Celtic Thunder’s version of ‘Falling Slowly’ is a beautiful piece of music. The vocals are perfectly sung with a quiet tone that makes you want to reflect on the lyrics. As the song begins, you can see “rain” falling from the sky on the stage, setting the scene for the popular song.

This performance was recorded from a live show in Ontario in 2015. Celtic Thunder is an Irish singing group and stage show. Their shows have dramatic effects of lighting and choreography. The stage set also resembles an ancient stone pathway from Celtic lore.

The group was started by Sharon Browne in 2007 and today the main vocals include Ryan Kelly, Damian McGinty, Neil Byrne, and Emmet Cahill. In this video’s performance, you can hear Damian McGinty as the main singer. And he has quite the voice!

Their first CD/DVD was released in March of 2008 called Celtic Thunder – The Show. Soon after they started touring. ‘Falling Slowly’ is on their Voyage album that came out in 2012. They are currently touring the United States.

‘Falling Slowly’ is an indie folk and indie rock song written, composed, and performed by  Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. The two also started in the Irish film, Once, which featured the song on the soundtrack. ‘Falling Slowly’ won Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards 2008.

“Take this sinking boat and point it home
We’ve still got time
Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice
You’ll make it now”

The lyrics of ‘Falling Slowly’ are easy to remember and sing along to. It is a song about falling in love with someone. Perfect for the romantic musical the song appears in. And a good reminder about love, and how it feels to find it.

“And now stays faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” – 1st Corinthians 13:13