Joanie Madden - biography
American musicians who are among
the most popular Irish groups in the world.Joanie was born in New York in
1965.Her mother is from County Clare and her father is from County Galway.She received her musical training early in life by listening to her father Joe
play accordion around the house.Tell us about your earliest
introduction to Irish music.My father Joe,
is a great accordion player and my mother is a great dancer of Clare Sets!Did you take up any other
instruments before flute and whistle?My father always loved the combination of accordion and
fiddle and suggested that I take some lessons.Mary was taking tin whistle
lessons from Jack Coen who lived around the corner.But, he loved having me around!We used to jazz the music up a little bit
and play a little country, blues, rock and roll and whatever else for fun.He was so encouraging and willing to share his music.He always had great
students because he was so patient and encouraging.At the end of the day, one is
competing against the top 16 in the world!That was the highlight for me!Ireland, I received a phone call from Mick Moloney.That was picked by the Library of
Congress as one of the best folk albums in 1985.That was when I took over booking and
managing the band.The original tour was supposed to be for 10 years, we're
about to celebrate our 12th anniversary!Fipple readers have
a special interest in whistles as instruments.It makes a vast difference.As you say, you are most
associated with Pat O'Riordan's whistles.Irish week at the Augusta Heritage festival
in West Virginia.Another revised one would arrive the following week with the changes I
had suggested!This process would go on until we were both satisfied.The Low G arrived in the mail and it was just
beautiful!New York City with Davy Spillane.Another reason I love O'Riordans is their durability.What flute(s) do you play?Riverdance recordings, which one shouldn't).How has this
gone down with the hardcore traditionalists?I'm totally blown away by all of
that!Never in my wildest dreams did I ever expect to sell 200,000 whistle
albums!The positives have certainly outweighed the
negatives.Irish Music or the whistle and I think that's
what it's all about!They said, everywhere they turned people said,
get Cherish the Ladies.They asked me to send them some CD's.Cherish CD and a Song of
the Irish Whistle.I'm proud to say is nominated
for a Grammy for best classical crossover.What other plans should our readers know about?Cherish we are on the road about 150 days a year so it doesn't allow me too
much time off!But, when I'm home, I'm always
wearing the manager hat again!So I started messing around.It's hard to tell people that that's what it's supposed to sound like!I'm out of questions for now.Nothing keeps the heart
younger.If you can only play 1 tune, you'll get
tremendous satisfaction out of it and that's what it's all about!Good luck to all of you and thanks for giving me the
opportunity to have this chat with you all!My heartfelt thanks to
Joanie for taking time to do this interview.The hardy spirit of Irish music shines through brilliantly on this Hearts of Space debut album, SONG OF THE IRISH WHISTLE.Traditional tunes mingle with compositions by Carolan, O'Riada and Joannie Madden.Madden's whistle breathes energy among textures of strings, keyboards and percussion and soars freely above them all.Very special guests include John Boswell, John Doan, Brian Keane, Eileen Ivers and Glen Velez.Receive Free You Heard It!Carrie Underwood
She's nominated for two Grammys.See all her photos from events, concerts and more.Chuck Wicks
New artist has a CD coming out.Preview tracks from Starting Now.American Musicians Hall of Fame.American musicians at the Ethnic Folk Arts Center in New York.The same year, an album, Fathers and Daughters, was released which featured each of the women performing a duet with their father.From the reigning queen of the Irish whistle, here's the solo album everyone's been waiting for.JOANIE MADDEN's dazzling musicality always sets the heart afire.It can evoke a range of emotion like little else.The Irish can pluck emotions like harp strings.Celtic music and has recorded six albums to date.She tours tirelessly and still plays the Irish pubs of her native New York.In Madden's skilled hands, the eloquent voice of the whistle goes straight to the heart of life's joy and suffering."The Edge of the White Rock" is a haunting lament hundreds of years old.The whistle wails a song of sadness, painting a haunting picture without words.Setting a melancholy tone, staring over the Irish Sea into the twilight as the chill air bites deeply, reflecting upon a moment of loss.She's delighted by America's rediscovery of things Irish and is thrilled to be "in the right place at the right time."Receive Free You Heard It!Carrie Underwood
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Bluegrass queen has new CD.Preview tracks from Good Thing Going.Get FREE UPDATES for Joanie Madden!Songs of the Irish Whistle, Vol.Label: Hearts of SpaceReleased: 01.More Joanie Madden Albums
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