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Biography
Refimprove|date=December 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Cherish the Ladies| image = JoanieMaddeninCoatesvillePA.jpg| caption = Joanie Madden| image_size = | landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = New York City | genre = Irish folk music , Celtic music | years_active = 1985–present| website = http://www.cherishtheladies.com Official website| current_members = Joanie Madden Mary Coogan Mirella Murray Roisín Dillon Deirdre Connolly Kathleen Boyle| past_members = Aoife Clancy Siobhan Egan Winifred Horan Eileen Ivers Liz Knowles Donna Long Maureen Doherty Macken Mary Rafferty Marie Reilly Cathie Ryan Heidi Talbot Michelle Burke Cherish the Ladies is an United States|American all-female Irish-American super group. The band began as a concert series in New York in January 1985, the brainchild of Mick Moloney who wanted to showcase the brightest female musicians in America in what had been a male-dominated scene. The group took their name from a traditional Irish jig called "Cherish the Ladies", and the series opened to sold out concerts. Their leader Joanie Madden plays flute and tin whistle . The other members of the group play a wide variety of instruments. Their albums contain both tunes (instrumental tracks) and songs (tracks with vocals).
Background
Joanie Madden was born in the Bronx , New York to Irish parents and is an All-Ireland champion on the flute and whistle. She became the first American to win the senior List of All-Ireland Champions|all-Ireland championship on the tin whistle in 1984. http://www.chiffandfipple.com/joanie.html Joanie Madden information Since 1985 , she has been the central force behind Cherish the Ladies, driving them to international acclaim. The group has been a launchpad for many of the top female musicians in Celtic music, including Eileen Ivers , Winifred Horan of Solas (group)|Solas , Cathie Ryan , Heidi Talbot , Liz Knowles, and Deirdre Connolly.
Over the course of the past twenty five years, the band have played in the finest concert halls and have performed in North America|North and South America , the United Kingdom|UK , Europe , New Zealand and Australia . Their shows are always accompanied by world-class Irish dance|step dancers on stage.
They have recorded many albums, but their album '' The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone stands apart from their other albums in that it consists mostly of songs and boasts guest appearances by Arlo Guthrie , Tom Chapin , Pete Seeger , Eric Weissberg , Matt Molloy , and The Clancy Brothers . Cherish the Ladies has also recorded a track on the Grammy Award|Grammy -nominated album, The Celtic Album with the Boston Pops .
Although the group was originally formed from Irish-American female musicians, the current lineup along with Madden consists of founding member Mary Coogan from New York on guitar; All-Ireland Champion Mirella Murray from Connemara, County Galway, on accordion; fiddler Gráinne Murphy from Boston ; Glaswegian Kathleen Boyle on piano & Deirdre Connolly on vocals.
Cherish the Ladies are one of the busiest working folk groups in the world today.Citation needed|date=December 2010
Discography
Cherish the Ladies: Irish Women Musicians in America (1985)
Fathers And Daughters from Cherish the Ladies: Irish Traditional Music in America (1985)
The Back Door (album)|The Back Door (1992)
Out and About (1993)
New Day Dawning (Cherish the Ladies album)|New Day Dawning (1996)
Live! (1997)
One and All: The Best of Cherish the Ladies (1998)
Threads of Time (Cherish the Ladies album)|Threads of Time (1998)
At Home (Cherish the Ladies album)|At Home (1999)
'' The Girls Won't Leave the Boys Alone (2001)
Across the Waves (2004)
On Christmas Night (2004)
Woman of the House (2005)
A Star In The East (2009)cite web|url= http://www.irishmusicmagazine.com/releases/0101jan/ |title=January 2010 Releases |publisher=irishmusicmagazine.com |date= |accessdate=23 October 2010
Country Crossroads (2011)
References
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External links
http://www.cherishtheladies.com/ Cherish the Ladies - official website
http://www.music-city.org/Cherish-the-Ladies/discography/ Cherish the Ladies discography - MusicCity.org
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