MENTIONS
Larry Kirwan of Black 47 discusses West of Connacht and their single The Girl That Broke My Heart on Celtic Crush Radio, Sirius XM.
Will LaDuke interviews Andi on ACTIVE CULTURE during their month-long celebration of the one year anniversary of THE WOMEN FIDDLERS SERIES. (October 24th, 2019)
(Broadcasts every Thursday @ 10 PM (CST) on WXRW 104.1FM – Milwaukee – riverwestradio.com)
DJ Mutabaruka interviews Andi and Jali Suso on Paradise FM Gambia to discuss West of Connacht’s new single The Girl That Broke My Heart. (July 23rd, 2019)
The single features guests Yvonne Casey (Ireland), Jali Suso (The Gambia), and Cyrus Segura (New Jersey).
Eoin O’Neill publicly debuts West of Connacht’s single The Girl That Broke My Heart on his radio show The West Wind on ClareFM. (July 12th, 2019)
“Once again Andi has presented me with some incredible music. I really enjoyed polishing her music until the very end. She’s kind, understanding and an excellent person. I recommend her work wholeheartedly!”
“I can honestly say that Andi is not only an amazing person, but also her ideas are original, innovative and very moving! Her band West of Connacht is an incredible fusion of genres that touch your heart and make you want to listen to much more of their music. Mixing her track was a pleasure and an honor.” (July, 2019)
– Macau, mixing/mastering engineer (Bogota, Colombia) for The Girl that Broke My Heart
“a fascinating approach to making the familiar seem new… lovely fiddle playing over a seductive and quite forward looking arrangement that contains throwback elements recalling The Bothy Band as well as the harder world music sounds of the 1980s and 1990s. This may come as no surprise, as the Leahy sisters have long pushed trad’s boundaries – if you’ve not heard the tracks they made as members of the band Ground Plan (with Eileen Ivers and Caesar Pacifici), they’re worth hearing, see tinyurl.com/groundplanband.” (July, 2019)
– Daniel Neely, The Irish Echo
(*Correction: Peter Gallagher also playing synthesizer)
Seán Laffey interviews “two New Yorkers, sisters Andi and Fionnghuala Leahy. They play fiddle, flute and clavinet in the band West of Connacht with guitarist Peter Gallagher, from Ireland… and they are taking trad in some new directions!” (May, 2019) (See full article here.)
– Seán Laffey, Irish Music Magazine
Eoin O’Neill publicly debuts West of Connacht’s The Reel of Rio/Paddy Fahey’s/The Porthole of ‘The Kelp’ on his radio show The West Wind on ClareFM. (August 17th, 2018)
Larry Kirwan of Black 47 discusses Ground Plan back when they used to perform in the 1980s on Celtic Crush Radio, Sirius XM. (September 23rd, 2018)
Larry Kirwan of Black 47 discusses West of Connacht and their single The Girl That Broke My Heart on Celtic Crush Radio, Sirius XM.
Will LaDuke interviews Andi on ACTIVE CULTURE during their month-long celebration of the one year anniversary of THE WOMEN FIDDLERS SERIES. (October 24th, 2019)
(Broadcasts every Thursday @ 10 PM (CST) on WXRW 104.1FM – Milwaukee – riverwestradio.com)
DJ Mutabaruka interviews Andi and Jali Suso on Paradise FM Gambia to discuss West of Connacht’s new single The Girl That Broke My Heart. (July 23rd, 2019)
The single features guests Yvonne Casey (Ireland), Jali Suso (The Gambia), and Cyrus Segura (New Jersey).
Eoin O’Neill publicly debuts West of Connacht’s single The Girl That Broke My Heart on his radio show The West Wind on ClareFM. (July 12th, 2019)
“Once again Andi has presented me with some incredible music. I really enjoyed polishing her music until the very end. She’s kind, understanding and an excellent person. I recommend her work wholeheartedly!”
“I can honestly say that Andi is not only an amazing person, but also her ideas are original, innovative and very moving! Her band West of Connacht is an incredible fusion of genres that touch your heart and make you want to listen to much more of their music. Mixing her track was a pleasure and an honor.” (July, 2019)
– Macau, mixing/mastering engineer (Bogota, Colombia) for The Girl that Broke My Heart
“a fascinating approach to making the familiar seem new… lovely fiddle playing over a seductive and quite forward looking arrangement that contains throwback elements recalling The Bothy Band as well as the harder world music sounds of the 1980s and 1990s. This may come as no surprise, as the Leahy sisters have long pushed trad’s boundaries – if you’ve not heard the tracks they made as members of the band Ground Plan (with Eileen Ivers and Caesar Pacifici), they’re worth hearing, see tinyurl.com/groundplanband.” (July, 2019)
– Daniel Neely, The Irish Echo
(*Correction: Peter Gallagher also playing synthesizer)
Seán Laffey interviews “two New Yorkers, sisters Andi and Fionnghuala Leahy. They play fiddle, flute and clavinet in the band West of Connacht with guitarist Peter Gallagher, from Ireland… and they are taking trad in some new directions!” (May, 2019) (See full article here.)
– Seán Laffey, Irish Music Magazine
Eoin O’Neill publicly debuts West of Connacht’s The Reel of Rio/Paddy Fahey’s/The Porthole of ‘The Kelp’ on his radio show The West Wind on ClareFM. (August 17th, 2018)
Larry Kirwan of Black 47 discusses Ground Plan back when they used to perform in the 1980s on Celtic Crush Radio, Sirius XM. (September 23rd, 2018)