Laoise Kelly

WESTPORT, CO. MAYO

1999 -

A detailed page has not yet been completed for this artist. If you have information available, please send this to the following address feedback@irishmusicdb.com OVERVIEW Laoise Kelly is a harpist from Co. Mayo. Her musical odyssey started at a young age. By her mid-teens, she was playing with a group of musicians from across Mayo under the name Ciabh Rua. In the early 1990s, she moved to Galway where she met up with Mary Shannon and Colette O'Leary and formed Bumblebees. Over the following years, Bumblebees released a couple of acclaimed albums and played around the country and abroad. In 1999, Laoise released her debut album 'Just Harp'. There was a considerable gap to her sophomore album, 'Ceis' which followed in 2010. However, in the meantime Laoise collaborated with a multitude of artists including Mirella Murray, Carmina, Kate Bush and Sinead O'Connor. She also contributed tracks to a number of compilations Laoise also collbaorated with Michelle O'Brien on the album 'The Wishing Well' which was recorded live at The Dock in Carrick On Shannon on 27th October 2010. The album was released later that year. LINE UP Laoise Kelly [Harp] FAMILY TREE LINKS Bumblebees, Ciabh Rua