27.10.2017
Karten hier vorbestellen!
Mit der LiteraTour findet am 24. April 2022 von 11 bis 19 Uhr an Bord der MS Rheingold eine ganz besondere Kultur-Veranstaltung statt: Unter der Schirmherrschaft des rheinland-pfälzischen Innenministers Roger Lewentz und der Organisation des Kulturdezernats Koblenz, dem Verband Deutscher Schriftsteller RLP und der Werbeagentur blick-fang erwartet das literatur- und kulturbegeisterte Publikum Literatur in seiner vielfältigsten Form. Entlang des romantischen Mittelrheintals, von Koblenz bis St. Goar, können bis zu 600 Gäste auf der MS „Rheingold“ eine einzigartige Schiffstour erleben.
Bei dem innovativen Literaturformat können die Lesungen der 10 ausgewählten Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller aus Rheinland von überall an Bord über Funk-Kopfhörer empfangen werden. Der Clou: Durch die dreikanaligen Kopfhörer ist es den Besucherinnen und Besuchern möglich, einfach per Knopfdruck zwischen drei Kanälen auszuwählen und ihr Literaturprogramm somit individuell zusammenzustellen.
Auch neben den Autorenlesungen, die ganz unterschiedliche Genres bedienen, verspricht die Veranstaltung ein unterhaltsames und abwechslungsweiches Rahmenprogramm aus Workshops, Aktionen und Live-Musik von Helen Leahey. Für die Teilnahme der an Bord und in St. Goar angebotenen Workshops, im Einzelnen sind dies Schreib- und Illustrationsworkshop, soul & write Walk und eine Szenische Stadtführung durch St. Goar und St. Goarshausen, wird um vorherige Voranmeldung unter events@blick-fang.de gebeten. Tickets zur Veranstaltung gibt es an allen bekannten Vorverkaufsstellen von Ticket Regional Ticket Regional: LiteraTour – Das Kulturevent 2022 – Koblenz, MS Rheingold (ticket-regional.de)
Die Autoren an Bord im Überblick: Dieter Aurass (Krimi), Hans Jürgen Balmes (Sachbuch), Anja Balschun (Krimi), Sofia Blind (Sachbuch), Thomas Keck (Sagen und Legenden), Gabriele Keiser (Krimi), Lena Knodt (Fantasy), Tessa Randau (Erzählendes Sachbuch), Klaus-Dieter Regenbrecht (Essay, Roman) und Jörg Schmitt-Kilian (Krimi).
Pressekontakt und Akkreditierungen
(auch Interviewanfragen)
Katharina Göbel-Backendorf
Telefon: 02607 9740905
Email: events@blick-fang.de
Tomorrow at 8 p.m. C.E.T our music will be played for a whole hour on #rockthefolk radio. You can listen to me and Doreen talk about how our duo DILLIGARA started and what inspired the music we play. The interview is in German but the music is English so I hope I have all my bases covered! Grab a drink and enjoy, we did when we recorded it! Thank you to the team of Rock The Folk for always being so supportive of our music
Here are the links:
It could be that DILLIGARA might have had its last public performance for 2020, despite bookings it is not looking good with regards to the climbing infection rates of Corona here in Germany and we could be going into another lockdown very soon. A big thank you to the City Hall in Boppard for a lovely evening – despite all the restrictions we had a lovely time and the audience was in good spirits throughout the night, seeing you all dance made us so happy!
We are bracing ourselves for a tough year ahead but we are moving with the times and going online!
In future we will be giving more personalised and public concerts using the various different platforms. Visit www.online-concerts.com for more details and to book us. We can keep your spirits up on long winter nights. Just imagine asking us to play your favourite tunes live, from the comfort of your home. We are certainly looking forward to it. See you then 🙂
A big thank you to Ian Oliphant and Celtic Music Radio for playing my version of ‘Johnny I hardly knew ye’ from my Spirits album during the ‘Lunch Time Selection with Ian’ on 29th July 2020. Really excited to be picked up by this radio station and thanks for your lovely introduction Ian 🙂 For those who don’t know Celtic Music Radio is a community radio station in Scotland which broadcasts in FM as well as worldwide via the internet. The radio station is a charity and works closely with many music and arts festivals in the Glasgow area (such as the Celtic Connections music festival).
To listen to Radio AENA click here.
Thank you to the team for featuring me in your radio station!
“Also new is the Welsh singer Helen Leahey, who lives in Germany and may be known to some due to her appearance on “The Voice of Germany”. She was awarded the Guinness World Record for the lowest female singing voice and is now represented in our program with three albums together with her accompanying band DILLIGARA: “Spirits”, “Auf Wiedersehen” and “Train Tracks”.
Thank you to Dietmar from the radio station Rock the Folk for this lovely review!
TEXT Deutsch:
Wissen Sie wer Helen Leahey ist und was sie tut? fragte mich eines Samstags Morgens die Anruferin Christiane.
Gehört hatte ich den Namen schon einmal. Was ihr künstlerisches Schaffen ausmacht, das war mir unbekannt!
