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
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Baron Collins-Hill
Baron Collins-Hill grew up playing the mandolin in Maine and graduated from Hampshire College with a degree in music performance and ethnomusicology. Versed in traditional fiddle music, bluegrass, and jazz, he is known for his rhythmic experimentation and unique harmonic sense on both the mandolin, tenor guitar, and Irish bouzouki. Baron plays with fiddler Julia Plumb in their duo Velocipede and … [Read more...] about Baron Collins-Hill
Frances Cunningham
Frances Cunningham is a native of Southeast Texas and fell into Irish music at an early age. She learned the Irish Bouzouki and became a founding member of the Celtic rock band SixMileBridge which recorded and toured heavily from the late 90s into the 2000s. She then moved to Nashville where she picked up the Tenor Banjo and since then has gone on to be an in demand accompanist and session … [Read more...] about Frances Cunningham
Dave Curley
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
Jim DeWan
Jim DeWan is a multifaceted musician and teacher of strings. As a guitarist, his driving and melodic accompaniment style has led to performances and recordings with, among many others, Liz Carroll, Maurice Lennon, Laurence Nugent, and the Trinity Irish Dance Company, for whom he also served as musical director. He’s a recipient of the Illinois Ethnic and Folk Arts Fellowship, and, in August, … [Read more...] about Jim DeWan
Shane Farrell
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
Marla Fibish
One of the prominent voices of the mandolin in Irish music, Marla Fibish brings a deep and distinctive sensibility to the music on one of its lesser-heard instruments. Her playing is featured on her 2020 album The Bright Hollow Fog, the 2017 Noctambule release A Sweetish Tune, and The Morning Star, a duo CD with legendary Irish singer and bouzouki player Jimmy Crowley, as … [Read more...] about Marla Fibish
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
Tim Kennedy
Tim Kennedy is the General Manager of Erin Shore Productions. He manages 10 Celtic bands in the D/FW metroplex and booked 230 paid shows in 2018 for them. He also runs 5 festivals a year booking over 80 bands between them. In his not so spare time, he is the Executive Director of the School of Irish Music, and plays mandolin in sessions around McKinney. He holds a masters certificate in Ear … [Read more...] about Tim Kennedy
John Liestman
John Liestman has been playing Irish traditional music on the tenor banjo, mandolin, and uilleann pipes for over 30 years. He taught mandolin in 2011, 2012 and 2015 at the prestigious O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, at the 2015 St Louis Tionol, and is an instructor with the Houston School of Irish Music. Over the years he has been a member of Terry and the Pirates, Claddagh (featuring Olcan … [Read more...] about John Liestman