What honor did a famous Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and producer in Northern Ireland receive, who worked together with the American trumpet and flugelhorn player Bill Atwood?
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Bill Atwood (musician) Bill Atwood is an American trumpet and flugelhorn player, and is best known for his work with Van Morrison and his band The Caledonia Soul Orchestra.
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Van Morrison Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and producer. In 2016, he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland.
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Liam Reilly Liam Reilly (born 29 January 1955, Dundalk) is an Irish singer/songwriter and a former member of the group Bagatelle. Bagatelle were formed in 1978 by drummer Walter (Wally) McConville along with bass player Ken O'Brien and guitarist John Doyle. In 1980 while recording the band's debut album, Reilly had received and offer from Gus Dudgeon (Elton John's producer, who has since died) to begin a solo career in return for leaving the other band members to their own devices. However Reilly refused and insisted on sticking by the other members as they had done the same for him until that point. After leaving the group in the mid-1980s he moved to Savannah, Georgia and began a solo career. In this time he recorded an album called "Savannah Serenade" which featured much of Reilly's keyboards and vocals. In 1988 he was a finalist in the Irish heats of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Lifeline". Reilly came back to arrive second in the event in 1990 with "Somewhere in Europe". He performed this at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 staged in Zagreb and was placed joint second out of the 22 entries. As a composer, Reilly returned to Eurovision in Rome in 1991 where his song "Could It Be That I'm In Love", performed by Kim Jackson, was placed equal tenth.
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Gearóidín Bhreathnach Gearóidín Breathnach ( ; ] ) is an Irish singer that originally grew up in Rannafast in the Rosses county Donegal and she now lives in Ardveen also in the Rosses. She is renowned as a sean-nós singer and is a double winner of the Corn Uí Riada competition in Oireachtas na Gaeilge.
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Steve Wickham Steve Wickham is an Irish musician. Originally from Marino, Dublin, but calling Sligo home, Wickham played violin on the classic U2 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday", as well as recordings by Elvis Costello, the Hothouse Flowers, Sinéad O'Connor, and World Party. He is a long-standing member of The Waterboys. Wickham plays both rock and roll and traditional Irish music, and has developed a rock music technique for violin he calls the "fuzz fiddle".
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Sam Murray (flute maker) Sam Murray was a traditional flute maker from Belfast City, Ireland having recently retired. He made traditional Irish flutes for over 30 years. He was born in Belfast, where he worked for many years up until the early 2000s, when he moved to Galway City. His instruments are popular among Irish musicians and abroad.
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Tommy Faragher Thomas Edward "Tommy" Faragher is an American producer, composer, songwriter, singer, and arranger. He is originally from Redlands, California.
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Hughie Cannon Hugo "Hughie" Cannon (April 9, 1877 – June 17, 1912) was an American songwriter and pianist whose best-known composition was the popular ragtime song "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey".
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Jackie McLean John Lenwood "Jackie" McLean (May 17, 1931 – March 31, 2006) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and is one of the few musicians to be elected to the "Down Beat" Hall of Fame in the year of their death.
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David Cunningham, Snr David Ireland Cunningham (born 12 May 1943) is a Scottish musician and composer who is well-known and much-respected in the Scottish Country Dance Music field as an accordionist, teacher, composer, and band leader.
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Áine O’Dwyer Áine O’Dwyer is a multi-instrumentalist and singer originally from Ireland. She is recognized mainly for her harp playing. To date she has worked with, and, most likely known for her collaborations with Mark Fry & the A. Lords, Piano Magic and Richard Moult. She has also played on Cruachan's album "The Morrigan's Call", and worked with Alice Maher.
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Brian McFadden Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980) is an Irish singer-songwriter and TV presenter who rose to fame in 1998 as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife. When he resided in Australia, he was a judge on "Australia's Got Talent".
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Derek Warfield Derek Warfield (born 1943) is an Irish singer, songwriter, historian, and a founding member of the musical group The Wolfe Tones.
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Ronnie Drew Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew (Irish": Ránall Ó Draoi" ] ) (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.
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Prodigal Sons Prodigal Sons is an album by the Irish group The Dubliners. Produced by Bill Whelan, who later became famous for "Riverdance", this album featured cellist Nigel Warren-Green as guest musician. Although Luke Kelly recorded his famous versions of "Raglan Road" and "Song for Ireland" during these sessions, neither track featured on this album, although Seán Cannon's version of "Song for Ireland" did. The two Kelly recordings would first appear on the compilation album, "Luke's Legacy" after his death. The album took its name from John Sheahan's composition, "The Prodigal Son". The album featured both contemporary and traditional songs as well as instrumental pieces.
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Eddie Friel Edward Joseph (Eddie) Friel was born in Belfast in 1962. He is a B. Mus. Honours graduate who in 1986 started his professional career as a music teacher. After one year he decided to pursue his talents as a musician and composer in local piano bars at home as well as in Canada and Europe, where he travelled for a year. He has toured with Van Morrison as a piano player and features extensively on Van Morrison's album "Hymns to the Silence".
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Paul Brady Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician, whose work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age. He initially collaborated with several major bands, prior to launching a successful solo career.
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Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician best known for her work with the accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her self-titled debut album, in 1991, "Sharon Shannon" was the best-selling album of traditional Irish music ever released there . Beginning with Irish folk music, her work demonstrates a wide-ranging number of musical influences. She won the lifetime achievement award at the 2009 Meteor Awards.
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Bill Martin (musician) Bill Martin MBE (born William Wylie MacPherson, 9 November 1938, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish songwriter, music publisher and impresario. He has been presented with three Ivor Novello Awards, including one as Songwriter of the Year.
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Paddie Bell Paddie Bell (8 April 1931 – 3 August 2005) was an Irish folk singer and musician.
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Ride On (Christy Moore album) Ride On is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1984. Its title track remains one of his most popular songs. A number of songs relate the actions of those involved in political struggles, or those affected by those struggles; such as "Vive la Quinte Brigada" which is concerned with the Irish contingent amongst the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War; or "El Salvador" dealing with the civil war in that country in the 1980s. Other songs deal with Irish history – "The City of Chicago", about emigration to America during the Irish famines of the late 1840s; "Back Home in Derry" written by Bobby Sands about the transportation to Australia of convicts; and "Lisdoonvarna" celebrating a music festival that took place annually in that town until the early 1980s.
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Jackie Daly Jackie Daly (Kanturk (North Cork, Ireland), 1945) is an Irish button accordion and concertina player. He has been a member of a number of prominent Irish traditional-music bands, including De Dannan, Patrick Street, Arcady, and Buttons & Bows.