Dann fiel es mir auch wieder ein, Helen trat bei “The Voice of Germany” auf. Da ich solche Casting-Shows
nicht mag, habe ich mich damals auch nicht weiter mit ihr beschäftigt.
Was Christiane mir allerdings erzählte, mache mich hellhörig: Helen macht jetzt ihr eigenes Ding. Sie besitzt
nicht nur ihr eigenes Label, sondern besitzt auch alle Rechte an ihren Songs, Dass sie 2018 den Weltrekord
für den tiefsten, je von einer Frau gesungenen Ton erhielt, interessierte mich dann schon weniger. Dass sie
aber keltische Klänge mit ihrer ungewöhnlich, tiefen Stimme verbindet und eigene Songs schreibt, dafür um so mehr.
Ich bat Christiane uns doch mit einigen Songs zu bemustern. Wir würden uns das anhören und uns wieder melden.
Und wir haben reingehört.
Spontan fiel mir dazu der Headliner “- the dark voice of folk -” ein.
Helen sucht sich, wenn sie nicht selbst die Titel schreibt, Musik aus, die zu ihrer Stimme passt. So entsteht daraus
eine ganz neue Symbiose aus Musik und Gesang – fast ein neuer Song, aber mit hohem Wiedererkennungswert.
Ihre eigenen Songs beschäftigen sich auch mit sozialen Themen und den alltäglichen Dingen des Lebens. Dabei fliessen anscheinend eigene Erfahrungen mit ein (Train Tracks),
Fazit:
Harmonischer Einklang von Musik und Stimme.
Abwechslungsreiche, eingängige Titel.
Wir können Helen nicht genau einordnen, Ihr Repertoir pendelt von Folk zu Singer & Songwriter,
was sich bei ihr aber sehr positiv äußert.
Zunächst stellen wir Helens Musik in “Promotion mit Rock Folker” immer Donnerstags um 18:00 Uhr vor.
Später könnt ihr sie in “Celtic Folk”, “European Folk” und “Singer & Songwriter” hören.
TEXT Englisch:
Do you know who Helen Leahey is and what she does? The caller Christiane asked me one Saturday morning.
I had heard the name before. However what her artistic work is all about was unknown to me!
Then I remembered it, Helen appeared on “The Voice of Germany”. I am not a fan of casting shows so I did not take much notice at the time.
What Christiane told me, however, makes me prick up my ears: Helen is now doing her own thing. she owns not only her own label, but also owns all rights to her songs. In 2018 she got a record for deepest vocal note by a female but what interested me more was how she connects Celtic sounds with her unusual, deep voice and writes her own songs.
I asked Christiane to sample a few songs for us. We’d listen to them and get back to her.
And we listened.
Spontaneously I thought of the headliner “- the dark voice of folk -“.
If she doesn’t write the titles herself, Helen chooses music that suits her voice. This is how a completely new symbiosis of music and singing arises – almost a new song, but with a high recognition value.
Her own songs also deal with social issues and the everyday things in life. Apparently, own experiences flow into this (Album: Train Tracks).
Conclusion:
Harmonious combination of music and voice.
Varied, catchy titles.
We cannot classify Helen exactly, her repertoire commutes from folk to singer & songwriter style which is very positive for her.
First, we present Helen’s music in “Promotion with Rock Folker” every Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
You can hear them later in the shows “Celtic Folk”, “European Folk” and “Singer & Songwriter”.
Thank you very much to ‘Rock the Folk’ Radio station (RockTheFolk – webradio – Radio made by Friends) for presenting my music at 18.00 (CET) this coming Thursday (they will be playing a few songs from my new album ‘auf Wiedersehen’. I’m really excited to be part of the show! Check out the work these guys do, a great mix of music for everyone into celtic music, rock and medieval tunes.
Homepage: https://rockthefolk.de
Direct-Player: https://laut.fm/rockthefolk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockthefolkradio
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rockthefolk
EMail: studio@rockthefolk.com
This Friday, April 17th at 19:00 (GMT+1) Helen Leahey will be going live on NEXT Magazine’s Facebook page and playing some of her best works as well as well known celtic tunes and some popular hits. Like many artisits, Helen has also struggled with the loss of gigs to to the Corona pandemic. Although a challenge, Helen is determined to continue, especially since she has brought out three new albums in the last month and is ready to show them to the world.
You can buy them here …
Train Tracks
Helen’s debut album, now released as a second edition with a variety of artists collaborating (known as DILLIGARA). This album is ‘earthy’ in nature, with catchy acoustic tunes.
auf Wiedersehen
Helen’s 2nd album, here she has been inspired by many different music genres from around the world. Arabic and celtic beats, a sax player – and many other suprises!
Spirits
Helen’s first Celtic folk album with well known folk tunes and some undiscovered jewels…
The first music video for my new album ‘auf WiederSehen’ is available on YouTube. It was fun to make and will hopefully be fun to watch! Enjoy the many men 🙂
auf WiederSehen
A personally signed copy of my album ‘auf WiederSehen’ (price includes postage for national and international shipping including insurance). CD is sent upon receipt of payment. Please ensure your Paypal address is also the shipping address. Otherwise please contact us at: info@deintra.com
€20.00