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...to Australia
When Trish and Dave arrived in Australia they changed their band name to 'Sahara'. Over the years Sahara's music has become subtly different - a marriage of sounds and influences between the Northern and Southern hemispheres 'the mist meeting the haze'. Ireland and Australia possessing such definably different cultures and weather that the resulting music from Sahara includes some lighter, brighter tones being added to the rich earthy moodiness of their Celtic sound.
Since arriving in Australia Sahara has performed constantly and has supported the likes of 'The Little River Band' and the renowned UK jazz guitarist Martin Taylor. Sahara has performed in Festivals, Mardi Gras, Pubs, Clubs, Town Halls, Theatres and Performing Arts Centres along with countless live to air radio performances and various appearance on TV shows. Shortly arter arriving in Australia Sahara had a memorable win on the 'New Faces' series hosted by Daryl Somers not only winning their heat with one of the highest scores but also picking up the encouragement award for their original composition 'Thinking of You'. Sahara later released an album 'Thinking of You' and TV 8 Gippsland recorded a video of this song for their Wednesday Magazine show hosted by Denise Drysdale. Sahara also appeared on the Channel 7's Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
With the release of 'Vision' Sahara's debut independent CD - the sound of Sahara has spread further afield - hitting overseas when 'Vision' was selected as the new Australian CD of the week on Radio Australia's 'Oz Sounds' program. This was followed by success on the Internet when two tracks off 'Vision' - 'Make My Day' and 'Ordinary Day' were both voted No.1 on the Soundclick First Internet Charts. ‘Make My Day' remained in the No.1 position for four weeks running resulting in an interview that was broadcast Australia wide on the ABC TV evening news. Sahara made several appearances on TV shows hosted by Bert Newton, Denise Drysdale and Ernie Sigley. Sahara 'Vision' and ‘ Sahara Live at the Malthouse’ have made play lists and been featured on commercial, community, SBS and ABC radio stations across Australia. These CD have receivied great reviews with high ratings from major publications. Sahara has appeared on the front page of many local newspapers and magazines. The 'Sahara live @ The Malthouse' concert was a terrific success with the concert being webcast on several occasions from the Celtic TV website based in New York. Sahara composed an original soundtrack for the ABC TV Australian Story episode 'Track Winding Back' based on the novel 'Jackson's Track'. This episode received the United Nations Media Award.
Sahara's music has been used in an international travel promotion for the tour company Ireland Exotic that played in over 300 BlockBuster outlets throughout Mexico. Sahara's music has also been used in a motivational recording. More recent CD releases are 'A New Beginning' which Sahara toured to great success around the eastern part of Australia and their latest recording 'There is this place I go' which they are currently promoting while working in the studio on their next album along with other exciting projects.
From Ireland...
Singer/Songwriters Dave and Trish Long met on the Dublin music scene back in the eighties - back then they were known as 'Interfusion'. Dave and Trish soon recorded the first song they wrote together 'Vision of Glory' as a single at Slane Studios which received airplay on various radio stations including the Irish broadcaster RTE Radio. They then performed another original song 'Running Out' live on the RTE TV show 'Davis at Large' hosted by Derek Davis. This led on to Trish and Dave being asked to appear in an episode of the RTE mini series 'Inside' - showing off their acting skills in the difficult roles of a couple of musicians!!! They performed in many of Dublin's music venues such as Trinity College, The Baggot Inn, The Meeting Place, Slatterys, The Dame Tavern, The Parliament Inn and the American Embassy. Trish and Dave performed at various concerts and functions alongside performers such as Brendan Grace, Red Hurley, Linda Martin, Errol Walsh, Freddie White, Declan Sinnott and Kieran Halpin. Trish and Dave also performed around regional Ireland and the UK before deciding to leave Ireland and move to Australia.
