Sirius Arts Centre is pleased to announce a return visit from one of Ireland's best female singer songwriters.
on Saturday 17 May 8pm - tickets are €20 and can be purchased by contacting Sirius Arts Centre at the addresses listed to the left side of this weblog.
In a world where the word star and the gift of talent are often devalued, Eleanor McEvoy is neither an overnight success, nor a four week wonder. A musician and songwriter of note, possessing all of the qualities that go to make up the complete artist.
Eleanor graduated from Trinity and was accepted into the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland where she worked four years before finally taking the plunge to concentrate on her passion for songwriting.
After a long hard slog, the girl who spent the year of 1988 busking in Union Square, New York had come a long way, a route that took her through the disciplines of classical music, Irish traditional music and contemporary music to a point where she finally found success in 1992.
It happened when one of her songs "Only a Woman's Heart" inspired the title for, and appeared on, the "A Woman's Heart" anthology album. It has since gone on to become the best selling album in Irish history, staying in the Irish Top 10 for over a year.
Since then Eleanor has gone on to become an artist and performer known throughout the world. Her critically acclaimed canon of work spans six albums, several singles and appearances on numerous compilation albums and is today recognised as Ireland's most successful female singer songwriter having enjoyed personal chart success and numerous cover versions of her songs. (Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, Phil Coulter, amongst others). Her song "All I Have" features in the lastest series of the HBO cult series "Six Feet Under"
Don't miss this chance to see Eleanor in the intimate surroundings of the West Gallery. This is her first return appearance since she headlined the 2006 Cobh Maritime Song Festival in the Heritage Centre.
