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Credited with making the piano accordion hip again in Ireland, dazzling instrumentalist Alan Kelly has transformed the traditional music scene. His ac&hellip » read more
From Canada, Ireland (Irish Republic)
Belfast born troubadour Andy White carries a 12 string guitar under his arm and wears his particular brand of Irish magic and charm on his sleeve. Wi&hellip » read more
From Ireland (Irish Republic), New Zealand
UK -based New Zealander Brendan Power is acknowledged by many as one of the most creative, skilled & versatile harmonica players around today. Equally&hellip » read more
Angelic-voiced siren offers the sweetest folk sounds If ever a person's voice suited their looks, it's Cara Dillon. Blonde, petite and elfin, the gir&hellip » read more
Cara Dillon comes from a family deeply immersed in the musical traditions of their native Derry in Northern Ireland. At the tender age of 14, Cara wo&hellip » read more
Reading Irish singer Damien Dempsey?s mammoth press folder, it?s clear that the man is seen as some kind of bullshit detector or pulmonary resuscitati&hellip » read more
A key figure in the Irish music revival of the past decade, Davy Spillane has also worked far beyond the Celtic fringe, and the distinctively haunting&hellip » read more
2001 Biography Tenderness and power are often the key in successful music making and Devana have both in abundance. The group comprise two fiddle pla&hellip » read more
?Sheer musical magic?.stunning technique, impossibly agile rhythm work and virtuoso flights of jazzy improvisation add up to one of the most enthralli&hellip » read more
Afro Celt singer under his own steam Ever since he heard Peter Gabriel's Passion soundtrack and was inspired to write a six-page letter in praise, Ia&hellip » read more
Party like it's 1959... "My brother was a mad Elvis fan, and I found a tape in his room of Elvis, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent. I thought the music&hellip » read more
cei·lidh 'a party, gathering, or the like, at which singing and storytelling are the usual forms of entertainment'. It doesn't matter if you're yo&hellip » read more
Biography supplied by management, March 2004; Originating over thirteen years ago on the streets of Dublin, Kíla have developed from a buskers collec&hellip » read more
All hail the live hip-hop orchestra If you could travel back in time to The Bronx in 1979 to tell the assembled hip-hop pioneers that their music woul&hellip » read more
?Veni, vidi, I was conquered!? in a dozen or more different languages, could well be the catch-phrase of just about every one of the hundreds of thous&hellip » read more
Born in 1964 Mount Carmel Hospital. His mother Eithne Lydon was a trained pianist and Actor from Galway. Her father was also a passionate piano playe&hellip » read more
Passion surges when Ireland's great modern troubadour takes to the stage. Perennial favourite Luka Bloom makes his ninth visit to Australia to present&hellip » read more