Biography

A show rather than a group, Celtic Thunder was conceived by Sharon Browne and written and arranged by Phil Coulter and designed as a contemporary exploration of Celtic music, which means it falls to the pop-dance side of the spectrum more than it does to the traditional side. The show was staged, recorded, and filmed in Dublin in August of 2007 and featured five male vocalists, Damian McGinty (only 14 years old when the show was recorded), Keith Harkin, Paul Byrom, Ryan Kelly, and George Donaldson, rotating leads through a set of traditional and contemporary songs, several of them written by Coulter. A CD and DVD of the event appeared from Decca in 2008. The quintet's 2009 sophomore effort, Take Me Home, was stocked with traditional Irish and Scottish ballads peppered with a handful of pop/rock covers, while 2010's It's Entertainment relied exclusively on commercial pop hits. Celtic Thunder returned to their roots for 2011's Heritage, a meld of new and traditional material. Paul Byrom left before the album was complete, having recorded numerous tracks for the set before leaving; he was replaced by Emmet Cahill, although both men appear on the recording. Storm, a full theatrical production, arrived that same year, followed by Voyage and Voyage II in 2012 and the group's tenth album, Mythology, in 2013. Celtic Thunder vocalist George Donaldson died of a heart attack at his home in Glasgow, Scotland in March of 2014. ~ Steve Leggett

Top Albums
1. The Very Bes..	2. Legacy, Vol...	3. Holiday Symp..	4. Legacy, Vol...	5. The Light of..
6. The Show	7. The Classic ..	8. Heritage	9. Mythology	10. Take Me Home
11. Voyage	12. It's Enterta..	13. The Show Act..	14. New Voyage	15. Storm

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Hallelujah	Very Best of Celtic Thunder	3:08	$1.29
2.	Take Me Home	Legacy, Vol. 2	3:21	$1.29
3.	Song for Mira	Legacy, Vol. 2	3:29	$1.29
4.	Now We Are Free	Legacy, Vol. 2	4:07	$1.29
5.	Sound of Silence	Mythology	3:08	$1.29
6.	Amazing Grace	Very Best of Celtic Thunder	3:58	$1.29
7.	Streets of New York	Legacy, Vol. 2	4:15	$1.29
8.	Hallelujah	Legacy, Vol. 2	3:04	$1.29
9.	Isle of Inisfree	Legacy, Vol. 2	3:51	$1.29
10.	Caledonia	Legacy, Vol. 1	3:47	$1.29
11.	Heartland (Long)	Very Best of Celtic Thunder	3:59	$1.29
12.	Seven Drunken Nights	Legacy, Vol. 2	5:03	$1.29
13.	Ride On	Legacy, Vol. 1	3:04	$1.29
14.	That's a Woman (2015 Version)	Show Act Two	5:07	$1.29
15.	Song for the Mira	Voyage	3:30	$1.29
16.	Ireland's Call	Very Best of Celtic Thunder	3:26	$1.29
17.	Seven Drunken Nights	Very Best of Celtic Thunder	4:00	$1.29
18.	Take Me Home	Very Best of Celtic Thunder	3:20	$1.29
19.	Danny Boy	Very Best of Celtic Thunder	2:48	$1.29
20.	Mo Ghile Mear	Legacy, Vol. 2	2:53	$1.29
21.	Life with You	Legacy, Vol. 2	3:12	$1.29
22.	Breaking up is Hard to Do	Legacy, Vol. 2	2:35	$1.29
23.	Lauren & I	Legacy, Vol. 2	3:18	$1.29
24.	Remember Me	Legacy, Vol. 2	3:43	$1.29
25.	Home	Legacy, Vol. 2	3:40	$1.29

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