Some of Sahara’s exciting success stories to date….
*Sahara makes history with Two No.1 hits on the First Internet Charts 'Make My Day' voted No.1 for 4 weeks running followed by 'Ordinary Day' both tracks off the Sahara 'Vision' CD. Soundclick was an international music chart where people could vote for their favourite acts thus making Sahara's No.1's a 'people's choice' award. Today we are now more familiar with this kind of voting system due to televised shows like 'Idol' etc.
*Dave and Trish were dubbed 'Cyber Stars' when interviewed for the ABC TV Evening News regarding this success.
*Sahara composed the original music for an ABC TV Australian Story documentary' Track Winding Back' which received the United Nations Media Award.
*Due to popular demand the video of Sahara's concert at the Melbourne Malthouse concert has been webcast on several occasions on the CelticTV website.
May 12th Sahara back on 103.2 Dublin City FM’s ‘Midweek Music Miscellany’with Sean Brophy 11.30am (IST) Wed May 16th with their instrumental “Eblana” off the CD ‘There is this place I go’
May 7th Sahara back on 'Chris Duval Presents' @ 8pm (UK) on Splash Radio Tuesday, May 8th - 'A Love So Powerful' from 'There is this place I go' CD
April 30th Sahara’s track “Has it ever been any different before” on 103.2 Dublin City FM’s ‘Midweek Music Miscellany’ with Sean Brophy 11.30am (IST) Wed May 2nd
April 24th Sahara 'There is this place I go' now in rotation on 'Revamp Indie Radio' Canada.
April 17th Sahara's track 'Where Angels Rest' back on Smooth Jazz Radio Channel's playlist
March 27th Delighted to say Sahara has been included on Nick Thomas’s website. Nick is a presenter on Radio Jackie in London and is also a renowned audio engineer who has worked with Midge Ure, David Gray, Bare Naked Ladies and many more.
March 27th Sahara ‘We All Believe’ from ‘Vision’ CD on the Chris Duval Presents radio show on Splash Radio Tues March 27 @ 8pm (GMT)
March 19th Sahara ‘So Special’ on Astrid's 'Unsigned Show' Covent Garden Radio Wed 21st March 11pm & Thurs 22nd March 7pm (GMT)
March 19th Sahara ‘So Special’ on Astrid's 'Unsigned Show' Radio UK International and Radio Basingstoke Tues 20th March 3am (GMT) & Thurs 22nd March 6pm (GMT)
March 16th Listen in again to Sahara 'Where Angels Rest' on 'The Independent Music Show' Podcast for 10/03/2012 with Tom Lambert
March 8th most of the gtrs down on 'A New Beginning' should start recording vocals next week!
March 8th Sahara CDs now available from eMusic!
Feb 17th Recording going very well - most of the sequencing finished at this stage on 'A New Beginning' should start live recording next week!!
Jan 22nd Working away in the studio all week on the new album... which was fine until we decided to totally remix our 'A New Beginning' album that we want to re-release....seemed like a good idea at the time!!!
Jan 17th Sahara's 'Cry For Help' from their 'Vision' CD on Splash Radio's 'Chris Duval Presents' Tues Jan 17th 8pm
Jan 12th In the studio working on new CD
Jan 4th Sahara's track 'Where Angels Rest' now on Smooth Jazz Radio Channel's playlist
Dec 4th Sahara's track 'Where Angels Rest' on Music World Radio's DJ Readman 'Music Magazine Show' Mon Dec 5th 7 - 9am (GMT)
Nov 29th Sahara's track "There is this place I go" now in rotation on World Wide Radio KINT98.com El Paso USA. To catch Sahara tune in on Wed Nov 30 between 2:40 - 3 pm (Mountain Time Zone).
