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Robbi McMillen was born in Bóthar Seoighe, a new-Gaeltacht area in the west of Belfast and was brought up a native Gaelic speaker. His singing began while at Cumann Chluain Árd at the age of thirteen with award-winning sean-nós songstress Róise Nic Chorraidh, who asked him to sing the chorus to ‘Cearc agus Coilleach’. Within a year they had formed Cabéal, and although short-lived, the Cultúrlann-based group proved an insightful venture. While learning new songs, Robbi was beginning to write his own in both Gaelic and in English.
In 2004, Robbi released ‘Aisling Bhán’, a small collection of Irish and Scottish Gaelic traditional songs with the help and encouragement of German multi-instrumentalist Rüdiger Reinhardt. The album, a sean-nós collection of mainly Ulster songs, influenced Robbi’s songwriting and in 2006 he began writing and recording ‘Façade’, at home, featuring instrumental works from around the world put to vocals of new and traditional songs in four languages: Gaeilge, Gàidhlig, Latin and English. ‘Façade’ was subsequently re-released and re-mastered one year after its initial release featuring newly recorded songs, both self-penned and traditional; from Donegal and Louth.
Although Robbi is rarely able to perform solo gigs, he has built a fan-base and made friends from around the world, with whom he keeps in contact with regularly.
Robbi is currently working on a new project to be released in the Autumn of 2009.
http://www.robbimcmillen.com
MySpace http://myspace.com/r… Read Full Bio ↴Official Site: http://www.robbimcmillen.com
MySpace http://myspace.com/robbimcmillen
Robbi McMillen was born in Bóthar Seoighe, a new-Gaeltacht area in the west of Belfast and was brought up a native Gaelic speaker. His singing began while at Cumann Chluain Árd at the age of thirteen with award-winning sean-nós songstress Róise Nic Chorraidh, who asked him to sing the chorus to ‘Cearc agus Coilleach’. Within a year they had formed Cabéal, and although short-lived, the Cultúrlann-based group proved an insightful venture. While learning new songs, Robbi was beginning to write his own in both Gaelic and in English.
In 2004, Robbi released ‘Aisling Bhán’, a small collection of Irish and Scottish Gaelic traditional songs with the help and encouragement of German multi-instrumentalist Rüdiger Reinhardt. The album, a sean-nós collection of mainly Ulster songs, influenced Robbi’s songwriting and in 2006 he began writing and recording ‘Façade’, at home, featuring instrumental works from around the world put to vocals of new and traditional songs in four languages: Gaeilge, Gàidhlig, Latin and English. ‘Façade’ was subsequently re-released and re-mastered one year after its initial release featuring newly recorded songs, both self-penned and traditional; from Donegal and Louth.
Although Robbi is rarely able to perform solo gigs, he has built a fan-base and made friends from around the world, with whom he keeps in contact with regularly.
Robbi is currently working on a new project to be released in the Autumn of 2009.
http://www.robbimcmillen.com
Púirt a' Beul
Robbi McMillen Lyrics
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Amen Amen Amen, Save me from what I must see, This world…
Be Thou my Vision Bí thusa ‘mo shúile a Rí mhór na ndúil Líon Thusa…
Her Name was Alex She'd stand in my centre my heart. And speak to me…
Home Tar liom ‘na bhaile, a rún geal óig, Bíodh mo dheora…
Tiocfaidh an Samhradh Tiocfaidh an Samhradh agus fásfaidh ‘n féar, Tiocfaidh an du…
Western Highway I am a driver on a western highway From the mountains…
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@123tgw
I love Catherine-Ann MacPhee's voice and these Gaelic songs. Bought her album 'Canan nan Gaidheal' (Language of the Gael) while living and working on the Isle of Sky in 1994 and was fortunate enough to travel from Stornaway on Lewis all the way south to Barra in the Western Isles. Would dearly love to have been able to listen to her sing live. Amazing rythym in that old style of singing too and such history.
@darkfey1963
Oh,what a voice!
@bocklinskitten4335
what a great performance is this! i tried learning gaelic, it didn´t work, ok ,i´m german speaking....such a difficult thing!, but loooove this language! but singing so fast with such a perfect articulation is just amazing, love listening to you, Catherine- Ann, amazing!
@uptonsavoie
My Macneil ancestor came from Barra, Cathy-Ann's home, where they still speak Scots Gaelic. The castle of the Clan Macneil still stands on a desolate rock off Barra.
@darkfey1963
No,waulking songs came out as accompaniment to waulking/milling tweed fabric and had lyrics that told a story,pretty much.Puirt a beul stood in for instrumental music.This is to the best of my knowledge,there are probably plenty of people who know better than I do and may contradict me here.Capercaillie put out an album called Sidewaulk that has examples of waulking songs,such as "Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda".You should check it out.
@rabby-u
Wow
@GreenManelishi
Is this music/singing "Waulking Songs"?
@adventureswithaurora
They're puirt-à-beul, AKA mouth music. They were used to sing when instruments were on the down-low, so that people could dance to 'em. :)