Makem Spain

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Web Name: Makem Spain

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generation has a few acts that define where a musical genre is going,performers so confident in their chosen field that they are able tocompletely embrace the genre and yet introduce something new to it. InIrish folk music today, that act is Makem and Spain. Notin the past 30 years has a group taken the international stage withsuch vocal power and stage presence, capturing the essence of theirgenre, while standing out as something truly unique. A host of variousinstruments and three male vocals, using precise three-part harmoniesblend perfectly for what many have described as a wall of sound. Makemand Spain are at their best onstage where their talent and enthusiasmdraw in fans who have never experienced the joy of folk music. Theywere once considered the new kids on the block, but have honed theircraft over nearly two decades of international performances and are nowone of the truly stalwart, road-tested Irish vocal groups available.They have played before millions of people from Canada to Texas, fromCalifornia to the Caribbean and over to Ireland, highlighting nationalPBS specials and popular Irish talk shows along the way. RoryMakem was born in Drogheda, County Louth, about an hour north ofDublin. He continues the lineage of one of Irish music's dynasties,begun by his grandmother Sarah Makem, who was sought after by songcollectors for her store of traditional Irish songs. His father, TommyMakem, was the modern day Bard of Armagh. Now considered an icon, hehelped to bring Irish music out of the corner and into theinternational spotlight, where it has remained ever since. Mickeyand Liam, too, learned Irish songs at their father's knee. Mickey'srich, baritone voice and Liam's mastery of stringed instruments quicklyfound a home when Rory met the Spains and they realized the power oftheir combined talents. But folk songs are engrainedin both families and their songwriting contains the timeless qualitiesof folk classics, songs of the worker, songs of the sea and Irishculture. They tell the tale of Ireland and its people - a culture thathas undergone terrible strife, but remains strong. Whereis Irish music going? There are instrumental bands bringing it downuncharted roads, moving it forward and keeping it living. But there isonly one band that is driving Irish folk songs into the 21st centuryinternationally. That band is Makem and Spain.

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