Nov 18th Sahara on 'The Independent Music Show' playlist Sat 19th Nov 2-3pm (GMT)
Nov 10th Tracks from Sahara's 'There is this place I go' CD on 'Smooth & Chilled' with Geoff Hobbs Sine FM (Doncaster UK) Sun Nov 13th 8-9am GMT
Nov 10th Tracks from Sahara's 'There is this place I go' CD on 'The Big Easy 'with Geoff Hobbs RFTK Radio (UK) Sun Nov 13th 12-2am GMT
Nov 1st Sahara's 'There is this place I go' on Eddie Stuart's 'The Musical Box' KCR 102.8 FM Tue 1/11/11 8-9pm GMT
Oct 16th Sahara's 'No Mans Land' from 'Live at the Malthouse' makes 'The Rhythmic Lounge Radio' playlist
Oct 11th Sahara's Live at the Malthouse' on Splash Radio 'Chris Duval Presents' Tues Oct 11 @ 8pm (GMT)
Oct 4th Sahara's track 'You're My Lover' from 'Sahara Live at the Malthouse' CD now on rotation on Smooth Jazz Radio Channel.
Oct 3rd Sahara promo video for 'Sahara Live at The Malthouse' which will be available on Oct 5th
Oct 2nd Sahara featured on The Rhythmic Lounge this week.
Oct 1st 'There is this place I go' on Astrid's 'Unsigned Show' Radio UK International and Radio Basingstoke Tues 4th Oct 3am (GMT) & Thurs 6th Oct 6pm (GMT)
Oct 1st Sahara 'There is this place I go' on Astrid's 'Unsigned Show' Covent Garden Radio Wed 5th Oct 11pm (GMT) & Thurs 6th Oct 7pm (GMT)
Sept 16th 'There is this place I go' on Astrid's 'Unsigned Show' Radio UK International and Radio Basingstoke Tues 20th Sept 3am (GMT) & Thurs 22nd Sept 6pm (GMT)
Sept 16th Sahara 'There is this place I go' on Astrid's 'Unsigned Show' Covent Garden Radio Wed 21st Sept 11pm (GMT) & Thurs 22nd Sept 7pm (GMT)
Sept 14th Sahara's 'Make My Day' hits The Rhythmic Lounge live playlist.
Aug 25th Sahara on 'The Independent Music Show' with Tom Lambert
Aug 24th Listen on demand to Sahara interview with Rick Mizuno from LA Talk Radio's 'Indies In Motion'
Aug 7th Sahara live interview with Rick Mizuno on LA Talk Radio 'Indies In Motion' Mon Aug 22nd 1pm PST
Aug 7th Sahara's 'There is this place I go' on Radio Liberte's 'The French Flier' show.
Aug 9th Tracks from Sahara's 'There is this place I go' to be featured on the David Godfray show on Real Hit Radio (this station is one of the 'editor's picks' Top Stations on the windows media guide)
Aug 9th Tracks from Sahara's 'There is this place I go' CD now on the 'More Than Music And Memories' playlist
July 29th Sahara and David Essex will be featured artists Thursday Aug 4th on 'The Mark Williams Afternoon Show' 102.5 The Bridge Radio 1pm - 4pm GMT
July 22nd Sahara featured artists on 'The Rhythmic Lounge', title track from CD 'There is this place I go' now on 'The Rhythmic Lounge' playlist.
July 1st Sahara part of 'Indies in Motion' special July 4th show hosted by Rick Mizuno on LA Talk Radio
June 24 Sahara's 'There is this place I go' featured album on Splash Radio
June 12th Sahara's artist profile on the Smooth Jazz Radio Channel
June 5th The instrumental 'Eblana' from Sahara's CD 'There is this place I go' is now on the Smooth Jazz Radio Channel global playlist.
May 25 Sahara featured on the Irish Music Forever website
May 17 The instrumental 'Eblana' from Sahara's 'There is this place I go' CD is being used as the theme to the 'Chris Duval Presents' show Wed 8pm-10pm GMT on Splash Radio 'Eblana' is available for purchase from iTunes.
May 15 Tracks from Sahara's 'There is this place I go' now being played on Chris Duval's shows on Splash Radio
May 13 Sahara 'This is the story' is currently the No. 1 selling single from their CD 'There is this place I go'.
May 11 Sahara 'A New Beginning CD' available on iTunes and many more!
