Michelle Lally

{{short description|Irish singer (born 1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Michelle Lally | birth_date = {{b-da|16 February 1970}} | birth_place = [[County Limerick]], Ireland | occupation = Singer | genre = [[Folk music|Folk]] | background = solo_singer }} '''Michelle Lally''' is an Irish singer born in [[Limerick]]. She is a former member of [[De Dannan]], and has performed at the [[White House]] on multiple occasions for former Presidents [[Barack Obama]] and [[George W. Bush]].

==Biography== Michelle Lally was born on 16 February 1970, and is currently a singer from Ireland. She has covered several renditions of contemporary easy listening Irish traditional songs. She has one son named Evan.

==Musical career== Lally was the lead vocalist of [[De Dannan]] fiddler Frankie's group, Hibernian Rhapsody (which originally went by the name [[De Dannan]] as well). They have performed with The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Liverpool.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.musiclee.ie/iartists.php?id=michellelally | title=Michelle Lally | year=2008 | accessdate=16 June 2009 }}</ref>

Lally's debut album ''If This Be Love'' features songs by some of Ireland's leading songwriters such as [[Jimmy MacCarthy]], [[Mick Hanly]], and John Spillane. She has been described by [[Jimmy MacCarthy]] as "A voice that lingers in the mind's ear, when the enchanted listening is done," and Mick Hanly has said her voice is truly beautiful and beautifully true.<ref name="taramusic.com">{{cite web |url = http://www.taramusic.com/press/pr4019.htm|title = If This Be Love Michelle|work = Tara Music|year = 2008|accessdate = 16 June 2009}}</ref> Michelle's "A MOMENT IN TIME" is an album of ten original jazz tracks released in 2019. Music and lyrics by David Lyons.

==Discography== *''If This Be Love'' [[Tara Music|TARA]] 4019 *''The Full Score'' – [[Frankie Gavin (Irish fiddle player)|Frankie Gavin]] & Hibernian Rhapsody [[Tara Music|TARA]] 4020 *In a Lonely Minute – Independently Released 2016. Written by David Lyons. Produced by Martin Quinn * A MOMENT IN TIME" – Album independently released in 2019. Music and lyrics by David Lyons.

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