BIDDY MULLIGAN THE PRIDE OF THE COOMBE (Unmixed)

- Recorded for the craic while I'm recording my album, as it's one of my favourite songs to sing at a party and it's one of me Nana Scott's favourite songs too - My other Granny Black used to sing it, so it means alot to me and makes me happy to sing it - 


Biddy Mulligan [the Pride of the Coombe] is a folk song stemming from the 1930's. The lyrics were penned by Seamas Kavanagh, who based it from a song called, "The Queen of the Royal Coombe", a song from a 19th century Royal Theatre programme. The song itself is about Biddy Mulligan, a street-seller, the sort of which no longer exist in Dublin City. It is significant as it provides something of a counterpart to the more famous "Molly Malone", also of Dublin fame.

Aoife Scott - BIDDY MULLIGAN THE PRIDE OF THE COOMBE

Dublin South FM show with Martina Clarke - The show features one artist or band every week, with more and more live acts!
This is an hour long show which features an indepth interview with Aoife Scott and has her perform live and also features full tracks from her Debut Album "Carry the Day

For the Record - With Martina Clarke : Dublin South FM

4. Gypsy Warrior (4:34)
Written by Aoife Scott, Enda Reilly (Scott, Reilly)
I wrote this song about a friend of mine who inspired me with her strength, resilience and absolute giant heart. She is incredible and she truly makes the world a better place. I was in Germany on tour when the lyrics spilled out. Then I brought it to Enda where it became a song and it really came together in the studio when Conor and Eoghan started the marching groove which it still is today. The long outro symbolises the warrior’s journey which continues on even after the song is finished. The Warrior is coming....

Gypsy Warrior - Taken From the Album 'Carry the Day' - Aoife Scott

Aoife Scott - with Conor Lyons - Chats to Edel about her upcoming plans for 2012, and all the things that happened in 2011. 
Sings two Songs - The Wallflower Waltz by Sharyn Dimmick, and 4+20 by Crosby Stills and Nash. 
Thursday 29th of December 2011.

Aoife Scott on RTE Radio 1 -  Arena - Christmas 2011 -

Written by Leo Maguire. 
Sung on Mothers Day for my Granny Live on the Radio. 
The Dublin Saunter - Andrew Meaney on Guitar.

The Dublin Saunter - Live on Newstalk FM

Aoife Scott and Conor Lyons perform live from Temple Bar for Radio 1's Céilí House with Kieran Hanrahan. Live during Temple Bar Trad Fest January 26th 2013.
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Aoife Scott on RTE Radio 1's Céilí House Jan 2013

That the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree is an oft-stated truism, but in Aoife Scott’s case that doesn’t make it any less valid. Born into the legendary Black Family - which includes her mother, Frances, and her aunt, Mary - she has been surrounded by and immersed in music from an early age, from listening to her grandparents, mother, aunt and uncles making music around the fire, to observing the backstage workings of festivals both here and abroad. Now she is making her own way in the music business.

Aoife moved to the west coast of Ireland several years ago and her passion for the native Irish language spoken there is reflected in her choice of songs. She possesses a voice that reflects the wild western landscape: fragile one minute and forceful the next. That character-laden voice has been quietly generating a buzz amongst her fellow musicians for several years. 

Her work includes prestigious performances with some of Ireland's finest musicians and international acts including Sharon Shannon, Séamus Begley, Cherish the Ladies, Eddi Reader, Pauline Scanlon and of course the Black Family. Hers is the featured voice on the soundtrack of the acclaimed TV series 1916 Seachtar na Cásca, which aired in September 2010, and she has made appearances on the BBC’s Imeall Geal. 

In May 2011, Aoife was selected to feature on a compliation CD in aid of the Rise Foundation. The best of Irish musicians have come together on this unique album: U2, Snow Patrol, Christy Moore, Frances Black, The Coronas, Glen Hansard, Mary Black, Brian Kennedy, Mary Coughlan, Jimmy MacCarthy and  Ciara Sidine.

Recent adventures have brought her to the
London Feis, where she played a support slot to Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, amongst other acts. Over a thousand artists competed for this slot in Fastrack to Feis and Aoife described winning it as “an unbelievable thrill”. 

She had a great time competing in Liet International 2011, a multilingual alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest. She represented Ireland as a country in the competition that took place in November in Udine, in Italy.

Aoife is excited about her soon-to-be-released debut 5-track EP, which includes songs by Don Mescall and Damien Dempsey. In an era when talk is cheap, the assertion of stellar musician Sharon Shannon that the young Aoife Scott is possessed of “a great passion with a fearless attitude” should not be taken lightly.


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