Gerry was a founding member of highly regarded 4-member group Skylark, and with them recorded four albums for the Claddagh Records label. He then went…
Artist Profiles: Gerry “fiddle” O’Connor
Tag: Irish folk music
Artist Profiles: Gerry “banjo” O’Connor
Gerry O’Connor – described by many as the best four-string banjoist in the history of Irish music, lets creativity take him where it wants to.…
Artist Profiles: James Keane
Born in Drimnagh, Dublin in 1948, James Keane took up the button accordion at age six, drawing his primary inspiration from his mother, father and…
Artist Profiles: James Kelly
A native of Dublin, James is one of the greatest Irish traditional fiddlers alive today. He received the 2006 TG4 Irish Traditional Musician of the…
Artist Profiles: Jarlath Henderson
Jarlath Henderson, from Dungannon, County Tyrone, has been playing the Uilleann pipes since he was 10 years old. He learned to play the pipes from…
Artist Profiles: Jimmy O’Brien Moran
Jimmy O’Brien-Moran was born in Tramore, County Waterford. His interest in Irish music began with the music of Planxty and the piping of Liam O’Flynn,…
Artist Profiles: John Daly
Born in Burnfort, near Mallow in Co. Cork in 1963, John Daly first learned the fiddle at age 12 from Limerick music teacher, Sean O’…
Artist Profiles: John McSherry
Uilleann piper John McSherry launched his career as the youngest-ever winner of Ireland’s senior Oireachtas piping competition, aged just eighteen. Since then, he has co-founded…
Artist Profiles: Kevin Conneff
One of the newer members of the current lineup of The Chieftains, bodhrán player Kevin Conneff was enlisted in 1976 to replace Peader Mercier, who…
Artist Profiles: Kevin Crehan
Although Junior Crehan’s original tunes are played by many in sessions around the world, Kevin Crehan is his only direct descendant to be playing the…