the Compass Records Group in May of 2006. The release of “Welcome Here Again” marks the first studio album by Hayes and Cahill in over a decade.

Hayes and Cahill are featured on the cover of this month’s Irish Music Magazine and have upcoming reviews in The Irish Times and The Irish Echo. Martin Hayes is to be featured in The Wall Street Journal this March and is the recipient of TG4’s 2008 Gradam Ceoil Award for Traditional Musician of the Year. Hayes and Cahill will kick off their Australian tour on February 24, 2008.

To sample tunes from “Welcome Here Again” click here.

To find tour dates for Martin & Dennis click here.

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Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill - “Welcome Here Again” (Green Linnet)

Nashville, Tenn. — Irish fiddler Martin Hayes is the recipient of TG4’s (Irish Television) 2008 Gradam Ceoil Award for Traditional Musician of the Year. “The Oscar of the traditional music world” (The Irish Times), the Gradam Ceoil is the highest accolade a traditional Irish musician can receive. Co. Clare born and now New England resident Hayes was delighted with the news, “To me, it’s recognition from inside the world of the music itself, which I haven’t had in awhile.” Martin Hayes began playing the fiddle at the age of seven, was competing nationally by the age of thirteen, and has captured six All-Ireland titles.

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill’s latest release and first studio album in over a decade is titled “Welcome Here Again“. Hayes and Cahill are featured on the cover of this month’s Irish Music Magazine and have upcoming reviews in The Irish Echo and The Irish Times along with appearances on WFUV’s “Ceol na nGael” and “A Thousand Welcomes“.

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Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill -”Welcome Here Again” (Green Linnet)

Nashville, Tenn. - Irish fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes and Chicago-born guitarist Dennis Cahill possess a rare, almost telepathic musical kinship. The duo’s new album, “Welcome Here Again,” is a fresh departure.

Eighteen tracks with the same burning intensity and depth of emotion found in their previous collaborations, “The Lonesome Touch” (1997) and “Live in Seattle” (1999). It was once common for Irish musicians to record one tune at a time, to make each one a self-contained masterpiece. In “Welcome Here Again,” this tradition is revived.

The mesmeric rhythms, the tantalizing slow release of melody, the extra tone from the viola or a tuned-down fiddle, all of that and more can be found on this album.”Welcome Here Again” is the first release on Green Linnet Label since it’s acquisition by the Compass Records Group in 2006.

Beginning March 1, 2008, the Compass Records Group will kick off a year long Green Linnet relaunch campaign.

To sample tunes from “Welcome Here Again” click here.

Current Performance Schedule:

• 02-15-2008 Clinton, NY - Hamilton College
• 02-24-2008 Perth, - UWA Perth International Arts Festival
• 02-28-2008 Circular Quay - NSW, - The Basement
• 03-01-2008 Wellington, - Wellington International Arts
• 03-02-2008 Wellington, - Wellington International Arts
• 03-03-2008 Wellington, - Wellington International Arts
• 03-04-2008 Brisbane, - Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
• 03-05-2008 Canberra, - The Folkus Room, Serbian Culb
• 03-06-2008 Melbourne, - Brunswick Music Club
• 03-07-2008 Adelaide, S.A., - Womadelaide
• 03-08-2008 Adelaide, S.A., - Womadelaide
• 03-09-2008 Port Fairy, - Port Fairy Folk Festival
• 03-10-2008 Port Fairy, - Port Fairy Folk Festival
• 03-14-2008 Katoomba, - Blue Mountains Music Festival
• 03-15-2008 Katoomba, - Blue Mountains Music Festival
• 03-16-2008 Katoomba, - Blue Mountains Music Festival
• 03-31-2008 Bellingham, WA - Mount Baker Theatre
• 04-11-2008 Eugene, OR - Shedd Institute for the Arts

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