Band News!
Beloved song Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary’s written by Newfoundland and Labrador’s Otto Kelland to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 37th East Coast Music Awards Gala, presented by Rogers in St. John’s, May 8
The Irish Descendants to perform ballad at Gala.
Press Release HERE
(St. John’s, NL) – One of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most beloved songs, Let Me Fish Off Cape St. Mary’s, written by native son Otto Kelland in 1947, will be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) at the 37th East Coast Music Awards Gala, presented by Rogers at the Mary Brown’s Centre in St. John’s on Thursday, May 8. Performing the ballad as part of the induction ceremony will be well-known and multi award-winning Newfoundland and Labrador Irish folk group, The Irish Descendants, who are celebrating 35 years this year.
On top of our big news of the ECMA nomination, our front man and founding band member, Con O’Brien, was also the recipient of a prestigious King Charles III’s Coronation Medal.
Criteria to be awarded this honour: “Have made a significant contribution to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community of Canada, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada’.
35 years this year of the Irish Descendants being an entity, Con has performed over 8000 live shows across Canada and the world, sharing the music and history of Newfoundland & Labrador.
We have just been nominated for the East Coast Music Association ‘Album of the Year’ for our most recent Christmas album, ‘The Irish Descendants Christmas’. 
A huge thank you to all of our loyal fans, friends and listeners, but especially to recording engineer extraordinaire Robert Kelly, as well as Rum Ragged’s Aaron Collis for his master musicianship on the album.
