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Local band gets gig at Los Angeles
gala
17.09.09
INISHOWEN musical trio
The Henry Girls are to perform at the opening night
of the Los Angeles Irish Film Festival next week at
which Hollywood heart-throb Aidan Quinn will be
guest of honour. Quinn stars in new release 'A Shine
of Rainbows' which was shot in the peninsula last
year and features The Henry Girls on the soundtrack.
The band - aka Lorna, Joleen and Karen McLaughlin -
collaborated with LA composer Keith Power for the
soundtrack of the film which premiered in Toronto
earlier this month. They will get the chance to
catch up again with Quinn when they play at the
Irish Film Board reception. |
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“We are very excited to
be performing on the opening night of the second LA
Irish Film Festival,” says Lorna McLaughlin. “We
were invited by LAIFF director Lisa McLaughlin
earlier this year and were fortunate enough to
secure the funds to travel from Donegal County
Council and Culture Ireland, the state agency
promoting Irish arts worldwide.”
She described the gig as "a massive opportunity" for
the trio, whose musical style is described as an
eclectic mix of folk, blues and roots music, with
spine-tingling three-part vocal harmonies.
“This festival will enable us to be part of a
celebration that is |
showcasing the best of
Irish culture, film and music and give us the
opportunity to perform new songs and old favourites
in one of the most exciting cities in the world. It
will also give us a chance to catch up with some of
the people we worked with on 'A Shine of Rainbows',”
added Lorna.
While in LA, the girls will also play at the
festival’s closing event on September 27 and at
other key festival events. The LA trip is one of the
highlights of what has already been a very
successful year for the three musicians and singers,
who are from Malin. In addition to their work on the
Quinn film, they performed and toured with
contemporary dance company Echo Echo Dance for a
production called The Ripple Effect and they have
just finished recording their third album, which
will be launched later this year. When they return
from LA, they have a busy month ahead with
appearances due at the Donegal Bay and Bluestacks
Festival, the Charles Macklin Festival in Inishowen
and the North Coast Folk Festival in Portstewart.
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