Dublin Gospel Choir

Dublin Gospel Choir
Also known asDGC
OriginDublin, Ireland
GenresGospel
Years active1996–present
WebsiteOfficial website

The Dublin Gospel Choir are an Irish gospel choir that have been performing in Ireland since 1996.[1]

History

The choir was founded as a school choir in Dublin's inner city in the mid-1990s.[2] The choir have performed over several years at Ireland's annual boutique festival, the Electric Picnic, appearing on the event's main stage for the sixth consecutive year in 2010.[3] They also performed to an 82,000 person crowd at Croke Park in 2008.[4]

The choir also featured (along with Chris de Burgh) on a special New Year's Day BBC Songs of Praise programme which was reputedly broadcast to over 35 million viewers worldwide.[4] The group has performed with Paddy Casey, Rod Stewart, OutKast, Kodaline, Damien Rice, The Chieftains and Stevie Wonder.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "10th Anniversary Album Released Nov 3rd 2006". Dublingospelchoir.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011.
  2. ^ "About the Dublin Gospel Choir". Dublingospelchoir.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Electric Picnic 2010 - Artist Profiles - Dublin Gospel Choir". ElectricPicnic.ie. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.
  4. ^ a b "About the Dublin Gospel Choir". Waterford International Music Festival. 2011. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Dublin Gospel Choir Are Launching A New Album..." Her.ie. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Live at Today FM: Paddy Casey, 'No Diggity'". Today FM. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Dublin Gospel Choir: Providing backups for Rod Stewart and Irish fire for Kirk Franklin". Crossrhythms.co.uk. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2018.