April 13th Sahara on the Music Scene web magazine Ireland
April 1st Sahara 'Has it ever been any different before' video of the month on 'All Irish Radio'
April 1st Sahara 'There is this place I go' on 'The Independent Music Show' podcast
March 25th Trish interview with Baxter Labatos on The Celtic Music Fan
February 9th Sahara's 'There is this place I go' CD Review by SláinteSteve for 67 Music
December 23rd Sahara's 'There is this place I go' CD Review by Jacqui from 'Gigs 'n Interviews'
November 9th Article about 'Sahara' written by Baxter Labatos in "The Celtic Music Fan"
Aug 30th Sahara makes it to IMRadio's Featured Bands Wall!
Aug 5th Sahara's 'There is this place I go' CD reviewed on IndieMusicReview.net
June 7th Sahara 'There is this place I go' now being played on Spectrum Fm Radio
June 3rd 2010 Sahara 'There is this place I go' now being played on Australian Internet Radio.
June 2nd 2010 Read about Sahara on the
Only Australian Music website.
April 2010 We are proud to announce that our latest CD 'There is this place I go' has received international digital distribution on the iMusician Digital Label and is available for download from a variety of major and boutiqe internet music stores. For details please view the advertisement on this page. We are happy to say that feedback received so far has been extremly positive!
Listen to MP3 files at the Sahara Music Online Store Listening Lounge please click here
Sahara's latest CD 'There is this place I go' has been reviewed on
Indie Music Review website - "Smooth, seamless and satisfying, Sahara’s music goes down real easy, like ice cream on a hot summer day" . 67 Music Celtic Music website " is a collection of ten songs that possess a hauntingly ethereal, yet melodic and contemporary ambiance. Easy listening overall, yet pop enough to appeal to a wide audience...Take a listen and buy their music at their official website". “A worthy addition to almost any collection, Warm, rich, easy to listen to with shades of jazz, blues, soul, gospel, rock all there. I heard the title track and just clicked with it and wasn't disappointed with the rest of the album. Great voices and harmonies, fabulous sax. What's not to like?” Stuarte Amazon UK For full reviews please click here
Some quotes from Radio Presenters “This is the story- Oh wow that’s very profound, you’re lyrics are so touching” Rick Mizuno Presenter ‘Indies In Motion’ on LA Talk Radio. “Fantabulous” Astrid Haigh-Smith Presenter ‘The Unsigned Show’ Radio UK International. “There is this place I go - what a beautiful song….they’re great! I’m playing more of them in the future”. Tom Lambert Presenter ‘The Independent Music Show. “The title track from their CD ‘There is this place I go’ it’s fantastic!” Chris Duval Presenter/CEO Splash Radio UK.
Some quotes from Radio fans: There is this place I go CD “There is an open airiness to your music that I find really beautiful”, There is this place I go "Great tune!Beautiful sound!I love it!!! ,This is the story “Super!”, I'd Like to dance all night “Beautiful sound:)”, Has It Ever Been Any Different Before “Great vibe with excellent production!” “Eblana... elegantly beautiful... intrinsically euphoric... like a slow & leisurely soul-catching march down the memorable & venerable antiqueness, indelible lanes of time. It's an absolute must for me to return here to Sahara like a nomad and listen to more...” No Money For The Ride Home ”I'm loving this country?rock feel! Very captivating!” Where Angels Rest “Beaultiful song and very well played! I love it!”
Hailing from Dublin this award winning multi-instrumental duo write original songs that are contemporary and eclectic with a hint of Irish. Dave and Trish Long have collaborated as songwriters since they joined forces in Ireland back in 1984. With so many years working together musically their songwriting skills have combined to such an extent that their compositions are seamless and none can tell one's writing from the other. Audiences at live shows have commented on how in tune they are with each other - it has to be seen to be believed. This rare unity comes across in their recordings and can be noted in particular with the harmonious blending of their vocals.
