Friday, 12 November 2010

14) Gaelic Storm


Gaelic Storm's first “big screen” debut was in “Titanic”


Although they are a Celtic band, they include a “unique blend” of world rhythms in their music.
This was in the hope that they would “broaden the musical horizons of the Celtic music genre creating new standards for generations to come.”

Their song “Kiss Me I'm Irish” has been featured in a singing greeting card. 


Storm's seventh album, “What's the Rumpus” went to number 1 on the Billboard World Album Chart, number 1 on the iTunes World Album Chart and number 5 on the Billboard Internet Album Chart. 

“What's the Rumpus” has been described as “a wild party of an album, full of colourful characters and outrageous stories, flavoured with Gaelic Storm's signature acoustic sound that gets you dancing and never lets you go.”

Gaelic storm have over 125 touring dates per year.  They have “routinely broken attendance and merchandise sales records, headlining the world's largest Celtic festivals as well as mainstream events. 

They have broken the policy of Milwaukee Irish Fest, the largest Irish Festival in the world, by performing for 6 years in a row.  Milwaukee have a policy of “not inviting artists to perform in consecutive years”
(Gaelicstorm: 2010)