Máirtín O'Connor
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Máirtín O'Connor | |
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 O'Connor backing Cara Dillon at the 2012 Bristol Folk Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Galway, Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Accordion |
Máirtín O'Connor is an Irish button accordionist from Galway, Ireland, who began playing at the age of nine, and whose career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups that include Skylark, Midnight Well, De Dannan, and The Boys of the Lough. A traditional Irish musician, O'Connor was one of the major forces of the music in the world-renowned Riverdance.[1]
His first solo album A Connachtman's Rambles established him as a solo musician and proved a major critical success.[citation needed] O'Connor has released three albums since; Perpetual Motion, released in 1990, Chatterbox, released in 1993, and The Road West, released in 2005.[citation needed]
Discography[edit]
Solo work[edit]
- The Connachtman's Rambles (1979)
- Perpetual Motion (1990)
- Chatterbox (1993)
- The Road West (2001)
- Rain of Light (2003)
With others[edit]
- EastWind (1992)
- Crossroads with Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd (2008)[2]
- Going Places with Cathal Hayden and Seamie O'Dowd, as Máirtín O'Connor Band (2011)
- Zoë Conway, Dónal Lunny and Máirtín O' Connor 2016[3]
Session work[edit]
- A Stór Is A Stóirín (1994)
- Riverdance: Music from the Show (1995)
- When I Was Young (1997)
- Fis Carolan's Dream (Garry O'Briain) (1998)
References[edit]
- ^ "Máirtín O'Connor Biography". Tara Music Company Limited. 1999–2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ Ng, Alan (2000–2013). "Irish Traditional Music Tune Index Album Details for Crossroads by Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd". Irishtune.info. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ zodomo.ie
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