Bloggity-blog…bloggity-blog…so we get really psyched when we hear how a Ceili Rain fan jumps into action and does their little ditty to help spread the word about us… and for us…

Just recently-Joanne Brokaw (freelance writer and columnist www.joannebrokaw.com ) received our email about our line-up of summer shows and took the initiative to blog about it on Beliefnet.com! You can view her blog here and jump in on the thread by posting a comment too…it’s viral man! http://blog.beliefnet.com/gospelsoundcheck/2008/06/ceili-rain-in-concert.html

If you’re blogging about CEILI RAIN…we want to know! Drop us a note and we might feature YOUR blog in OUR blog next to HER blog and HIS blog…

And if you’re not on our mailing list…SIGN UP right here on our website…you’ll definitely want to know what’s happening this upcoming year…well…because…WE ARE MAKING A NEW RECORD!!!!!! and YOU will have an opportunity to be involved in the process too! What do ya think of that???

Check back often…the next 6 months are gonna be a cool ride!

Peace & Love-

BHjr and The Ceili Kids

Yep…you read the headline right! The winners of the 2008 WILD GOOSE AWARDS were recently announced and CEILI RAIN gets the nod for CELTIC CHRISTIAN GROUP OF THE YEAR! It may not be a DOVE Award (previous name for the Gospel Music Association Award), but it’s certainly a similar honor (in our eyes) and more so…the Wild Goose Awards are gaining momentum with more voters in this second year than the first!

The Wild Goose Awards are spearheaded by Kathryn E. Darden and sponsored by ChristianActivities.com Celtic Music Page and the Celtic Christian Music Group on YAHOO! Fans can sign up for the yahoo group and then become eligible for voting rights. Our gal pal Moya Brennan won two awards this year for Celtic Christian Artist of the Year and Celtic Christian Project of the Year.

Others nominated this year included Iona, The Crossing, Ric Blair Band, Leahys, Flatfoot 56, Eden’s Bridge, Sheila Walsh, Daniel Nelson, Robin Mark, and Carol Arblaster.

Ceili Rain had a good promo team supporting these efforts including our friends Dan, Paula and Barb! (We love you guys!)

This is the second year in a row that Ceili Rain has received this award!

Looking forward to 2009 for a three-peat!

Peace-

BHJr and the Ceili kids

As more and more online video sites continue to pop up-CEILI RAIN continues to get more and more requests for their videos. Just recently-CEILI RAIN established a video partnership with a new site called VIDEOCELT.COM

VideoCelt is a new site offset of the Celtic Music Radio Network who has been supporting CEILI RAIN music for many years! The great thing about VideoCelt is that it brings to the forefront your music videos. Whereas a potential fan might get lost in the millions of videos on “Your Tube", VideoCelt.com provides a focused musician-based solution to promote a wide range of Celtic/World/Folk music videos.

Give it a peek and let them know what you think! www.videocelt.com And while you are there…sign up for a FREE account and vote for your CEILI RAIN favorites including STOMP, HALLWAYS OF ALWAYS, LIKE A TRAIN and others!

You can also hear CEILI RAIN music on the Celtic Radio Music Network
www.celticradio.net
…and stay tuned as a new slideshow video will be uploaded very soon!

Peace-

BHJR and Ceili Rain

Well here it is already the mid-point of January 2008! We know, we know…we’ve been getting your emails asking…”Where have the boys been?”

Last year (2007) was a terrific year for us as we toured the country promoting our 2006 release-Whatever Makes You Dance. We made some terrific new radio friends (Did you know Ceili Rain had 2 songs in the top 10 on the KBCU (Kansas) Top 100 list?), we added a few more Unity Awards to our shelf, we received some terrific press (including being listed on CMCentral as one of the Top 10 Christian Rockers), and played some memorable concerts (including NCYC and Youth Specialties). Aside from a few shows we played in December…most of the guys took the time off to spend with their families, which is ALWAYS a great idea. Others…had stuff going on…

