John Coyne

John Coyne, a native of Limerick City has been based in Boston for the past 17 years. Prior to that he has lived in Rhode Island, Mississippi, Florida, Dublin and Pennsylvania. Throughout this time, he has played traditional Irish music primarily on bouzouki. Over the years he has forged a unique self-taught style of accompaniment that pairs melodic counter melody with a driving rhythmic backing style. John is an integral part of the Boston music scene playing regularly at the Druid in Inman Square, Cambridge and the Burren in Somerville. Some of the collaborations from those sessions resulted in some well regarded recordings including; Live at the Druid, featuring many great Boston area musicians and All Jokes Aside which was recorded with some long time friends and musicians, Kathleen Conneely (Whistle) and Sean Clohessy (Fiddle).Over the years he has had the privilege of playing and touring with some amazing Irish musicians such as Mickey Dunne, Oliver O’Connell, Randal Bays and Larre Reeves and has performed at many North American Festivals including: North Texas Irish Festival, Celticfest Jackson MS,  BCMFest Cambridge MA, Grandfather Mountains Scottish Games. John also plays with his family in the Coyne Family Band which include Josie (Fiddle), Rory (accordion) and Lisa (Flute).