Michael Black

Rathlin's Black History Listen to the online feed of the "Rathlin's Black History", a radio program by BBC Radio Ulster about the history of the Black Family on Rathlin Island including Michael Black (online feed available until 5 September). Gaining Confidence to Sing and “Performing” Songs Michael Black hails from a musical Dublin family and he grew up in a household where singing was a normal part of daily life. Both his parents were singers, as are his sisters and brothers (Mary, Frances, Shay and Martin). Now, the next generation of Black Family is bursting on to the scene with his nephews/nieces (Eoghan and Aoife Scott, Danny [The Coronas Band] and Rose O’Reilly) all becoming emerging stars in the music business. His three young daughters (and Shay’s daughter), ranging from 10-13yrs. of age, have all been performing (singing and dancing) since they were five or six. Michael borrows from the dictum of his brother Shay, which is, “if you can hum it you can sing it”. He will offer suggestions on how to encourage singing publicly and will talk and give examples on how to select and perform songs specifically for audiences. Topics include gaining confidence, choice of song, delivery, and identifying the appropriate setting for a particular song. The workshop takes place at O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, Hoblitzelle Camp & Conference Center Midlothian, Texas. For information and fee, please visit www.oflahertyretreat.org or call 972-238-8724 Come and see Shay and Michael Black Michael and Shay Black will be performing at several locations in March 2010. They will be joined by Bryan Seet (Piano), Myra Joy (Cello), Bobbi Nikles (Fiddle) and Dancers. Two new video's Watch two video's of Michael and Shay Black performing. These two video's where broadcasted on the Irish TV Station TG4 in December 2008 and where recorded at the Plough and Stars. Tracks online You can now listen to several of tracks by Michael using the music player on this page. The tracks include some of his solo-work, some The Black Brothers and The Black Family songs, some new instrumental songs with James Kelly and even a hilarious live recording called Bat in Boisedale, more about that recording can be found here. Guestbook and album samples Samples of all tracks of Michael Black's solo album are now available. We also added a guestbook to the site, so sign the guestbook and tells us what you think of michael's solo album and his site. Website Online Today, 30 May 2008, Michael Black's website has gone online. See all Michael's upcoming gigs, view and listen to his solo album, read his biography or get some impressions of Michael and his life. This text will be replaced by the flash music player. Open music player in seperate window
	Michael's solo album was voted “Album of the Year” by Celtic Connections (Radio show broadcast in 22 states).
	The Irish Times in its review of the album noted, *“There's enough pristine music tucked inside this solo collection ….to power a rocket.*
	Irish Music Magazine stated, “This is an album that’s beautifully simple and simply beautiful….Michael’s voice shines through on every track”

	MICHAEL BLACK
	www.michaelblack.info