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Joanie Madden
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Joanie Madden (flute, whistles & harmony vocals) is the bandleader of
cheris the Ladies. She was born and
raised in New York. Her mother is from County Clare, Ireland and her father is
from County Galway, Ireland. Joanie received her musical training early in life
by listening to her father Joe, an All-Ireland champion on the accordion, play
music around the house. She began taking whistle lessons from Jack Coen, and
within five years became the World Champion on both the whistle and the concert
flute. In 1984, Joanie became the only American to ever win the Senior
All-Ireland Championship on the whistle. She has many accolades to her credit including: being the youngest member ever to be inducted into the Irish-American Musicians Hall of Fame, recipient of the Wild Geese Award, voted one of the Top 100 Irish-Americans in the country as well as being named the 1997 Traditional Musician of the Year (all for her contributions to promoting and preserving Irish culture in America). She?s performed on over one hundred albums, with artists ranging from Pete Seeger to Sinead O'Connor, including three Grammy award-winning records. Joanie has three solo albums to her credit: A Whistle on the Wind, Song of the Irish Whistle (one of the most successful whistle album in history, selling over 280,000 copies) and Song of the Irish Whistle 2. |
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