Gemma Hasson
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Gemma Hasson is a Northern Irish
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 folk singer that recorded three studio albums from 1974 to 1978. Her first one, Introducing Ireland's Gemma Hasson was released in 1974 on Dolphin Records label and produced by Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...

. She then signed with EMI Records
EMI Records
EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide...

 and launched two more album: Looking for the Morning
Looking for the Morning
-Personnel:*Gemma Hasson – vocals, guitars*Leo O'Kelly – guitars, mandolin, fiddle, vocals*Paul Barrett – keyboards, bass guitar, vocals*Michael Fitzgerald – guitars on "Rathdrum Fair", vocals*Dónal Lunny – bouzouki, bodhrán, whistle...

in 1975 (produced by Leo O'Kelly
Leo O'Kelly
Leo O'Kelly is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He is mainly known as a member of the Irish folk duet Tír na nÓg....

) and I've Never Been to Me... in 1978. Several singles were issued on Ritz Records and private label in the 1980s.

Most of the materials she sings are covers of Irish traditional
Folk music of Ireland
The folk music of Ireland is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres in Ireland.-History:...

 although she also recorded some contemporary songs (like Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...

's "Urge for Going") and has written some of them.

Discography

  • Introducing Ireland's Gemma Hasson (1974)
  • Looking for the Morning
    Looking for the Morning
    -Personnel:*Gemma Hasson – vocals, guitars*Leo O'Kelly – guitars, mandolin, fiddle, vocals*Paul Barrett – keyboards, bass guitar, vocals*Michael Fitzgerald – guitars on "Rathdrum Fair", vocals*Dónal Lunny – bouzouki, bodhrán, whistle...

    (1975)
  • I've Never Been to Me... (1978)
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