Lucy Ward - Come on Eileen (Dexys Midnight Runners Cover)

Lucy Ward is an award winning singer songwriter from Derby. Here she is joined here by her full band to perform Kevin Rowland's Dexys Midnight Runner hit Come On Eileen. http://www.lucywardsings.com/ https://www.facebook.com/lucywardsings?ref=hl The Lucy Ward Band play beautiful and atmospheric music from Lucy's two successful albums The band are Belinda O'Hooley, (keys & vox) Heidi Tidow (vox & multi-instruments), Joy Gravestock (fiddle), Sam Pegg (bass) and Steve MacLachlan from The Willows on percussion. After winning the BBC Radio 2 Horizon Award (Best Newcomer) in 2012, Lucy's career has gone from strength to strength establishing her as one of the hottest performers on the UK Folk scene, pulling a capacity audience on her Cambridge Folk Festival debut and gracing the mighty Acoustic Stage at Glastonbury. Her elevation to the top of the folk ladder was acknowledge with a nomination for the BBC Folk Singer of the Year Award at the Royal Albert Hall in February 2014. Her second album 'Single Flame' was released on Navigator Records on Monday 19th August 2013 to widespread acclaim. Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 2) called it, "mature and unflinching" and the Guardian, awarding it 4 stars, said the album was "Impressive and original". Brilliant reviews also rolled in from the national music magazines with Spiral Earth suggesting it was; "One of the albums of the year for sure." This was acknowledged at the end of 2013 when 'Single Flame' came second in the MOJO Folk Album of the Year Chart. The opening track from the album 'I Cannot Say I Will Not Speak' was voted Best Original Song of 2013 in Spiral Earth's end of year poll. Her debut album "Adelphi Has To Fly" (2011) was also met with widespread critical acclaim. She was named by MOJO as "Britfolk's most vibrant and forthright new young talent" and attracted four star reviews from The Guardian and Maverick Magazine among others. "Lucy, is a breath taking presence on stage. Her unpretentious outlook and warmth melts the hearts of audiences. Her disarming personality, pitch perfect delivery and the maturity of her songs can reduce an audience to tears, but a Lucy Ward set will always send you away feeling uplifted." Shrewsbury Folk Festival (2013) and see Lucy and