The Spirits of Gilbride

The Spirits of Gilbride is a musical group who formed as a result of a drunk driver incident. New Yorker Christina Brouder was knocked down near her home in the Bronx and seriously injured.[1] This led to a long period in hospital and, to alleviate the boredom and to cheer her up, her visiting siblings, Corina, Cornelia, Neil & Mary Catherine began performing in the ward.[2] Word got around and after Christina fully recovered they began to perform together in other local hospitals, nursing homes and eventually at charity events.

The children learned to play a variety of musical instruments, including violin, harp, keyboards, drums, fiddle, bagpipes, accordion, tin whistle, and guitar.[3] Corina and Cornelia took care of the vocals. They decided to call themselves the Spirits of Gilbride, Gilbride being the family name of their late grandfather.[4]

The group made their first album, Sibling Revelry, in 1994,[5] and in 2001 came Gilbride, released by Universal Music.[6] They also shot two videos to promote the album and recorded the title track for the European release of the 2000 film, The Little Vampire.[7] They have performed in venues all over America, including The White House,[8] and in Germany, Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, and Austria.[9]

Discography

Additionally The Spirits of Gilbride accompanied Corina Brouder on her singles

References

  1. ↑ Cosmopolitan, January 2003, by Allen Salkin
  2. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2002/04/15/2002-04-15_world_at_her_feet_career_opt.html Monday, April 15th 2002
  3. ↑ The Viking News, November 19, 2003
  4. ↑ Irish Voice, December 2, 2003, interview by Georgina Brennan.
  5. ↑ Catholic New York, March 9, 1995
  6. ↑ http://www.fordham.edu/images/Whats_New/magazine/353-03w03Alumni_Notes.pdf, "Renaissance Woman Christina Brouder, ICO '98", winter 2003, page 25
  7. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192255/
  8. ↑ http://clinton6.nara.gov/1995/03/1995-03-17-clintons-host-ireland-celebration-honoring-pm-bruton.html
  9. ↑ Midlands Magazine, June 21, 2005

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