The Winding Stair

The Winding Stair

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Winding Stair

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Background = group_or_band
Origin = IRL UK
Instrument = violin, cello, guitar, vocals, bodhrán
Genre = Irish folk, folk noir
Years_active = 2005-2008
Label = unsigned
Current_members = Clare Galway , Tom Hughes , Mary O'Halloran , Ciaran Tracey

The Winding Stair was a musical group from Belfast in the north of Ireland which first played publicly in 2005. The band described their music as folk noir. Their name is associated with poetry by WB Yeats. 2008 has seen the group cease working together for the time being for personal reasons.

The Band

The line-up is Clare Galway on violin and vocals, Tom Hughes on cello and bodhrán, Mary O'Halloran doing lead vocals and Ciaran Tracey on guitar.

Gigs

The band have played extensively in Northern Ireland since 2005. This has included prestigious support slots such as Martha Wainwright in Lisburn on August 13 2007. The were also invited to play the Glastonbury Festival, appearing third on the bill at the acoustic stage on June 23 2007. That night they shared the stage with KT Tunstall among others. [>cite web|url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/glastonbury2007/lineup/page/0,,2092462,00.html|title=Guardian Newspaper|publisher =Guardian Newspaper|access date=2008-03-03]

TV and Radio and Press

The band were invited to perform for the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.They were asked to perform "The Mountains Of Mourne", originally written by Percy French, to accompany a feature broadcast on the Co. Down mountains' status as a national park. This was broadcast on August 29, 2007.

On October 17 2007, BBC Radio 1 broadcast a live session from the band.

The band appeared on the Irish Arts programme called "Imeall Geal" on BBC 2, playing one song at the end of the programme.. [cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00927j1.shtml|title=BBC i player |publisher =bbc.co.uk|accessdate=2008-03-03]

An article was written about the band in the Irish paper Hot Press [>cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2917790.html|title=Hot Press|publisher =Hot Press|access date=2008-03-03]

The Album

The band self-released an album called Finistere on August 5 2007. It was produced by Eamonn P Keyes at Chateau De L'Ormeau and Doghouse studios in Belfast. The launch party featured a gig from the band and appearances from Oxford's "Cogwheel Dogs" and Belfast's "Ruby Colley".It received a positive review on the website of the record label Drowned in Sound. [>cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/articles/2411069|title=Drowned in Sound|publisher =Drowned in Sound|access date=2008-03-03]

The Video

In 2007 Brian Philip Davis made a flim for their song The Meadow. This has been featured on BBC Northern Ireland website ] . [>cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/atltv3_ep3.shtml|title=ATL Extra|publisher =BBC|access date=2008-03-03]

The Video adopts Davis' usual magical realist approach and it stars Lara McIvor who is notable for working with Bill Murray and Tim Robbins on the upcoming science fiction movie entitled City of Ember. [>cite web|url=http://www.brianphilipdavis.com|title=Brian Philip Davis homepage|access date=2008-03-03]

External links

* The Winding Stair myspace page [http://www.myspace.com/thewindingstair]

References


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