In 1997, Gaelic Storm appeared in the film Titanic as the steerage band. This catapulted them into touring, where they were met with extreme success and popularity. They have toured throughout the United States and Canada, in the United Kingdom, France, and Japan.
To this date, Gaelic Storm tours aggressively, and plays over 125 dates a year. It has also put out six albums since its inception, including the compilation album Special Reserve. The band is notable for its energetic rendering of traditional Irish music and Scottish traditional music, and for its albums which repeatedly top the Billboard world music charts.[citation needed]
Gaelic Storm's album Bring Yer Wellies was released on July 25, 2006 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard World Chart, #16 on the Internet Sales Chart and #31 on the Independent Album Chart. Their fifth album, How Are We Getting Home?, was released in August 2004 and debuted at #3 on the Billboard World Music Charts, #10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and re-entered the September 2005 World Albums Chart at #3. "Gaelic Storm". Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
Over its history, the band has replaced its fiddle player a few times, its drummer once, and added Highland, Uilleann, and Deger (electronic) bagpipes to its instrumentation.
In January 2006 the band released its first DVD titled "Gaelic Storm: Live In Chicago". The show was filmed live at the House of Blues in Chicago.
A Simlish version of the song, Scalliwag, from the band's latest album, Bring Yer Wellies, was recorded and featured on the World music channel in the expansion pack, The Sims 2: Bon Voyage, for the popular PC Game, The Sims 2.
Now the next album of Gaelic Storm was released in July 8, 2008, titled "What's the Rumpus?" released by their own label, Lost Again Records. Taken from the Amazon.com Editorial Review of the album, "Inspired by the music that drives their loyal fan base, Whats the Rumpus is a wild party of an album, full of colorful characters and outrageous stories, flavored with Gaelic Storm's signature acoustic sound that gets you dancing and never lets you go. I think this is some of the best writing we have ever done, everything seemed to come together perfectly for this CD, says Steve Twigger, This is the culmination of a great deal of hard work and a barrel of good times. From the upbeat opening title track to the final cut, The Night I Punched Russell Crowe; (a true story involving singer Patrick Murphy), the music captures the contagious energy of the bands carefree attitude and infectious live performances. With instruments ranging from African drums, Irish bagpipes and Celtic fiddle to trombones and Cajun-style accordions, WTR is a three-ring circus of acrobatic songs, swirling tunes and galloping rhythms. Steve Twigger produced the project with co-production by drummer Ryan Lacey and Pat Manske, and additional production by Patrick Murphy. Returning to The Zone studio in Austin TX where the band recorded their previous release Bring Yer Wellies, Gaelic Storm also enlisted the help of a few select Austin locals including Lloyd Maines and 1960's psychedelic performer, Arthur Brown, to round out their eclectic Celtic sound. To quote Patrick Murphy, We have so much fun together as a band, we managed to capture some of the good times we have together on this recording.
Gaelic Storm also includes: Ryan Lacey on drums and world percussion (graduated twice from the Los Angeles Music Academy, once for hands and once for sticks), Pete Purvis of Merrickville, Ontario on uilleann pipes, tin whistle, deger pipes and highland pipes (a Grade 1 piper who toured with award winning pipe bands including the Braemar Pipe Band and played at 2000 Sydney Olympics) and the newest member of the band Jessie Burns on fiddle (originally from Suffolk, England, now living in Colorado)." and Celtic rock genres.
Black is the Color
Gaelic Storm Lyrics
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Her lips are like some roses fair
The sweetest smile the gentelest hands
I love the ground where on she stands
I live my love and well she knows
I love the ground where on she goes
I hope the day will one day come
I go to the Clyde for to mourn and weep
For satisfied i never can be
I write her letters, jsut a few short lines
and suffer death a thousand times
I love the ground where on she stands
The lyrics to Gaelic Storm's song "Black Is The Colour" tell a tale of love and longing for someone who holds the singer's heart. The song opens with the singer declaring the physical attributes of their true love - black hair and lips like fair roses - then goes on to praise her sweet smile and gentle hands. This admiration continues as the singer expresses their love for the very ground upon which their love stands, before admitting that their true love knows of their devotion.
The second verse sees the singer lamenting their inability to be fully satisfied without their true love by their side. They write short letters but it is not enough when they are apart, causing them to suffer "death a thousand times." The song concludes with a hopeful sentiment; that one day they will be together as one.
Line by Line Meaning
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
The hair of my true love is as black as the night
Her lips are like some roses fair
Her lips are as beautiful as the fairest roses
The sweetest smile the gentelest hands
My true love has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
I love the ground where on she stands
I love the ground on which my true love stands
I live my love and well she knows
I always express my love to my true love and she knows it well
I love the ground where on she goes
I love the ground on which my true love walks
I hope the day will one day come
I hope that one day we will be together
When she and I will be as one
When we will be united as one
I go to the Clyde for to mourn and weep
I go to the river Clyde to express my grief
For satisfied I never can be
I can never be satisfied without my true love
I write her letters, jsut a few short lines
I write her letters, but they are only a few short lines
And suffer death a thousand times
And I suffer the pain of death a thousand times without her
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: SIMON FRANGLEN, KATHERINE JENKINS, TRADITIONAL, A. Niente
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Erik Roark
I discovered this song today and I love it.
Katherine Timmerman
Saw them perform this last Wednesday. So amazing! It was even more heartwrenching live
Marianne
This is an old folk song. Who cares who the hell's version it is !! .. or who wrote the song ! Gaelic Storm does it justice here. I've never heard a band do this so well, and with such passion and with so much beauty.
hugo fernandez
+geez louise well said.
Kevin Brown
...got it from Hamish Imlach.
Marianne
And so what was this Hamish Imlach doing with it ?
Kevin Brown
Singing it in its original Scottish!
david brown
geez louise ....
..hi song was written by a old Scottish folk singer called hamish imlach....
darkfey1963
Beautiful song...and the coastline,too:I'm a native Oregonian and spent so many of my childhood summers at the beach.Our coastline,the Gorge,the mountains...so many natural treasures.I would have loved to listen to music like this on those drives!
Marianne
Gaelic Storm does a very nice job ~ be it old traditional song or new. If it's old (or new) Gaelic Storm does it with conviction. They seem to have an ear for it. It shows. Everything very nicely done ~ again, from a music lover's perspective. I love their style.