BURT (piper)-had the opportunity to walk in the prestigious TOURNAMENT OF ROSES Parade with the Virginia Military Institute Regimental and Pipe Band. Capt. Burt is the Director of the VMI Pipe Band based in Lexington, VA. The parade was broadcast nationally on ABC, NBC, Univsion, the Travel Channel, Discovery HD, as well as local channels in Southern California. HGTV offered live, uninterrupted coverage of the parade. In case you missed it…check out this video footage…our boy BURT is in the very beginning at the far right (while watching the screen) just behind the VMI banner. The parade was viewed by over 400million people worldwide and 1 million spectators on site. Way to go Burt!
http://ktla.trb.com/extras/ktla/roseparade2008/lineup/lineup2008-27-virginiamilitary.html

BILL (drums)-used his time off to record drums for multi-award winning independent artist Christopher Ames. Christopher is releasing his new CD-Everyday With You in 2008 and Bill laid the backbeat. You can check out Christopher’s recording blog and see some of the pictures of Bill in the studio. (…and just a bit of info for our closest friends…Bob Halligan Jr co-wrote a song with Christopher Ames for this CD…and there’s A LOT of buzz about it from the industry…hmmmm…more to come on this…shhhhh) http://christopherames.wordpress.com/

And of course there is ALWAYS something going on with Bob…and this something is BIG! For the past couple of years Bob has been for Music Director for the Wednesday night MegaYouth program in the Syracuse area. MegaYouth was started by Justin Fatica, “an unordained Catholic evangelist”. Just recently a documentary about Justin and his Hard As Nails Ministries was released. The film made its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival and was recently picked up by HBO where it made its premier in December. “Hard As Nails” is hi-energy and “different,” (so the Ceili Boys can RELATE!) Bob performs 3 songs in the film, including his original song, “Lord It’s Me Again.” Although there are mixed opinions on Justin’s “techniques” for evangelism, God is certainly using him in a big way. Check your HBO listings for dates and times and if you don’t get HBO, get a friend to record it for you, it’s worth a gander. For more info on Hard As Nails Ministries click here…www.hanm.org

So…over the next 12 months we look forward to getting back on the road and bringing some CEILI RAIN joy to YOUR community! If you’ve been on the fence about hosting a Ceili Rain concert…jump over that fence and join us! We’ll help you make it a great event your audience will remember forever!

Slainte-
BHJR and Ceili Rain

First up we want to say a big ol thankee to everyone who made a point of stopping by to say hi at NCYC 2007! What a great week we had with tons of music, friends (new and old), and an unbelievable spirit! Certainly many memories to carry forth…until 2009! Thanks also to the great folks at ODU (Old Dominican University) for hosting us as an NCYC follow-up show and with a great message attached too in the ongoing efforts to fight the AIDS epidemic globally! Here’s hoping more colleges come on board!

Hey-we’ve got some great news! So many people have asked about getting our back catalog on ITUNES! So guess what? We did it! Now you can download your favorite songs (or maybe the whole album) from Say Kay-Lee and Erasers on Pencils directly from Itunes (in addition to other digital sites as well). Now we know you’ll all get I-Tunes Gift Cards for Christmas this year…so save a couple downloads for us! You can check it out here…

Erasers on Pencils

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=268656994

Say Kay-Lee

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=268777125

Oh…and by the way…WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE makes a great Holiday gift too! You still have time to order it here on the Ceili Rain website! Just visit our merch page…oh and go ahead and throw a beanie in there too!

So we are quickly wrapping up another year and working as fast as we can to book new shows for 2008! The phone is ringing even for next Fall already so if you’ve been sitting on the idea of having a Ceili Rain concert in your community…now’s the time to jump on!

…and if you do get a chance to see us LIVE in 2008 you might catch our newest Ceili Rain team player! We are so pleased to welcome Joe Davoli (aka Crazy Joe Davoli) to the Ceili Rain family! Joe is a tremendously talented fiddle player who has played many a show with the boys. After 12 years, our boy Buddy is taking a lesser role for a bit, to explore some new musical options-so it only seemed perfect for Joe D. to step in! Joe is player number-SIXTY-something and a welcome Northeast character in the line-up. Joe and Bob met on the Syracuse Stage production of “Big River” when Bob was playing harmonica & Joe was fiddler in the band. We hope you’ll get to check out Joe’s fiddle antics sometime soon. He’s sure to make you smile!

