Albums – John Spillane

100 Snow White Horses CD

Ciara O' Leary Fitzpatrick — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:21:48 +0000

100 Snow White Horses is a new album from John Spillane due for independent release on April 2nd 2021. Inspired by his travels around Ireland, these new songs are full of poetry, Irish mythology and wonder. 100 Snow White Horses is John’s first independent album in 20 years.

Recorded in London with producer John Reynolds and singer Pauline Scanlon; the trio have previously worked together on John’s albums Hey Dreamer (2005), The Gaelic Hit Factory (2006) and My Dark Rosaleen and the Island of Dreams (2008).

“After 10 years and many adventures, we are combining our skills and painting this, our masterpiece.” – John Spillane

John’s poetic lyricism and Pauline’s ethereal backing vocals combine beautifully once again in this love letter to the island of Ireland.

From the fantasy of the March of The Kings of Laois; to the slopes of Slieve Gullion, a mountain of mythology in South Armagh; to the lonely adventures of a ballad singer under that Old Clare Moon. Follow the blind harper Turlough O’ Carolan into the Leitrim woods then stroll through the melancholy of a teenage romance in Bishopstown.

It’s 2020 but it’s 1720 as well, as John weaves a story of an Ireland both now and then, shaped by its people, history and landscape.

The Man Who came in from the Dark CD

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:36:57 +0000

In October 2014 the acclaimed Irish Singer and Songwriter John Spillane, celebrated 33 years of an ever-consistent vastly illuminating and exciting career within the world of
music. And what better way to celebrate than with a brand new 10th studio album, ‘THE MAN WHO CAME IN FROM THE DARK’

Having sold over 100,000 albums in Ireland, John has also been awarded with two Meteor Irish Music Awards for ‘Best Act Folk’ and ‘Traditional’ act. His songs have been covered by many Irish folk lumineer’s such as Christy Moore, Sean Keane, Karan Casey, Pauline Scanlon, Solas, Mary Black, Méav, Sinéad Lohan and Sharon Shannon.

Following on from the hugely popular album ‘LIFE IN AN IRISH TOWN’, which was based on songs from the TG4 series SPILLANE AN FÁNAÍ (Spillane The Wanderer), John continues his travels around Ireland and writing MORE BRILLIANT songs about Ireland’s towns, rivers, legends and people for a second series of SPILLANE AN FÁNAÍ on TG4.

Acoustic Series Vol.1 ‘All The Ways You Wander’

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:32:36 +0000

“Friends have been encouraging me for years to make an album of simple, acoustic versions of my songs, and here it is. These songs were written over a period of 35 years, from 1982 to 2017. With the exception of ‘The Streets of Ballyphehane’ they have all been previously released by myself and many of them have been covered by artists like Pauline Scanlon, Christy Moore, Karan Casey, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Seán Keane, Róisín El Safty, Máire Ní Chéilleachair, Sharon Shannon, Méav, Nell Ní Chróinín, Cathie Ryan, Caroline Fraher, George Murphy, and by bands such as Nomos, Solas, Danú, Greenshine, The Outside Track, Project West, Girsa, Shooglenifty and The Battlefield Band. Hurray!

Other singers who have performed live versions of these songs include Mick Flannery, Mary Black, Brian Kennedy and Declan O’ Rourke.

Happy days in the Hit Factory. It’s been a blast.