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Katie McMahon is an Irish singer. She was a soloist with the original Riverdance troupe. Her recordings have largely featured traditional Irish songs, occasionally in the Irish language.
McMahon is from Dublin. She was classically trained in voice and harp. She studied Italian and Drama Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. During a break from her studies, Katie joined the vocal group Anúna in 1991, and remained with the choir until 1996. She was a soloist on Anúna's first three CDs "ANÚNA" (1993), "Invocation" (1994) and "Omnis" (1995).
She is best known as the original lead soprano soloist with Anúna in the piece "Cloudsong". This is the opening section of Riverdance, first performed as part in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Subsequently, she went on to participate with Anúna in the offshoot stage performance "Riverdance: The Show". While Anúna left Riverdance in 1996, McMahon remained with the show as a soloist until the late 1990s.
Her debut album, After the Morning, was released in North America. Since then she has released three more, Shine, Celtic Christmas, and St. Patrick's Day.
She is married to Ben Craig with whom she has two children. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Source: Wikipedia
Albums
Popular Songs
- Carolan's Farewell
- Adew Adew
- Winter, Fire and Snow
- Ecce Puer
- A Stór Mo Chroí
- The Land of Erin
- Heartland
- Breda's Jigs
- Down the Moor
- 'Til the Sun Comes Up
- After the Morning
- Caleno
- The Wexford Carol
- In the Bleak Mid-Winter
- The First Day of the Year
- Gaudete
- My Dancing Day
- Christmas Day & Christmas Eve Tunes
- The Holly and the Ivy
- Good King Wenceslaus
- What Child is This & Greensleeves Jig
- Silent Night
- Christmas Pipes
- Suantraí
- The Little Road to Bethlehem
- In Dulci Jubilo
- The Boar's Head Carol