JOANIE MADDEN is the Grammy Award winning whistle and flute player who has been the leader of Cherish the Ladies since its inception.
Born in New York of Irish parents, she is the second oldest of seven children raised in a musical household; her mother Helen, a dancer of traditional sets hails from Milt own Malbay, County Clare and her father Joe, an All-Ireland Champion on the accordion, comes from Portumna in East Galway. Joanie received her musical training early in life listening to her father and his friends play music at family gatherings and social events. She began taking lessons from Jack Coen, and within a few short years she had won both the world Championship on the concert flute and whistle. During that time, Joanie also became the first American to win the coveted Senior All-Ireland Championship on the whistle. She has many awards and citations to her credit including: the youngest member inducted into the Irish-American Musicians Hall of Fame, recipient of the Wild Geese Award, voted one of the Top 100 Irish-Americans in the country and Traditional Musician of the Year, all for her contributions to promoting and preserving Irish culture in America.
She is in constant demand as a studio musician and has performed on over a hundred albums running the gamut from Pete Seeger to Sinead O'Connor. Joanie has played on three Grammy award-winning albums and her involvement on the Hearts of Space labels’ “Celtic Twilight” CD led to a platinum album with over 1,000,000 sales. In the past year she has toured with the Eagles’ Don Henley and was also a featured soloist on the final Lord of the Rings soundtrack. She has recorded three highly successful solo albums; "A Whistle on the Wind", "Song of the Irish Whistle" (named the most successful whistle album in history selling over 280,000 copies) and "Song of the Irish Whistle 2".
風笛的聲音,還有鋼琴和吉他的聲音,純淨得像水滴一樣。
每個人的心裏都會有個故鄉,愛爾蘭風笛會勾起他們的鄉愁,因為那不是俗世的聲音。風笛的聲音遠遠地從那個闊別已久的地方傳來,那裏有紅色的樹,綠色的河流,潔白的雪,溫暖的土壤,還有安詳的牛羊。
這張唱片是以短小輕巧的哨笛為主軸,而吉他則伴隨著笛音,傳遞輕柔的背景,而長笛和豎笛也偶爾穿梭其中,讓原本就具有小男孩高音域的特色,呈現出一種音質清澈的魅力。收錄的每一首曲子正是愛爾蘭充滿神話的人文風貌。其中以Women of Ireland最具有風的悠遠,讓我們更能感受到這首曲子所傳達的愛爾蘭女性神秘堅忍的特質。透過哨笛詮釋的曲子,總讓人想起童年的美好回憶,有時更會激動地落淚。聆聽後將會鍾愛一生的一張不可錯過的專輯。
Joanie Madden-1996【Song of the Irish Whistle】MP3 (320K CBR)
專輯名稱:Song of the Irish Whistle/愛爾蘭風笛1
資源類型:MP3 (320K CBR)
發行時間:1996年
演 奏:Joanie Madden
語 言:純音樂
地 區:美國
【專輯曲目】
01. The Immigrant
02. Down By The Salley Gardens
03. The Otter's Nest (Richie Dwyer's)
04. The Level Plain (Magh Seola)
05. Loftus Jones
06. Women Of Ireland (Mna na h'Eireann)
07. The Legacy Jig (Tar Road to Sligo)
08. The Black Rose (Roisin Dubh)
09. The Mountain of Women (Sliabh na mBan)
10. Flight of The Wild Geese
11. The South Wind
12. Lord Mayo
Joanie Madden-1999【Song of the Irish Whistle 2】MP3 (320K CBR)
專輯名稱:Song of the Irish Whistle 2/愛爾蘭風笛2
資源類型:MP3 (320K CBR)
發行時間:1999年01月29日
演 奏:Joanie Madden
語 言:純音樂/英語
地 區:美國
【專輯曲目】
01. John of the Glen
02. Charlie Mulvihill's-The Conspiracy
03. Pinehurst [From the Film Pinehurst]
04. The Twisting of the Rope
05. The Munster Cloak
06. The Cat's Meow
07. The Edge of the White Rock
08. Bantry Girl's Lament
09. Madame Bonaparte
10. Nuala's Bonnet-The Croton Dam
11. Homesteaders [From the Film the Way West]
12. Come by the Hills
Joanie Madden-1994【A Whistle on the Wind】MP3 (320K CBR)
專輯名稱:A Whistle on the Wind/風中之笛
資源類型:MP3 (320K CBR)
發行時間:1994年
演 奏:Joanie Madden
語 言:純音樂
地 區:美國
【專輯曲目】
01. Marcus Hernon's Air
02. Johnny Doherty's-Seán Cheo-Lady Gordon
03. The Idle Road-Tommy Mulhaire's-Ned Coleman's
04. Uncle Dano's-The Midnight Hornpipe
05. A Whistle on the Wind-Jug of Punch-Dogs Among the Bushes
06. Hyne's March-Johnny Harling's-Lasses of Ballintra
07. Molly Bán-Paddy Lynn's Delite-Jack Maguire's-King of the Clans
08. Cat's Meow-Partners in Crime
09. Aggie White's-Miss Thornton-Rip the Calico
10. Blind Mary
11. Smiling Lady-Nervous Man-Sean Ryan's
12. John Brady's-High Reel-Martin Wynne's
13. Mary Hynes