T with the Maggies (album)
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Release

The album was launched in Dublin on 29 October 2010 by actor Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in high profile films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto...

. Friends of the singers in attendance included musicians Luka Bloom
Luka Bloom
Luka Bloom is an Irish folk-rock singer-songwriter. He is the younger brother of Irish folk singer Christy Moore.-Early life:...

, Neil Martin and Paul Brady
Paul Brady
Paul Joseph Brady is an Irish singer-songwriter, whose work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age...

 and broadcaster Miriam O'Callaghan
Miriam O'Callaghan
Miriam O'Callaghan is an Irish television current affairs broadcaster, chat show host and radio presenter with Raidió Teilifís Éireann . She has presented the leading current affairs show, Prime Time, since 1996, and her own chat show, Saturday Night with Miriam, since 2005...

. On 6 November 2010, T with the Maggies held a special launch in Leo's Tavern
Leo's Tavern
Leo's Tavern is a restaurant and pub in the Donegal Gaeltacht, best known as the home of music artists Clannad, Enya and Moya Brennan. The pub opened in 1968 and held Irish traditional music sessions nightly, becoming the musical starting block for the children of Leo Brennan, the pubs' founder...

 (owned by Moya's father), Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal
County Donegal
County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...

.

Release history

Country Release Date Label
Ireland TWM Music
Worldwide (digital)
United States Compass Records
Compass Records
Compass Records is a Nashville-based independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown. Currently home to nearly 100 folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and new acoustic artists, the label releases about 20 records a year...


Promotion

T with the Maggies appeared on RTÉ
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...

's The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ...

 October 29, performing the song Wedding Dress from the album. On 6 November 2010, they held a CD signing in Celtic Note, Dublin.

The band

  • T with the Maggies - producers, arrangers, writers
  • Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill
    Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill
    Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill is an Irish traditional singer from Kells, County Meath. Known for her work with the short-lived, but very highly regarded Skara Brae and her collaborations with sister Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, as well as other traditional musicians...

     - Vocals, yardstick
  • Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
    Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
    Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill is an Irish traditional singer, pianist, and composer, considered one of the most influential female vocalists in the history of Irish music. She is famed for her work with traditional Irish groups such as Skara Brae, The Bothy Band, Relativity, Touchstone, and Nightnoise.-...

     - Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Accordion, Whistle
  • Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
    Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
    Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh is an Irish fiddler and the lead vocalist for the Irish traditional band Altan.-Biography:Ní Mhaonaigh grew up in Gweedore , County Donegal, on the northwest coast of Ireland....

     - Vocals, Fiddle, Hardanger Fiddle, Low Octave Fiddle, Handwritten Script (artwork)
  • Moya Brennan
    Moya Brennan
    Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin , also known as Máire Brennan , is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist who began performing professionally in 1970, when her family formed the band Clannad, and is now widely considered as the "First Lady of Celtic Music"...

     - Vocals, Harp, Djembe

Additional credits

  • Manus Lunny
    Manus Lunny
    Manus Lunny is an Irish producer and multi-instrumentalist from County Donegal, Ireland. He is the brother of multi-instrumentalist and producer Dónal Lunny.-Biography:...

    - Co-producer, mixer, engineering Guitar, Bouzouki, Programming
  • Jim Higgins - Additional Percussion
  • Tim Jarvis - Cover Design, Photography
  • Megan Marlatt - Cover Concept, Photography
  • Mella Travers - photography
  • Richard Robinson - photography
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