Well that’s it for now! Talk to you again soon! Slainte!

Well Fall has officially arrived which means that strange holiday called HALLOWEEN is just around the corner. We’ve noticed in our travels that folks have already decorated their houses, stores are advertising their costumes…and everywhere you look there is CANDY…It’s everywhere…chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! It’s in the grocery store, it’s in the drugstore, it’s at the farmers market too…what an obsession we have with chocolate! It only seems fitting that we promote a song from our current CD-Whatever Makes You Dance…IF GOD WAS CHOCOLATE! Sure gives you something to think about while you are chomping down that Nestle’s bar…You can listen to the song here…

Now if you happen to be chomping down that candy bar in a ballpark somewhere during the Major League Baseball Playoffs…we sure hope you’ll be thinking about the CEILI RAIN tune titled THIS IS OCTOBER from the CD titled CHANGE IN YOUR POCKET. Of course you can get this CD here at the website or at the SpiritandSong website but if you just want that song…whoohoo go to ITUNES! Its quick, simple and sits nicely on the IPOD playlist! Pull out that ITUNES gift card you got last year in your trick or treat bag or Christmas stocking and download the tune today! This song is a great tribute to many famous ballplayers throughout history. At ITUNES just type in THIS IS OCTOBER or CEILIRAIN or CHANGE IN YOUR POCKET…so many options!

One other little ditty about October…its the 8th Annual UNITY AWARDS presented by the UCMVA. Of course CEILI RAIN has been tremendously blessed in the past and we don’t know what will happen this year but its sure nice to report that Bob and the boys are nominated in 9 categories this year! “They like us…they really like us!” We’ll keep you posted on the results!

Lots of cool stuff coming up soon. Check back often to stay connected!

Hugs all around!
BHJR and The Ceili Kids

Well (obviously) if you are a “previous” Ceili Rain fan (we don’t like to say “old") and you are here you’ll have noticed our brand new web design. If you are a NEW Ceili Rain fan…then “welcome” to the new and improved Ceili Rain website. Our wonderful partners at Balance Studios keep this train rolling for us even though their clients take them all over the world! Anyway…according to the Balance folks…

“an evolution in architecture was a logical progression for Ceili Rain’s Web presence. Built entirely with “Web 2.0″ technologies, this new site is easy to maintain and modify – much of it by Ceili Rain themselves via a content management system (CMS) interface. Like the band itself, the visual design presents a melding of old and new; Celtic style and cyberspace.”

Huh? We have no idea what that means but we think it looks AWESOME and we are so grateful for their hard work and talent. We’ll be adding some new photos, and other little dittys as we move forward and of course you’ll see our updated TOUR SCHEDULE. If there’s no date listed…YOU NEED TO BE CALLING US! Just ask ALL the great folks we visited in September…

September was certainly a memorable month for Ceili Rain thanks to all who hosted us for shows. It started off in a big way on the west coast. Modesto California: The entire St. Joseph’s community, Fr. Joe Illo, Gary Koblentz(more on him later in another blog), the volunteers and the entire community got together and put on an amazing event yet again. They packed the place for a second time. No easy feat.
Next we moved on up to Redding California, for yet another memorable show that we won’t soon forget. Big time kudos go to our new friends Mike Gasman, Mary D’Acquisto, St Joseph’s Parish, Mercy Medical Center and Shasta Anesthesia for putting us in a first class theatre(www.cascadetheatre.org) In addition, they really did an amazing job bringing the community in for the show. We made so many new friends and were able to expose our music to a whole new audience thanks to their hard work and leap of faith. We hope to be back again to continue this friendship.
Finally we ended our west coast run in Santa Rosa, with a spirited show in yet another fine venue with the faithful from the Diocese of Santa Rosa. Yet another new relationship started and much anticipation of future visits. Thanks to Stan Cordero and his gang at the Dio for having us in to celebrate with this dynamic community. See you guys at NCYC!
September continued in Franklin, TN with our intimate family from St. Philip church and youth group. What a super kick off to their new season. It felt like home to us all.
After TN we headed for the warm sunny skies of Tampa to Rock at the Rock and Roll retreat with the Diocese of Tampa! Big time thanks to Andy Gotsch who made it all happen for Ceili Rain to be introduced to this community. Thanks also to the entire St. Pauls community as well for a great intimate Sunday Storytellers type Ceili show. What a treat for the band and the the community to be able to share in a more subdued but insightful type of show.
Our big month of September ended up with 4 shows at our good friends at GCCC in Sewell NJ. We played 20 minute mini concerts during their 3 weekend services and then ended the weekend with a big outdoor concert and fireworks to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. Congats and thanks to Pastor Bruce and the whole GCCC family for making us feel like family. Talk about fireworks!! What a display.

