Celtic Thunder
Celtic Thunder is a popular multi-generational Irish vocal ensemble and stage show combining traditional Irish folk roots with more contemporary sounds. Emerging in 2008, the production has yielded dozens of platinum-selling albums and videos over the years, including Heritage (2011), Voyage (2012), and Homeland (2021). Celtic Thunder has occasionally explored music outside of the folk idiom with forays into Broadway musicals, pop, rock, and holiday standards.
Celtic Thunder was conceived by Sharon Browne and written and arranged by Phil Coulter and designed as a contemporary exploration of Celtic music. The show was staged, recorded, and filmed in Dublin in August of 2008 and featured five male vocalists, Damian McGinty (only 14 years old when the show was recorded), Keith Harkin, Paul Byrom, Ryan Kelly, and George Donaldson, rotating leads through a set of traditional and contemporary songs, several of them written by Coulter. An album and video of the event appeared from Decca in 2008. The quintet's 2009 sophomore effort, Take Me Home, was stocked with traditional Irish and Scottish ballads peppered with a handful of pop/rock covers, while 2010's It's Entertainment relied exclusively on commercial pop hits. Celtic Thunder returned to their roots for 2011's Heritage, a meld of new and traditional material. Paul Byrom left before the album was complete, having recorded numerous tracks for the set before leaving; he was replaced by Emmet Cahill, although both men appear on the recording. Storm, a full theatrical production, arrived that same year, followed by the platinum-selling Voyage and Voyage II in 2012 and the group's tenth album, Mythology, in 2013. Sadly, Celtic Thunder vocalist George Donaldson died of a heart attack at his home in Glasgow, Scotland in March of 2014. 2016 saw the release of Legacy, Vol. 1, which featured Colm Keegan, Keith Harkin, Ryan Kelly, Emmett O'Hanlon, and Neil Byrne reuniting with guest artist -- and Glee! star -- Damian McGinty for a live show celebrating the influence of Irish and Celtic music around the world. Legacy, Vol. 2, which featured the same lineup and focused on hits and fan favorites, arrived in August of that year. In early 2017, Celtic Thunder presented Emmet Cahill's Ireland, a collection of Irish standards sung by Cahill. Months later, the group released Inspirational, which featured renditions of popular Christian songs from the likes of Elvis Presley, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, and Alison Krauss. 2018's X celebrated ten years of Celtic Thunder with a dynamic set that featured Irish songs, classic hits, love songs, retro pop numbers, while 2021's Homeland revisited their most popular Irish and Celtic songs of the past decade.
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Very Best Of Celtic Thunder
World - Released by Celtic Thunder on 10 Mar 2015
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Heritage
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 22 Feb 2011
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Take Me Home
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 14 Jul 2009
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Mythology
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 19 Feb 2013
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The Show
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 18 Mar 2008
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Ireland
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 6 Mar 2020
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Legacy (Vol. 2)
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 12 Aug 2016
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Christmas
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 12 Oct 2010
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Act Two
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 16 Sep 2008
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Homeland
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 12 Mar 2021
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The Classic Christmas Album
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 27 Oct 2014
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It's Entertainment
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 9 Feb 2010
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Celtic Roots
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 4 Aug 2017
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Inspirational
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 15 Sep 2017
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Celtic Christmas Collection
Celtic Thunder, David Arkenstone, Órla Fallon
Christmas Music - Released by Green Hill Productions on 17 Nov 2023
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Legacy (Vol. 1)
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 26 Feb 2016
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Celebration: Favorite Pop Hits Across The Decades
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 10 Feb 2023
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X: Ten Year Celebration
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 2 Mar 2018
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An Irish Romance
World - Released by Green Hill Productions on 14 Jan 2022
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Celtic Christmas Eve
Christmas Music - Released by Green Hill Productions on 15 Oct 2021
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