Archive: IMBOLC 2021

Midnight Skyracer have come a long way in a very short time...

Since forming in 2017, the Anglo-Irish all-female quintet have become festival sensations across the UK, Europe and Australasia, toured regularly at home and released a critically-lauded debut album. They also carry the distinction of being the first British act nominated for an award by the International Bluegrass Music Association.

Their all star lineup boasts Leanne Thorose, with her powerhouse vocals and driving mandolin; the virtuoso banjo playing and delicate vocals of Tabitha Benedict; Eleanor Wilkie and her rock solid bass grooves; the versatile Laura Carrivick, equally adept on both fiddle and dobro; and the lightning guitar playing of Charlotte Carrivick. Not only are they all masters of their respective instruments, but the vocal harmonies shared between the five women are second to none.

Following the release of Fire in February 2018, the band released their follow up album in June 2020 on Island Records. Shadows On the Moon, recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Wiltshire, is a scintillating mix of hard-driven bluegrass and mountain balladry, both edgy and infectious, tender and tough.

“...there’s a sassy sense of fun and an ear for a pure pop hook amid the hard driven bluegrass and mountain balladry that can’t help reminding you of Alison Krauss & Union Station” - ****
(Songlines)

“This is a band and this is an album that can go toe to toe with anything on offer from bluegrass’s spiritual home on the other side of the Atlantic.” ****
(RnR Magazine)

 

Tá an-dul chun cinn déanta ag Midnight Skyracer le tamaill beag anuas.

Ó thosaigh siad i 2017, tá clú agus cáil ar an chúigread mná Angla-Éireannaí seo dá léirithe ag féilte ar fud na hEorpa, sna Ríocht Aontaithe agus in Astraláise .Tá camchuairteanna déanta acu sa bhaile fosta agus tá ardmholadh faighte acu ar a gcéad albam. Tá siad an chéad ghrúpa ón Bhreatain le hainmniúchán a fháil do ghradam ón “International Bluegrass Music Association”.

Is grúpa scothcheoltoirí iad le Leanne Thorose ar an mhaindilín cheannasach agus le fonnadóireacht chumhachtach, Tabitha Benedict rímhaistir an bhainseó agus fonnadóir séimh, Eleanor Wilkie lena dordlínte docht daingean croíuil, an ceoltóir ilfheidhmeach Laura Carrivick atá ar a suaimhneas ar an fhidil nó ar an dobro agus ar dheireadh Charlotte Carrivick a sheinnean an giotar ar luas lasrach. Ní hamháin go bhfuil siad uilig ina maistirí ar a n-uirlisí féin ach tá chomhcheol fonnadóireachta s’acu gan sárú.

Tar éis fhoilsiú a n-albaim “Fire” i mí Feabhra 2018 d’fhoilsigh an banna a ndara halbam i mí an Mheithimh 2020 le “Island Records” “Shadow on the Moon” taifeadta i Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios i Wiltshire. Is meascan mearaí é an t-albam de cheol bluegrass láidir cumhactach agus ceol bailéad sleibhtiúl,an dá rud nuálach agus tógálach, lách agus láidir.