Jamie sings a tender rendition of the classic ballad from the American Songbook, accompanied by Michael Smith, Bob Weber, Peter Swenson and John Floeter. From Souvenir, 2008.
John Floeter
Blue SongNotes Blue River & Blue
SongNotes “Blue”. Hear two of Jamie’s best “Blue River” the vintage-style ballad, and a cover of Lucinda Williams’ “Blue”.
Jamie’s accompanied by John Erickson, Michael Smith, cellist Bob Weber, and others.
Jamie’s Irish Sampler ~ 40 years of song
Jamie’s Irish Sampler. 40 years of solos and group songs from Jamie O’Reilly & the Rogues, Michael Smith and others.
SongNotes: Irish Street Ballads & Country Songs
Jamie’s SongNotes blog on the source of some of the traditional Irish street ballads she sang with the Rogues.
Covers & Others: Jamie sings Love Songs
Woman’s Heart: Exploring Love
Jamie curates a list of lovesongs – covers and others – she’s recorded.
She Would Sing the Kerry Dances video
Blog shares the video. Vocalist Jamie O’Reilly sings a poignant tribute to her Irish American Aunt Dorothy in this ballad by Tom Amandes. A rich vocal tradition was handed down to Jamie from Aunt “Dottie,” whose story is illustrated in this video featuring vintage photographs dating back to the mid 1800s.
SongNotes: Waltz of the Years
Jamie O’Reilly’s SongNotes Series
features Eamon Friel’s Waltz of the Years.
SongNotes: Tell Me Who I’ll Marry
SongBirds Songs of Resilience. Jamie talks about singers that inspired the direction she took as a singer of international ballads. Here is an unreleased track of Tell Me Who I’ll Marry, based on a Polish folksong, made popular by the Judy Collins 1962 recording.
Jamie sings Ave Maria
SongNotes 1988. Jamie sings Schubert’s hymn ve Maria live at the Woodstock Opera House, honoring a family tradition from her mother.
SongNotes: Doon the Moor Jamie O’Reilly & The Rogues
From On the Banks of the Roses LP, 1986Rereleased on Jamie O’Reilly & The RoguesA Collection of Rogues’ Recordings, 2005 Listen here: Tom Amandes, vocals, penny whistleJamie O’Reilly, vocalsPaul Amandesm guitar, harmony vocalsPeter Swenson, classical guitarStuart Rosenberg, fiddleJohn Floeter, double bass Doon the Moor was a find in the Colm O Lochlainn More Irish Street […]
From On the Banks of the Roses LP, 1986Rereleased on Jamie O’Reilly & The RoguesA Collection of Rogues’ Recordings, 2005 Listen here: Tom Amandes, vocals, penny whistleJamie O’Reilly, vocalsPaul Amandesm guitar, harmony vocalsPeter Swenson, classical guitarStuart Rosenberg, fiddleJohn Floeter, double bass Doon the Moor was a find in the Colm O Lochlainn More Irish Street […]
