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Dave Agee

September 18, 2021 By Ken Fleming

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Multi-instrumental and Kansas native, David Agee, is a pillar of the Kansas City music community. Dave began his career playing blues and rock guitar in his youth then picked up bluegrass and traditional Irish music in his early twenties, splitting time between guitar, mandolin, and fiddle. Dave was a member of the first Irish band in Kansas City, Talisman, and was a founding member of Scartaglen, … [Read more...] about Dave Agee

Kevin Alewine

February 10, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Kevin has been involved in Irish music since about 1979 after many years of interest in folk and jazz idioms. He has performed with Ken and Peggy Fleming continuously since 1988 and was a founding member of the Lone Star Ceili Band and the TIMES Band & Session Players. Kevin is moderately proficient on flute, whistles, guitar and cittern, but hopeless on bodhran.. … [Read more...] about Kevin Alewine

Joseph Carmichael

February 28, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Guitarist Joseph Carmichael has spent the past several years collecting an impressive resume in the world of traditional music.   An in-demand accompanist in a wide array of Celtic and folk styles, he has performed with such musicians as Brendan Power, Cormac De Barra, Buddy Connolly, Oisín MacDiarmada, James Kelly, Liz Carroll, John Williams, and Brian Finnegan.  Joseph's primary … [Read more...] about Joseph Carmichael

Dave Curley

January 21, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Dave Curley is a multi-instrumentalist , singer and songwriter from Co. Galway Ireland. He regularly performs with a number of music ensembles in North America including One for the Foxes, SLIDE, The Crannua Collective, fiddler Finn Magill, the Ashley Davis Band, and with fiddler Colin Farrell. The One for the Foxes album Take A Look Around received Album of the Year from the American Celtic … [Read more...] about Dave Curley

John Doyle

January 22, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Originally from Dublin, and a longtime resident of Asheville, N.C., John Doyle is a compelling singer and songwriter, producer, multi-Grammy nominee, and an extraordinary master of the Irish guitar whose singular percussive style has influenced a generation of players. A founding member of the acclaimed group Solas, John’s guitar sound took the traditional music world by storm and has likely … [Read more...] about John Doyle

Paul Dryer

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

Paul Dryer

Guitarist Paul Dryer is no stranger to diverse music styles. Over the past 40 years, Paul has played in jazz, bluegrass, rock and gospel bands and numerous vocal groups.  Originally from Kentucky, Paul has lived in the Dallas area since the early 1960's.  He also plays mandolin, banjo, harmonica, whistle and Irish flute with the Dallas band 5 Second Rule, and … [Read more...] about Paul Dryer

Shane Farrell

March 12, 2021 By Ken Fleming

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Shane Farrell started playing Irish traditional music in a family steeped in Irish music at seven years of age.  Learning fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and guitar, he went on to be All-Ireland Champion and travel the world sharing his music.  Shane is a seasoned international performer, having performed live over 6000 times.  Shane now resides in Orlando, Florida where he performs for … [Read more...] about Shane Farrell

Ken Fleming

February 23, 2019 By Steve Horn

Ken Fleming

Ken Fleming has been playing Irish music for more than four decades in the Dallas area on tenor banjo, button accordion, concertina, guitar, bouzouki and mandolin. His love of Irish music led him to become involved in 1983 in the formation of the Southwest Celtic Music Association and North Texas Irish Festival of which he was the founding president and founding director respectively. In the … [Read more...] about Ken Fleming

Matt Heaton

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

Matt Heaton

Matt Heaton found the guitar after a disastrous start on the trumpet. For $35, he landed a Harmony Electric at a rummage sale in his neighborhood in Pittsburgh. Before landing in Irish traditional music circles, he played in rock bands, fronted a tango quartet, and turned pages and sang in the choir for his organist father. Irish music is home for Matt now, and has taken him around the globe with … [Read more...] about Matt Heaton

Alli Johnson

February 7, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Alli Johnson is a folk singer and multi-instrumentalist.  She is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the award-winning Dallas-based Celtic group The Selkie Girls and also serves as the director for North Texas School of Irish Music Gaelic Youth Chorus. In addition, she teaches private lessons for piano, guitar, voice, and ukulele and conducts Irish and … [Read more...] about Alli Johnson

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