Years active 1995 – present | ||
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Members Joan Diver
Angela Diver
Gráinne Diver
Marie Thérèse Diver Origin Bundoran, Republic of Ireland (1995) Albums Ballads Rule Ok, Belle's Isle, Sliabh Liag Genres Pop music, Celtic rock, Folk music, Music of Ireland Record labels Screaming Orphans, Tir Conaill Music Similar Martin Furey, Rathkeltair, Albannach, The Makem Brothers, John Byrne Band Profiles | ||
Millennium stage may 26 2016 screaming orphans
Screaming Orphans is a Pop/Celtic Rock band from Bundoran, Co. Donegal, Ireland. The band consists of the four Diver sisters - Joan, Angela, Gràinne and Marie Thérèse. The Screaming Orphans is one of the most sought after Celtic bands with a powerful, award-winning sound combining their own original melodic old-school pop songs with their unique and modern take on traditional Irish music and song, inherited from their family roots.
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- Millennium stage may 26 2016 screaming orphans
- Meet the screaming orphans
- Career
- Members
- Discography
- Songs
- References
They have released ten albums and two EP's: Dance with Me e.p., Ballads Rule OK, Toy Theatre, Sliabh Liag, Lonely Boy, The Jacket’s Green, East 12th Street, Belle’s Isle, Circles, Back to Dublin, Screaming Orphans and Listen and Learn.
Meet the screaming orphans
Career
From an early age, the Diver sisters performed with their mother Kathleen Fitzgerald (a well-known céilí singer in Ireland) and when they hit their teenage years, they formed their own Celtic pop/rock band, the Screaming Orphans.The band has toured the United States and Europe since mid-1990s. In 1997, the band played as Sinéad O'Connor's opening band and her back-up singers on her Gospel Oak Tour across Europe, America and Canada. They have also toured with Baaba Maal and recorded with the Afro Celt Sound System and contributed backing vocals on the Peter Gabriel track When You're Falling. The Screaming Orphans also did backing vocals on the Joni Mitchell's track Magdalene Laundries for The Chieftains' Tears of Stone album. They also contributed two tracks to the Jeremy Thomas film All the Little Animals, starring John Hurt and Christian Bale.
Screaming Orphans then signed to Blue Mountain Music Publishing, and a deal with Warner UK/WEA (Warner Music Group) followed. While they were with Warner UK (WEA), the Screaming Orphans recorded their debut album, Listen and Learn, in Normandy, France, with Mike Hedges. Moria Bellas, CEO of WEA, subsequently departed from Warner when London Records took over and the album was then exclusively licensed from Warner Music to Mike Hedges' own label 3 kHz Records.
In 2001 the band traveled back and forth to New York City to work on music for cartoon pilots with Funny Garbage. They then decided to make New York City their permanent base and started playing Irish festivals, colleges, universities and performing arts centers throughout the US.
The Screaming Orphans continue to actively tour throughout the US and Europe. In summer of 2011, the band recorded Lonely Boy (pop album) and The Jacket's Green (Irish album). In spring of 2013, the band recorded their folk/Irish album Sliabh Liag and pop album Toy Theatre and in winter/spring 2015, the Screaming Orphans recorded their latest folk/Irish album Ballads Rule OK. In the summer of 2015, the band released their new pop EP, Dance with Me e.p.
The band was recently nominated by the Irish Music Awards for Best New Irish CD and have previously won the Top Celtic Rock band category. They were also included on the Ultimate Guide to Irish Folk album, released in 2014, which includes tracks from many of their musical heroes.
The Screaming Orphans split their time between New York City and Donegal.
Members
Discography
Songs
Step It Out MaryToy Theatre · 2013
Lonely BoyLonely Boy · 2011
The Sweedish OneDance With Me - EP · 2015