Anyone who has ever been to a Ceili Rain concert knows that LOVE TRAVELS is ALWAYS included in the set…and of course many know that the beautiful and talented Ms Kathy Mattea recorded the song too…so now we are offering LOVE TRAVELS as a FREE Ringtone through a partnership company called MYXER.

We’ll see how it goes about adding others…but we wanted to share this news with our friends here first and foremost! Its so simple to do…

Text “160408″ to 69937 (MYXER)
to get “LOVE TRAVELS”

and remember the ringtones are FREE! (although some phone services do have a texting charge…)

Enjoy! and thanks again for your support!

Ceili Rain recently made the TOP 10 list!…No…not David Letterman’s list…but the list of TOP 10 SPIRITUAL WARFARE SONGS posted on CMCENTRAL.org. Included on the list was THE JOY-ROBBERS from the new CD WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE. Here’s a great chance for new folks to hear about this song and (hopefully) check it out!Many thankees to Kevan Breitinger for including us. To read the full article and see the other songs chosen…click here…

http://www.cmcentral.com/special/6846.html…and remember…never let THE JOY-ROBBERS take ANYTHING away from you!

Peace-

BHJR and Ceili Rain

Congratulations to our own BOB HALLIGAN JR for receiving a HALL OF FAME Award on Friday June 1st at the 2007 SAMMY AWARDS. The Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Music Awards (Sammys), were held Friday night during the Taste of Syracuse event at downtown’s Clinton Square.

The Syracuse Area Music Awards (Sammys) were founded in 1993 by Frank Malfitano. In the years since, the association has set the goal to award and to honor Syracuse musicians who have made significant contributions to the local music community throughout the year. Sammy awards are presented amidst celebrity cameos, ground-breaking live music and the warmth of Syracuse musicians who have come out to support each other. With the support of community and state funding, as well as from ambitious fundraising, the Sammys has been able to sustain its mission to recognize those local musicians who share a dream to make great music.

The Sammys executive board is a non-profit organization which manages the distribution of annual awards and plans for award show events. Board members negotiate the process by which award candidates are selected and judged and oversee the production of awards. The tireless volunteer work of board members results in a valuable Syracuse legacy. In the end, the value of the Sammys is obvious in the legendary tales Syracuse musicians tell about their adventures through the music circuit, and their appreciation for the Syracuse Area Music Awards.

For more about the SAMMYS…visit their website at http://www.syracuseareamusic.com/about-faq.php

JOIN THE KNEELING CAMPAIGN!

Thursday May 3, 2007 is designated as the National Day of Prayer. Now regardless of your choice of denomination, your political affiliation or the color of your hair…we think that this day has a strong significance because it promotes PEACE, TRUTH and LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. In an effort to support the National Day of Prayer CEILI RAIN is partnering with the popular social network site MYSPACE and asking for as many people as possible to post the song KNEELING on their profile for Thursday May 3rd.

www.myspace.com/ceilirain

All good deeds do not go unnoticed…we will randomly be checking profiles in this network of 175M+ people and if we click on your page and you have KNEELING on your profile we will send 10 lucky recipients a promotional copy of KNEELING personalized by BOB HALLIGAN JR (writer of the tune and frontman for CEILI RAIN). As many of you know, Bob has written over 900 songs during his career for many popular artists in addition to his work with CEILI RAIN.

