Frances Black

小簡介
在愛爾蘭，Black家族和Black姐妹是一個密不可分的話題。雖然對中國的樂迷來說，大家更為熟知的是Mary Black，事實上Mary Black的妹妹Frances Black以其甜美的聲線在愛爾蘭一樣享有盛名，而且更受歡迎。1986年，F(xiàn)rances Black在布萊克家族合唱團(tuán)中正式開始了她的職業(yè)樂壇生涯。之后，布萊克家族樂團(tuán)開始了國際巡回演出，他們的足跡遍及了歐洲、伊拉克以及美國等地，這標(biāo)志著布萊克家族樂團(tuán)已經(jīng)成為了一個國際化的樂團(tuán)。Frances Black于是成為愛爾蘭最受歡迎的女歌手之一。
A pure vocal tone and an energetic, pop-minded delivery has made Frances Black one of Irelands top vocalists. In 1995 and 1997, Black was named by the Irish Record Industry Awards (IRMA) as Irelands Best Female Artist. She also received the Most Popular Artist award at the National Awards ceremony.
A former member of Arcady and The Black Family, in 1993 Black made her solo debut with two tracks on the million-selling, multi-artist compilation Womans Heart. An album-related tour with Maura OConnell, Dolores Keane, Sharon Shannon, Sinead Lohan and her sister, Mary Black, broke all of Irelands box office records. While Blacks debut solo album, Talk to Me (released in 1994), sold over 100,000 copies and spent eight weeks at the top of Irelands music charts, her releases The Sky Road (1995), The Smile on Your Face (1996) and Dont Get Me Wrong (1998) further established her as an internationally known performer. Black has proven as effective interpreting the songs of American singer/songwriters as she is with Irish music. Talk to Me featured four songs by Nanci Griffith (On Grafton Street, Talk to Me While Im Listening, Always Will and Time of Inconvenience. Among Blacks most successful singles are re-recordings of Acker Bilks Stranger on the Shore in October 1996 and the Yvonne Elliman-popularized tune Love Me, Please in August 1997.
Black made her professional debut in 1986 with The Black Family, a group that also featured her three brothers (Michael, Shay and Martin) and her sister (Mary). In addition to singing on the groups two albums (The Black Family in 1986 and Time for Touching Home in 1988) — Black sang on her brothers album, What a Time. Shortly after recording Time for Touching Home, Black joined Irish trad-folk band Arcady, which also featured accordion players Shannon and Jackie Daly and bouzouki player Johnny Moynihan. Black remained with the band until 1994, when she formed a duo with Irish singer/songwriter Kieran Goss. In 1994, Black performed a benefit concert and recorded an EP, Fear Is the Enemy of Love and Children, for the Aoibhneas Womens Refuge that featured her children, Eoghan and Aoife, singing background vocals. How High the Moon was released on Koch in 2005.