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FGM Records is proud to announce the release of the second album by Nine-8ths Irish, Out on the Ocean. An acclaimed and exciting traditional Irish music quintet from Sacramento, California, Nine-8ths Irish recorded Out on the Ocean in Sacramento at Paradise Studios with award-winning engineer Craig Long. With the release of the eclectic and accomplished Out on the Ocean, Nine-8ths Irish takes its place among the most compelling, crowd-pleasing and original bands playing traditional Irish music within the U.S. The band will be performing at national festivals and doing regional touring in support of Out on the Ocean, enchanting audiences with its rousing and unique brand of “Irish music…and a wee bit more.”
You can buy both our albums online from a variety of vendors, or even download the album in MP3 format. Just visit our STORE page.
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"So I am driving down the road listening to this incredible Irish music when right in the middle of a tune a bluegrass G run and I just about run into the ditch checking my mirror for the trad police :).
Do you guys get any radio play? You should. Are you familiar with Fiona's Thistle and Shamrock that airs on PBS stations? Your band mates all appear to be very good musicians. Very tight sound. Are you familiar with Teada? I notice some similarities with your music and theirs. So much energy.....this is a very good album. There are a number of things I like about it. Being a guitar player, that is what I listen to first, and it comes as no surprise at all to me that your playing is top shelf. What I like about it, is your style of playing. Obviously there is the bluegrass influence present and I personally like it when a player plays what they hear even though they are playing a different style. Did I also noticed a John Doyle influence? There is texture to your playing. I liked the choice of tunes, most of them familiar to me. Good solid tunes. I really liked Escher's Staircase, an original from Linda? The arrangements keep the tunes interesting." FROM Michael Maggard (via email to Kathy) "....its a truly lovely recording. Tasteful renditions of familiar tunes and songs. Fair play to ya!" FROM: Earl Britt (New Celtic Revival Podcast) (via Facebook) "Congratulations
all on "Out on the Ocean," it's an outstanding piece of work all the
way through, from stem to stern. Great range, magical transitions, lush
sound. You have now set yourselves such a high standard I don't know
what you can do next, but keep at it, I'm sure you'll come up with more
magic."
Here is a quote from a fan's blog about our December 13 CD Release Party at The Fifth String: "The music was of a handsome caliber to match the setting. It was not
just a group of fair musicians getting a tune started and then letting
it wander along to an inevitable finish.....No matter which way the tune turned, quick fingers were wrapped around
it, shaping it, embellishing it, nudging it forward. I have mentioned
fiddle, guitar, whistle and bodhran, but Brady McKay's warm and
masterful vocals were on par with the instrumental virtuosity whenever
she was called up to sing."
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