KNEELING appears on the WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE CD released in Fall 2006. It gained increased attention when it was added to the KLOVE playlist as well as 600+ independent stations nationwide. The song peaked at #12 on the CRW radio chart and has now been added as one of the most popular requested songs at CEILI RAIN concerts.

Don’t forget…If you have a MYSPACE profile…add KNEELING to your profile in recognition of National Day of Prayer on THURSDAY-MAY 3, 2007!

Ahh yes…ST PATTY’S DAY…one of our favorite holidays certainly because it seems like everybody embraces the CEILI RAIN celtic sound on this particular day. We are here in NY and its cold and snowy…but that hasn’t stopped folks from showing their Irish pride…we’re having a blast and wish we could be with all of you…but since we can’t we did want to make mention of several key CEILI RAIN supporters this weekend…

First off…our friends at Winds of Praise are featuring our entire album-WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE on air today -March 16th… What a great way for listeners to join in the celebration of the Whatever Makes You Dance Tour…go here to find out how/where to listen… http://www.windsofpraise.com

Next-the folks at CrossSignals Radio (Sirius Satellite Channel 159) are running a special St Patick’s Day Special and will be including Ceili Rain tunes old and new…here’s the specs on that one…

A Special Saint Patrick’s Day edition of Cross Signals Radio Show!

Airing on Tuesday and Thursday night (March 13 and March 15) at 6:30 pm PDT
on 88.3 KBVM FM in Portland, OR
(for those of you in Ballyjamesduff, Co. Caven, Ireland and beyond…listen on the web at www.kbvm.fm)
and
Saturday night (March 17) at 10:30 pm EDT (7:30 PDT)
on Sirius Satellite, Channel 159
“The Catholic Channel”

And now also on….

Queen of Peace Radio WQOP-AM 1600
in Jacksonville, Florida at 9:00am EDT

Finally- our good friend ROCKINRON at KBCU Radio will be featuring our music on his Saturday Night Christian Radio Show. ROCKINRON is broadcast out of Bethel College in Newton, KS and his listeners recently pushed KNEELING all the way up to #1 on his radio chart. Thanks for that man…and for all your support! To listen on Saturday night visit… http://www.bethelks.edu/kbcu 7pm to mid central time

Other News…MARCH MADNESS has kicked off and SpiritandSong.com is doing their annual March Madness Song Contest. Time for MARCH MADNESS! Four Ceili songs are vying for the championship this year…

Click on the link below, register to play, and vote for us! There will be prizes for participants at the end of each round just for voting. Be sure to stay on the case…we need your support…
http://www.spiritandsong.com/march
VOTE IN ALL FOUR REGIONS EACH TIME!
“Kneeling” is in the WEST (THIS is the one we have highest hopes for!!!)
“Whatever Makes You Dance” is in the NORTH
“Joy-Robbers” is in the EAST
“Pencil in Your Hand” is in the SOUTH

oh…and one last thing…we’ve got more videos on YOUTUBE…have you checked it out? There may be even some surprising bottlegs up there…Join in the fun…and hey…maybe Conan or Regis & Kelly or Craig Ferguson might come across them and ask us to be on their show…(oh yeah…we’re dreamers)

Enjoy the spirit of the day. Be safe. Dance a jig…and play a CEILI tune or two!

Slainte-

BHjr and The Ceili Kids

Wowee! Where did the time go? Seems like we were justing celebrating Christmas and now the Indianapolis Colts have already been declared Superbowl Champs and Valentine’s Day is just a week away!

Well they say “time flies when you’re having fun"…and we’ve been having lots of fun kicking the year off with a bunch of shows and promoting WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE. We hear lots of folk got new CD’s under the tree from Santa and the emails have been great. Keep ‘em coming and let us know your favorites! One of our favorites (as you probably know by now) is KNEELING which was the first single we officially released from the CD. This song is like the “little engine that could"…it keeps gaining steam then setlles back a bit and keeps gaining steam then settles back a bit…makes us a bit reminiscent of the LIKE A TRAIN video…well…we are actually excited to report that KNEELING is gaining speed yet again…

The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2006 finalists. ISC received almost 15,000 entries from 88 countries worldwide.

