1. Evangeline Words and Music by Robbie MacNeill Nova Scotian Robbie MacNeill wrote this lovely song sometime in the 1970s when he was feeling homesick for his homeland “The Land of Evangeline.” I learned this song from the singing of the late Stan Rogers of Canada. 2. [...]
Review By John O’Regan. Sean Donnelly knows a good song when he hears one. He knows how to pick them, choose them, interpret them, write them and integrate them into his vast repertoire. Anyone familiar with his recorded work in Ireland and abroad will know this fact and verify it. However anyone approaching a Sean Donnelly recording for the first time, the welcome mat is out and a trusted ally is waiting in the wings for your discovery
Seán was born near Omagh, Co. Tyrone and “emigrated” in the early seventies to Newcastle, Co. Down where he now lives with his wife and family.
Sean has been a regular on the Folk Club circuit for many years, made countless Radio broadcasts and appeared on T.V. Folk music programmes.
He has also played major Folk Festivals at home and abroad, and has released ‘albums on the Spring Records Label’