Sahara
Sahara is the award winning singer songwriting team consisting of Trish and Dave Long who met in their hometown of Dublin during the eighties before migrating to Australia where they have toured extensively performing to sell out audiences. Before leaving Ireland they had performed in many of Dublin’s renowned music venues. The first song they co-wrote ‘Vision of Glory’ received airplay on RTE radio which led on to a live performance of another original song ‘Running Out’ on the RTE Davis at Large show. Somehow this landed them in an episode of the TV mini series acting as a couple of musicians! Their contemporary, eclectic songs brought swift success after arrival in Australia with a support to the Little River Band followed by a memorable win on ‘New Faces’. Sahara also guested with the touring jazz guitarist Martin Taylor in Melbourne. The release of their debut CD ‘Vision’ brought Sahara global attention after their song ‘Make My Day’ shot to the No.1 position on the SoundClick first internet charts. Staying at No.1 for four weeks got Sahara an interview on the ABC TV evening news. More songs from this album made various charts around the world which led on to Sahara recording a video of a concert at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne. Due to it’s popularity this video was webcast on several occasions from the Celtic TV New York website resulting in Sahara releasing a live album ‘Sahara live at the Malthouse’ taken from the video soundtrack. These albums received critical acclaim and a high rating in some of Australia’s major publications Sahara composed an original soundtrack for an episode of the ABC Australian Story documentary series called ‘Track winding back’ this particular episode received the United Nations Media Award. Sahara’s music was featured in an international travel campaign promoting Ireland to Mexico. Sahara has spent years on tour performing in theatres, arts centres, hotels and clubs around Australia. Sahara also performed ‘live to air’ on the ABC radio network, commercial and community radio stations, as well as appearing on several TV shows. Sahara has just released their latest studio recording ‘There is this place I go’ which has received terrific feedback.
What the media have to say:
“First class production, and catchy melodies make Sahara’s There is this place I go a very pleasant listen. Singer/Songwriter Dave Long’s voice shines, reminding one of the Simple Mind’s Jim Kerr. In fact, the whole sound of the CD is rather similar to the 1980’s sound of that Scottish group. This is perhaps not just a coincidence, as Sahara’s members Dave and Trish Long, have been playing together since 1984; and hailing from Dublin, they also have Celtic roots. The duo plays a variety of instruments including human voice, flageolet, guitar, sax, flute, recorder and electronic sequencing. Their music is very melodious, and with the already mentioned super clean production, it has a contemporary sort of easy listening sound. Somewhat different than the Simple Minds, the album has 2 rather slower numbers, with more of a folk music character. The lyrics have a metaphysical / devotional aspect to them, with the particular motive of the songwriting on this album being “the long road to healing”. Smooth, seamless and satisfying, Sahara’s music goes down real easy, like ice cream on a hot summer day”. IndieMusicReview.net. “Coming to us from Dublin (by way of Australia) are Husband and Wife Duo Dave and Trish Long aka “Sahara”, with their fourth release entitled “There is This Place I Go”. Consisting of all-original compositions, “Place” is a collection of ten songs that possess a hauntingly ethereal, yet melodic and contemporary ambiance. Easy listening overall, yet pop enough to appeal to a wide audience, the instrumentation from Trish’s sax, flute, recorder and synths blend seamlessly with Dave’s vocals, guitars and subtle drum tracks and have elements of folk, pop, rock and some Celtic flavor all blended together, offering very smooth songwriting and polished production values”. SláinteSteve for 67 Music.
‘There is this place I go’ CD is available from iTunes, Amazon and many more internet music sites.
Sahara is: Trish Long: vocals, saxes, flute, flageolet, recorder & sequencing. Dave Long: vocals, guitar, keyboards & sequencing.
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