KNEELING by Bob Halligan Jr is a FINALIST in the Christian/gospel category!

From February 1 to February 28, 2007, members of the public can take part in the People’s Voice - an online voting contest that allows them to listen to and vote for their favorite ISC finalist. The winner of the People’s Voice is in addition to, and completely separate from, the regular winners who will be selected by the ISC judging panel. People’s Voice is judged solely by public vote. Visit http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/pvwelcome2006.htm to listen to the ISC finalists’ songs and cast your vote daily!
In the meantime, all finalists’ songs have been sent to the ISC judges who will select the winners (other than the People’s Voice winner which is selected by you). All winners will be announced in March, 2007, as soon as the results are in. Stay tuned…

2006 Judges include:

Brian Wilson; Tom Waits; Rosanne Cash; Sean Paul; Mark Chesnutt; Jerry Lee Lewis; Frank Black (Pixies); Robert Smith (The Cure); Cassandra Wilson; Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse); Medeski Martin & Wood; Craig Morgan; John Mayall; John Scofield; Amy Ray (Indigo Girls); Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC); MercyMe; Macy Gray; Charlie Musselwhite; Peter Hook (New Order); Blue Man Group; Tiesto; and Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan)

Charlie Walk (President, Epic Records); Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records); Mona Scott-Young (President, Violator Records); Cameron Strang (President, New West Records); Steve Lillywhite (Sr. VP A&R, Columbia Records and Producer - credits include U2, The Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Peter Gabriel, and more); Alexandra Patsavas (Owner, The Chop Shop Music Supervision - credits include The OC, Grey’s Anatomy, Without A Trace, Carnivale, Rescue Me); Barbara Sedun (VP Creative, EMI Music Publishing Canada); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records); Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Betty Pino (DJ, WAMR Miami, pioneer of Latin radio); Angel Carrasco (President, 605 Discos and Sr. VP A&R, Sony BMG Latin America); Thomas Brooman (Co-Founder/Artistic Director, WOMAD); Dan Storper (President, Putumayo World Music); Danny Epstein (Music Supervisor, Sesame Street/Sesame Workshop); Tara Griggs-Magee (Executive VP Gospel/Urban Music, Sony Records); Emily Wittmann (VP, Nick Records); Leib Ostrow (CEO, Music For Little People); Larry Willoughby (VP A&R, Capitol Records Nashville) and Manolo Gonzalez (Sr VP Regional Mexican A&R and National Promotion, Univision Records)

The countdown to Christmas Day has officially begun! We are (of course) celebrating the “reason for the season"…but we are celebrating lots of other stuff too. For one…the release of our new CD-Whatever Makes You Dance! Lots of folks have already picked this up as a gift for themselves…but why don’t you pass the joy around and order an extra copy for friends and family! We’ll continue shipping orders this week, but if you feel stressed…consider giving it as a NEW YEARS gift! Nothing kicks off a New Year better than a musical celebration “that makes your feet want to dance and your soul soar!”

We are also celebrating a growing tour schedule for 2007! Take a look at the calendar and contact us today about bringing Ceili Rain to your community, festival, church, camp, restaurant, pub…we’re all inclusive and play lots of different venues! It’s the WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE TOUR which means we’ll be doing songs from the new CD along with Ceili favorites. We can come as the full band or you can do something more intimate with 1-5 players…we’ll fit YOUR budget! So call us today…the phone is buzzing already!

We are so excited for the new year ahead…can you tell? We appreciate all your encouraging comments, emails and prayers! It’s a tough thing to keep a band alive for over 11 years…but it’s folks like you that keep us plugging along!

Merriest Christmas to Ya!
Lots o love-

BobHJR and Ceili Rain

We are just a few days away from the official release of WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE! The marketing team at SpiritandSong have been sending early release out for review and we are thrilled to report that Chistianity Today has given the new cd 4.5 out of 5 stars! WOWEE!!!

