Locally born singer/songwriter turned television host Cathy Maguire is to launch her new album ‘Ireland In Song’ on Friday at the New York Irish Center on Jackson Avenue.
Joining Maguire will be Musical Director Gabriel Donohue and Master of Ceremonies Donie Carroll, along with a slew of other well known musical guests. The album, containing ten classic Irish ballads sang by Maguire, is to be an official companion piece to her television show ‘Out of Ireland’, which commenced on PBS last month and is currently being shown on transatlantic Aer Lingus flights.
‘Out of Ireland’, based on an idea by Maguire herself, chronicles the Dundalk woman’s analysis of traditional, Irish songs to see where they originated from. Each episode of the five part series dissects a different song and the album ‘Ireland In Song’ was born out of the huge response from viewers to the series.
