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Michael McGoldrick
Michael McGoldrick (b. 1971, Manchester, England) is a flute and tin whistle player of great renown. He also plays the Uilleann pipes. He has been a member of several influential bands. In 1994 he was awarded the BBC Young Tradition Award, and, in 2001, he was given the Instrumentalist of the Year award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. McGoldrick was a founder-member of Celtic rock band, Toss the Feathers while still at school. He also competed in the Fleadhanna with Dezi Donnelly (fiddle) and John-Jo Kelly (bodhrán) whom he had met at local Comhaltas meetings.
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Ham Sandwich
Ham Sandwich are a five piece Irish rock band, with members hailing from County Meath and Dublin. Charismatically fronted by Podge McNamee (vocals/guitar) and Niamh Farrell (vocals) the line-up is completed by John Moore (bass guitar), Brian Darcy (guitar) and Ollie Murphy (drums). The band have steadily built upon a devoted following in the Irish alternative music scene, and have been noted for their incendiary live performances at venues such as Whelans in Dublin.
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Bronagh Gallagher
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Jack Lukeman
Jack first realised his talent whilst as a trainee mechanic he would sing in the garage. He travelled to Germany with the band Serious Women where he first met the members of The Black Romantics his early backing band. He first became popular in the summer of 1995 when he and The Black Romantics took up a residence at Da Club in Dublin. Word of mouth spread and the small venue was soon turning people away. The band played mostly covers of Jacques Brel songs, with one or two of Jack's own, and recorded the album Wax in 1995. Jack eventually split with the Black Romantics and went solo.
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Bell X1
Bell X1 are Brian Crosby, Dave Geraghty, Paul Noonan and Dominic Phillips, Esq. 1991 - 2000
Brian, Paul, Dom and Damien Rice form Juniper, having met in School. They go to College, play some weddings, 21st's and Bar Mitzvahs... and for a while have a Sunday night residency in the Kildrought Lounge and Bar, Celbridge. They meet Dave, who weans them off the Neil Diamond and Roxette covers. Band move into house in country, release EP, "Manna", and two singles in Ireland. Damien leaves band, the others read about Chuck Yeager and his Right Stuff.
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Enda Kenny
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Nick Kelly
Irish singer, songwriter, musician and film-maker Nick Kelly released two solo albums on his own Self Possessed Records label, 'Between Trapezes' (which won him Best Solo Male Artist at the Irish Music Critics Awards 1999) and 'Running Dog' (nominated for the Choice Music Prize Irish Album of The Year in 2005). Before that, he was lead singer with The Fat Lady Sings. Nick Kelly plays occasional live shows, both in Ireland and further afield.
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Carol Thompson
Born in America of Anglo-Welsh-Irish-Austrian heritage, Carol Thompson is one of America's foremost players of the Celtic harp, began playing the pedal harp at age thirteen with classical instruction from Dorothy Knauss of Allentown, PA, a student of Alfred Holy. After years of playing classical music, she allowed her lifelong interest in medieval and renaissance history to take to the fore, and learned to play several variants of her instrument.
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Ewan MacPherson
Although he was born in Liverpool, Ewan MacPherson has always been most at home in the countryside. He was brought up in a beautiful river-valley in North Wales, an inspiring place where his love of music and especially simple, strong songs began. He moved back to the city in 1996, to be one of the first ever students at Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Accepted on the strength of his singing and song-writing talents, Ewan worked on many aspects of his music, graduating with a BA (hons) in 1998.
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