We are so excited to share this review with you. If you like what it says…drop them a note and let them know!!! We are hoping and praying this is the beginning of many more great reviews and that lots ‘o people will pick up this new album. Get one for everybody this Holiday season!

Click here to read the review…

http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2006/whatevermakesyoudance.html

“20 THE COUNTDOWN MAGAZINE"!

We are thrilled to inform you that Ceili Rain will once again be featured on “20 THE COUNTDOWN MAGAZINE” which airs on 500+ stations worldwide! The song featured will be KNEELING from the upcoming CD-Whatever Makes You Dance. KNEELING is currently #14 on the CRW-TOP 100 AC chart which determines the lineup for the Top 20 program.

To see if this show is aired on your local Christian radio station visit www.klove.com , click on “20 The Countdown Magazine” icon and click on stations. (Stations other than KLOVE affiliates also carry this program.)

Or…you can listen online by visiting www.klove.com The show airs every Saturday at 9:00amET/8:00amCT/6:00amPT or Sunday at 9:00pmET/8:00pmCT/6:00pmPT

CEILI RAIN wins 2 more UNITY AWARDS!

We are dancing a mighty jig this week as Ceili Rain recently received 2 more UNITY AWARDS presented by the UCMVA. This year Bob Halligan Jr was on hand to accept the awards for MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR for Hallways of Always (from the Change In Your Pocket cd)-yeah Darren and Tina! ; and for GROUP OF THE YEAR…2 years in a row! Bob and the whole band humbly thank you for your continued support.

This year the Unity Awards audience got an extra treat as Bob Halligan Jr was on hand to perform KNEELING from the upcoming CD-WHATEVER MAKES YOU DANCE. It was just Bob and a grand piano…a perfect scenario for such an emotional song.

The Unity Awards are hosted annually by the UCMVA-United Catholic Music & Video Association. These awards recognize achievements in all styles of Catholic/Christian music.

Ceili Rain has been the recipient of 7 UNITY Awards to date.

The new CRW-AC charts (Christian Radio Weekly) were released today and lo and behold with God’s abundant blessings KNEELING has moved up to #20! There is no way this could possibly be happening without YOUR continued support for which we are incredibly grateful! KLOVE is still primarily the only folks playing it but in the next few weeks it will start creeping onto other stations as well. The KLOVE folks want your feedback! Go visit www.klove.com and drop them a note to let them know you are STILL listening! Or better yet…sign up for their Listener Advisory Board where you can hear and rate KNEELING along with other songs currently in rotation.

…and thankee again for all your love and messages! We read every single one so keep them coming!

Peace-

BHjr and Ceili Rain

KNEELING-the new radio single from Ceili Rain’s upcoming CD-Whatever Makes You Dance made its mainstream radio debut on Sunday 10/1 on The Brian Mason Show on Mix92.9 (WJXA-FM) in Nashville, TN. The Brian Mason Show has been a weekly fixture on Mix92.9 for over 25 years and he was thrilled to debut this new song on his show. If you missed it…don’t worry! You can actually download the program to hear it…ahhhh technology! Just go to the link below and click on Oct 1 (7-8am).

http://www.brianmason.com/

Good news!
-BHjr and Ceili Rain

Today is a day that is heavy on the hearts of many Americans and we just want to say that we are praying not only for the victims of this tragic day and their family and friends, but also for the hope that exists for a more peaceful world. You’ll be seeing and hearing lots of stuff in the media, on the news and on the radio reflecting on the events of 9/11. Don’t just pass it by…take a second to remember, say a prayer, thank a fireman or police officer, or EMT for their heroic efforts to save those who they didn’t even know. Pray for our service men and women who continue to protect our freedom-that they may be safe from harms way.

In a small tribute, in our own little way…we have uploaded WE MADE IT TO THE TOP to our MYSPACE page. We hope this song inspires you to remember the day that changed America!

www.myspace.com/ceilirain

Peace to all!