Cathal O'Briain enjoys writing original ballads. He sings and plays fingerstyle acoustic guitar, drawing upon aspects of human nature, history, and current events in his ballads.

His songs are a body of work from his collaboration with legendary Producer Peter Eades who has worked with some of Ireland’s top acts such as Clannad, The Chieftains, Thin Lizzy, The Dubliners, Moving Hearts and De Danann.

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	FourWinds is an Irish traditional music band that got together in 2013. The idea of forming a band had been in all four members mind for a while. Caroline Keane and Tom Delany had previously toured and recorded  their EP "Framework" together while Daoiri Farrell and Robbie Walsh had been performing and travelling internationally with various bands such as Blasta and The Daoiri Farrell Band. In the meantime Caroline and Daoiri also played together in Solid Clarity. It was only a matter of time until the four of them joined forces to create the unique sound that is FourWinds. 

	The band consists of: 
Daoiri Farrell (Vocals and Bouzouki.)
 Daoiri's versatile repertoire consists of Irish traditional songs, humour ballads, songs of exile, popular contemporary songs and much more, with a particular grá for uncovering much less well known songs.  

 Caroline Keane (Concertina). From a young age, Caroline was exposed to the richness of West Limerick and Sliabh Luachra traditional music, an influence which has become the cornerstone of her uniquely vibrant, passionate and emotive style of concertina playing. 

Robbie Walsh  (bodhran, percussions and backing vocals)
 Robbie  is a bodhran player hailing from Dublin. He won the all Ireland bodhran title in 2008 were he then went on to become a Full time musician. The art of the drum was passed on by his uncle. His powerfull modern style is one of the foundations of the sound of the band. 

 Tom Delany(Uilleann pipes and whistles)
With an Irish father and French mother, Tom gained his musicality through osmosis, born and raised in a rich environment of Irish music. Inspired by the traveling style of piping, his rhythmic playing is powerful and daring.

	 Deeply rooted in the tradition they produce an exciting landscape of tunes and lyrics that reflects their love for Irish traditional music without ignoring modernity and creativity.Their influences extend from Begley and Cooney, The Bothy Band ,Planxty, Brady and Irvine,Moving Hearts to Pink Floyd or Elvis.










Hello,

And welcome to my little corner of the internet. This is where I place the music that is good enough for other people to listen to, and to buy if they so wish. I play electric, acoustic, lap steel, and resonator guitars, fretted and fretless bass, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, ukulele, and some accordion and concertina. Theremin, Harmonica and Low Whistles also sometimes show their faces.

My influences, as a guitarist range from Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Chris Rea, Bonnie Raitt, Duanne Allman, Mark Knopfler, Eric Johnson, Derek Trucks, Jerry Douglas, and many others, whilst as a Bassist is it Jaco Pastorius and Victor Wotton, on Banjo it is Earl Scruggs, Bela Fleck and Gabrielle the Frog from Bagpuss, and anyone else with a decent tune and song. I am enjoying discovering new sounds and people on Soundcloud, and if you like one of my tracks, please let me know, as I plan to leave comments on some of the tracks I listen to. My music is also available on Bandcamp at: https://benmacnair.bandcamp.com/follow_me

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