Music of Ireland – Welcome Home CD/DVD/Documentary

Music of Ireland – Welcome Home tells the definitive story of contemporary Irish music, focusing on the Emerald Isle’s greatest musical exports, their influence on America and the music’s global impact. Hosted by Clannad’s Grammy Award-winning Moya Brennan, the performance documentary features six Grammy Award winners, Academy Award and Golden Globe winners, and three Rock& Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Produced by the Elevation Group’s Denny Young- an American music and television production veteran who has produced special concert events for Duran Duran, Seal, LeAnn Rimes, Counting Crows,and many others, Music of Ireland – Welcome Home premieres nationwide March 2010 on public television (check local listings). New York metro area viewers will get a sneak preview of the program during WLIW21′s exclusive broadcast premiere Wednesday, February 17 at 9:30pm. The program is a presentation of WLIW21 in association with WNET.ORG and is sponsored in part by Tourism Ireland.

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