Gordon McLeod

Gordon McLeod has been performing professionally on fiddle and guitar for over 30 years. He is a long-time member of the Irish music community in Texas and regular participant in Irish music sessions in the DFW area with the TIMES Session Players. He has traveled to Ireland regularly for over 30 years to play traditional Irish music and has studied with many notable Irish fiddle experts. He has a particular interest in the music of Sliabh Luachra. Gordon tours and performs regularly with McLeod Nine, a folk-roots duo with his wife Christy, and with the well-known Celtic-roots band, Beyond The Pale. Gordon has released two solo Irish fiddle CDs, “Just Fiddlin’” in 2014 and “Still Fiddlin’ “ in 2021. He has also produced seven CDs with Beyond The Pale and three with McLeod Nine as well as solo recordings, “Dog Year” and “Daddy G and His Amazing Swingtet” as well as numerous other recordings as a studio musician. In addition to his love of traditional Irish music, Gordon enjoys playing many other styles including Gypsy Jazz, Americana, and folk. He is an award-winning songwriter and has been selected as Finalist along with Christy McLeod for the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Songwriting Competition.  He was the founder and co-director of the O’Flaherty Irish Music Youth Camp, and is a past president of the Traditional Irish Music Education Society.

In addition to performing music, Gordon owns and operates a recording studio and produces recordings of all types of acoustic music. With over 35 years of recording and producing experience, he has produced many full length recording projects for independent artists including the instructional CDs for The O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat and Youth Camp.