The TV show Geanntrai na Nollag will be broadcasted on Christmas Day at 9.15pm on TG4 in Ireland.

(thanks to Paul Facey-Hunter for providing me with this information).

A few pieces of news:

• Another concert has been added to the USA tour in March 2003, this time in Villa Montalvo (Saratoga, California). See the concert list for more details.
• On Saturday 21 December, Mary's concert recorded on 27 April 2002 at the Olympia in Dublin, will be aired on the Irish TV. I do not know the exact channel and time yet, but when I find out, I will post it here.
• A documentary about Mary, called Still Believing will be broadcasted in January on the Irish TV.
• The video/DVD containing both the concert and the documentary is currently planned to be released late January.
• There are also plans for a concert tour in the Netherlands starting at 23 October 2003 in Amsterdam. More details will be made available later.

Tomorrow, 17 September, Mary will go into the studios to record a new song together with Marcia Howard. The song is called The Poison Tree. This song is meant for the new A Woman's Heart album. Those of you who were at the Olympia concerts last April, might have already heard the song as Marcia performed it when she opened for Mary.

On wednesday, the 18th, Mary is going to record a new song by Steve Cooney. The title is unknown yet. Whether this song will also be part of the new A Woman's Heart album is not known yet.

Mary will start doing several radio interviews in the upcoming weeks before her UK tour (the interviews will be done from within Dublin, she won't be in the local studios). Here are the scheduled interviews so far (UK time):

Monday 9 September:

• 2.30PM - 2.50PM BBC Radio Scotland
• 3.00PM - 3.30PM BBC Radio Wales - LIVE

Wednesday 11 September:

• 12.15PM - 12.45PM BBC Radio Newcastle - LIVE
• 1.00PM - 1.30PM BBC Radio Merseyside - LIVE
• 2.00PM - 2.30PM BBC Radio Leicester - LIVE
• 3.00PM - 3.15PM BBC Radio Berkshire - LIVE

Thursday 12 September:

3.00PM - 3.30PM BBC Radio Birmingham - LIVE

More radio interviews are being scheduled. When the information for those programs becomes available, I will post them here.

Originally from Belfast, N. Ireland, Eileen Laverty retains a strong attachment to her celtic roots. She began her musical career with the Saskatoon celtic band, SIAMSA, leaving in 1996 to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter. Since then, she has charmed audiences across Canada with her honest songwriting and sense of humour.

Dancing With Angels, Laverty's debut cd, won a Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Roots Recording. Of the ten songs on the album, eight of them are her own, with two covers: Steve Earle's My Old Friend the Blues, and Dougie MacLean's Caledonia. Laverty's lyrics and melodies have a universal appeal, and are accentuated on the album by the fine musicianship of the17 Saskatchewan musicians who contributed their talents to the record. Dancing with Angels was recorded in Saskatoon by Jared Kuemper and produced by Greg Hargarten.

Eileen has shared the stage with many accomplished performers; most notably, Canada's tenor, John McDermott, who invited her to perform several dates on his recent Canadian Tour. Laverty's music has received considerable support from CBC and is frequently featured on radio programs in Canada and the US. She is currently touring in support of her album.