Máirtín O'Connor
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| Máirtín O'Connor | |
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| File:Máirtín O'Connor Bristol 2012.jpg
O'Connor backing Cara Dillon at the 2012 Bristol Folk Festival
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| Background information | |
| Born | Galway, Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Accordion |
| Associated acts | Midnight Well, De Dannan, The Boys of the Lough, Skylark, Cara Dillon |
| Website | www |
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.
Discography
Solo work
- The Connachtman's Rambles (1979)
- Perpetual Motion (1990)
- Chatterbox (1993)
- The Road West (2005)
- Rain of Light
With others
- Crossroads (2008)[2]
Session work
- A Stór Is A Stóirín (Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin (1994)
- Riverdance (various artists) (1995)
- When I Was Young with Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, Len Graham and Garry Ó Briain
- Fis Carolan's Dream (Garry O'Briain) (1998)
References
External links
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