Over the years their music has become subtly different, a marriage of sounds and influences between the Northern and the Southern hemispheres 'the mist meeting the haze'. The resulting music has light, bright tones intertwined with the rich, earthy moodiness of their Celtic sound. Lyrics stretch from uplifting songs with themes of hope and love to songs that draw awareness to what is happening in the world in which we live. The instrumentation includes vocals, flageolet, guitar, sax, flute, recorder and sequencing
Sahara's success has been soaring internationally since the release of their 'Vision' and 'Live at the Malthouse' CDs which have both received critical acclaim and a rating of three and a half stars in major publications. Over the last few years Sahara has been on tour bringing their now recognizable and unique sound around Australia. On the way they have discovered that their show and music have a very broad appeal and this has brought Trish and Dave back into the studio to record the songs that have been inspired while on the road. The result is Sahara's CD entitled 'A New Beginning'. Some of the songs on this CD have been influenced by the major global events of recent years which have been confronting and thought provoking. However we remain forever hopeful; whenever there is change there is a chance for a new beginning.
Sahara Music has just released Sahara's latest studio CD 'There is this place I go'. This latest CD reflects a different sort of journey to our last CD 'A New Beginning' in that it has more to do with ‘still life’ rather than motion. This particular journey being the long road to healing. As we go through the process of healing into health and being musicians we can’t help but continue to write songs. The result is this album, an eclectic mix of songs that we hope you enjoy as much as we have enjoyed writing and recording them.
These CDs are available for purchase from the 'online store' on this website.
For more Sahara video clips please click here
Sahara's performances include:
Sahara perform in theatres, town halls, historic houses, hotels, wineries, restaurants, Sports and Social Clubs, private and corporate events, a variety of festivals, live TV appearances and live to air radio performances.
Sahara TV performances include: 'Davis at Large' Derek Davis RTE, 'New Faces' Daryl Somers TV 9, 'Good Morning Australia' Bert Newton TV 10 , 'IMT' Denise Drysdale & Ernie Sigley TV 9, ABC TV 'National Evening News' Ian Henderson, 'Good Friday Appeal' introduced by John Wood TV7, 'AM Adelaide' TV7.
Sahara Live to Air Radio performances include: ABC 3LO Melbourne, ABC Sydney, ABC Adelaide, ABC Newcastle, ABC Sunshine Coast, ABC Goldcoast, ABC Riverina, ABC New England, ABC Rockhampton, ABC Goulburn-Murray, ABC Wide Bay, ABC Northern Tasmania, ABC Goldfields, various community & commercial radio stations.
Sahara's festival performances include: Mornington Park Australia Day Festival, Out of the Woodwork Festival Rouse Hill Estate Sydney, Shepparton Arts Festival, Castlemaine State Festival, Bicentennial Travelling Exhibition Traralgon, Griffith Festival of Flowers, National Celtic Folk Festival Geelong, Kyneton Daffodil Festival, Maroondah Festival, Bayside Fiesta Sandringham, Irish Woolfest Boorowa, Festival of Forest, Folk & Flowers Mallacoota, Melbourne Fringe Festival, International Comedy Festival Club Melbourne Town Hall.
What people have said....
“Sahara are a tight duo originally from Dublin and now based in Australia. Their mellow, Celtic sound is chilled and atmospheric.” Nick Thomas Audio Engineer and Radio Presenter on Radio Jackie
“They’re really really good, you’re going to like them” Mark Williams ‘The Bridge’ 102.5FM
“One of the great success stories of the Australian music scene…with musicianship that has been distilled by time and space, you are an audience to the best duo in this music category. Dave Long has one of the rare gorgeous male vocals in the tradition of Sting and Steve Winwood… I’m sure no one would question Trish long’s expertise with the sax and other instruments apart from the fact that she has a voice that could rival Celine Dion’s yet has the Irish gorgeousness” The Celtic Music Fan
“Sahara have a specialty that few artists have, and is to capture the listener being practically overwhelmed by a beautiful set of emotions…if you seek quality, professionalism, experience…all this has a name…Sahara” Angelo Petruzzi CEO Smooth Jazz Radio Channel
Sahara Live @ The Malthouse concert and CelticTV webcast "Brilliant!" Denis Farrington, "Just wanted to tell you how great I thought that performance was. It went out over the internet like a major concert..." Celtic TV
For a 20 second sample of the title track from Sahara's latest CD 'There is this place I go' please press 'play song'
