Artist Profiles: Cora Smyth

Cora Smyth’s professional career started when she performed with The Druid Theatre in their awarding winning production of’ The Black Pigs Dyke’. She then played violin in the group which represented Ireland and won the Eurovision song contest with “The Voice” written by Brendan Graham. After this she was chosen to be one of the original violinists in Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance”. She has performed with the show to thrilled audiences worldwide, at venues including Radio City (New York City), Madison Square Garden (New York City), Hyde Park (London), Wembley arena (London), The Kremlin Palace (Moscow), and to over 80,000 people in Budapest with ‘Feet of Flames’.

Cora is featured on various DVDs including Lord of the dance , Feet of Flames, Gold‘, The Celtic Tiger Starring Michael Flatley and Water from the Well, The Chieftains – Live Over Ireland “. She was also featured on The Chieftains’ album of the same, Water From the Well, title which was nominated for best world music album in the 2001 Grammies.

Cora has also performed on numerous TV shows over the years including “The Late Late show”, “Saturday Live”, “Kenny Live”(RTE), “Richard and Judy” BBC, “The South Bank Show” C4, and has appeared on PBS and the FOX Channel in the USA.

Over the years Cora and her sister Breda have performed together many times and now have finally collaborated to record an exciting album which represents the music they’ve loved and shared together.

Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.