Máirtín O'Connor
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Máirtín O'Connor is an Irish
button accordionist who began playing the accordion
at the age of nine, and his career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups including, Midnight Well
, De Dannan
, The Boys of the Lough
, and Skylark
.
His first solo album 'A Connachtman's Rambles' established him as a solo musician and proved a major critical success. Máirtín has released three very successful albums since; 'Perpetual Motion', released in 1990, 'Chatterbox', released in 1993, and 'The Road West', released in 2005.
With other lead players:
Session recordings:
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
button accordionist who began playing the accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
at the age of nine, and his career has seen him as a member of many traditional music groups including, Midnight Well
Midnight Well
Midnight Well are a foursome consisting of Thom Moore, Janie Cribbs, Gerry O'Beirne and Mairtín Ó Connor. They were formed in the mid-seventies and issued one, self-titled, album in 1977...
, De Dannan
De Dannan
De Dannan was an Irish folk music group. They were formed by Frankie Gavin , Alec Finn , Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh and Charlie Piggott as a result of sessions in Hughes's Pub in An Spidéal, County Galway, subsequently inviting Dolores Keane to join the band...
, The Boys of the Lough
The Boys of the Lough
-The early years:Their first album, called Boys of the Lough consisted of Aly Bain , Cathal Mc'Connell , Dick Gaughan and Robin Morton ....
, and Skylark
Skylark
The Skylark is a small passerine bird species. This lark breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident in the west of its range, but eastern populations are more migratory, moving further south in winter. Even in the milder west of its range,...
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His first solo album 'A Connachtman's Rambles' established him as a solo musician and proved a major critical success. Máirtín has released three very successful albums since; 'Perpetual Motion', released in 1990, 'Chatterbox', released in 1993, and 'The Road West', released in 2005.
Discography
- The Connachtman's Rambles (1979)
- Perpetual Motion (1990)
- Chatterbox (1993)
- The Road West (2005)
With other lead players:
- Crossroads (2008). For detailed contents see irishtune.info
Session recordings:
- Riverdance (various artists) (1995)
- Fis Carolan's Dream (Garry O'Briain) (1998)