Title: Interview with Louie B. Free (Jan 12, 2018) Post by: CWazyTom on January 13, 2018, 12:02AM Mairead did a Facebook video of her interview with "Louie B. Free" on January 12, 2018:
https://www.facebook.com/louiebfree/videos/1620972227946268/ The video is about an hour long. Here are some of the things they talked about: - Staying grounded - Louie says Mairead's as wonderful on the air as she is off the year. Louie found that refreshing. - Mairead's Background - 2017 was an amazing and eventful year for Mairead - Mairead gave a shout-out to Current Celtic Woman and the upcoming Homecoming tour - Importance of music in her family and her family in her career - Selecting tracks for Devil's Bit Sessions - The universal power of music - The performer isn't the most important part of the performance. It's the audience, the music, and the way that music is communicated. - Rocktopia, the concept, how she got involved, excitement for Broadway - There are apparently M+Gs after the Rocktopia Broadway shows (similar to the Rocktopia tour) - Her violin line and how that came about - Showed off her pillow (a gift from Glenn and Ronan) - She played her own Mathias and the new Máiréad Viennese Elite model from her collection - The violins are made in Europe and finished in New York - Why the violin evokes such emotion (especially when played by one as gifted as Mairead) - Mairead says the violin is an instrument with one of the closest sounds to the human voice - She loves playing with singers because of the way the violin can blend with their voices - It's a difficult instrument to learn at first, but it's very rewarding when you get the hang of it - She's proud of inspiring violin players of all ages and providing quality, affordable violins to people - She started playing piano when she was 4 and the violin when she was 6 - The history of her Matthias - She's really enjoyed the interaction at her violin workshops - She's planning to do some workshops in New York in the spring - She's grateful to her family and fanily - She played a little of There Is No Night - P.S. Louie was "fanning" over Mairead the whole time :D |