Anne-Marie Redmond, 1981-2024
I had the great honour to share more than two decades of music-making, and, above all, friendship with Anne-Marie. We set up The Gospel Project together; I may have been …Read more
Why fewer people got married in 2024
At first, many of us wedding suppliers kept quiet about this; perhaps for fear of perpetuating the problem, perhaps out of concern that we were the only ones with a scarily …Read more
The View from the Gallery #4 – Timeline
In today’s final instalment, we look at the timeline for choosing specific music and liaising with your celebrant. This is actually one of our most frequently asked questions; now that …Read more
The view from the gallery #2 – The ‘Rules’ on Ceremony Music
Tell me more about this ‘we can have whatever music we like’ business! So in our previous post we mentioned that couples are often pleasantly surprised by how wide open …Read more
Wedding music – the ‘banned list’ and other myths
The wedding landscape in Ireland has changed a lot since we first started singing at weddings in 2004, when the options for a ceremony were limited to churches and registry …Read more
Here comes the bride…..but to what song?!
If there’s one song in the ceremony that couples tend to agonise over, it’s this one. We’re often asked ‘what song do people usually walk down the aisle to?’, but …Read more
The view from the gallery #3 – How much music to include in your ceremony?
Welcome back! We hope you’re enjoying our View From the Gallery series so far. In our previous post we took you through some of the rules/guidelines on what type of …Read more
The View from the Gallery #1 – What type of music?
First off, here’s a question many of you may be asking yourselves as you start your wedding planning: What type of music should we book for our ceremony? The simple …Read more
Happy Wedding Songs
Isn’t it amazing how when someone asks you to think of a song you like, your mind goes blank? (I often experience something similar because I have quite a lot …Read more
Wedding ceremonies + the art of timing
Times passes in a strange way the day you get married. The whole thing may seem to go by in the blink of an eye, yet a single moment …Read more