Eleanor Mcevoy biography
The single was released on 19 February 2008 and entered the Irish Single Charts at #2. At the request of Ronnie, all proceeds went to the Irish Cancer Society.
Award winning director John Carney (director of the film Once) directed the video for "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew". It was filmed over two days at Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios in January 2008.
Tuesday's Child
Tuesday's Child was spearheaded by Belfast woman Orla Sheehan. It consisted of a CD featuring tracks from a total of 31 performers including Snow Patrol, Westlife, Ronan Keating, Duke Special, and McEvoy. Each artist donated a track for the Tuesday's Child self-titled double album which was first launched in Belfast on 8 November 2007 and in Dublin on 7 March 2008.
Proceeds of the album went towards helping children in need in 12 countries including: Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Grenada, Israel, Moldova, Palestine, and Zimbabwe.
IMRO'
McEvoy is on the board of the Irish Music Rights Organisation. IMRO is a national organisation that administers the performing right in copyright music in Ireland on behalf of its members - songwriters, composers and music publishers - and on behalf of the members of the international overseas societies that are affiliated to it. IMRO's function is to collect and distribute royalties arising from the public performance of copyright works. IMRO is a not-for-profit organisation.
Banana Boat featuring Eleanor McEvoy
McEvoy and renowned Polish a cappella group Banana Boat collaborated to re-record McEvoy's song "Little Look" from her album Out There. A music video was also made of the song. The debut went straight to the play list of famed Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego (Polskie Radio Three). The video went on to be named Video of the Week by the Contemporary A Cappella Society (of America). In 2009 the recording was awarded "Collaboration of the Year with an Artist from Outside Poland" in the 2009 Polish Friends of Music Awards.
Duets by George Hooks
In December 2009 McEvoy teamed up with Irish broadcaster and rugby pundit, George Hook, to perform on Hook's charity album Duets. They sang McEvoy's song "Is This Love" which McEvoy co-wrote with Paul Brady. Proceeds of the album went to Irish charity Comber.
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