The Dublin Gospel Choir are an Irish gospel choir that have been performing in Ireland since 1996.[1]
Dublin Gospel Choir | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | DGC |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Gospel |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | Official website |
History edit
The choir was founded as a school choir in Dublin's inner city in the mid-1990s.[2] The choir have performed over several years at Ireland's annual boutique festival, the Electric Picnic, appearing on the event's main stage for the sixth consecutive year in 2010.[3] They also performed to an 82,000 person crowd at Croke Park in 2008.[4]
The choir also featured (along with Chris de Burgh) on a special New Year's Day BBC Songs of Praise programme which was reputedly broadcast to over 35 million viewers worldwide.[4] The group has performed with Paddy Casey, Rod Stewart, OutKast, Kodaline, Damien Rice, The Chieftains and Stevie Wonder.[5][6][7]
References edit
- ^ "10th Anniversary Album Released Nov 3rd 2006". Dublingospelchoir.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
- ^ "About the Dublin Gospel Choir". Dublingospelchoir.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012.
- ^ "Electric Picnic 2010 - Artist Profiles - Dublin Gospel Choir". ElectricPicnic.ie. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.
- ^ a b "About the Dublin Gospel Choir". Waterford International Music Festival. 2011. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Dublin Gospel Choir Are Launching A New Album..." Her.ie. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Live at Today FM: Paddy Casey, 'No Diggity'". Today FM. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Dublin Gospel Choir: Providing backups for Rod Stewart and Irish fire for Kirk Franklin". Crossrhythms.co.uk. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2018.