Ronan Browne
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Ronan Browne is an Irish
musician
and composer who plays the uilleann pipes
. He is the grandson of Delia Murphy
. He is the Uilleann Piper and Singer with CRAN
. He plays in a duet with Peter O'Loughlin
. He was the original piper with both Riverdance
and the Afro Celt Sound System
.
He has contributed music to the film soundtracks of Circle of Friends
, Rob Roy
, Robin of Loxely, The Secret of Roan Inish
, Streets of Gold
, Gangs of New York
. and the TV series Bringing It All Back Home.
was renowned for recording and popularising many Irish songs in the 1930s and 1940s such as "If I Were A Blackbird", 'The Spinning Wheel', and Three Lovely Lassies From Bannion'. Delia, the wife of Dr. T.J. Kiernan, Irish Ambassador to the Vatican
, Australia
, Germany
, America
and Canada
, brought Irish musical culture to audiences throughout the world.
Musicians such as Séamus Ennis
, Willie Clancy
and Denis Murphy
were regular visitors to Ronan’s family home over the years. He began playing the pipes at the age of seven and was quickly taken under the various wings of the old masters, his main influences being pipers Willie Clancy
, Johnny Doran
and Séamus Ennis
, whilst fiddlers Denis Murphy
and Tommy Potts
also played a strong role in forming his early style.
Ronan has toured extensively in Europe
and in the USA, as well as playing in Russia
, India
, Australia
, Israel
, New Zealand
, Hong Kong
and Japan
. He gives master classes throughout the world.
He has been involved in over 75 album recordings since his first venture into the studio in 1982 and has collaborated with many of the top artists playing traditional Irish music, classical
, pop
, jazz
and Country
. These include people such as Anúna
, Donal Lunny
, Finbar Wright
, Alan Stivell
, The Indigo Girls
, Tommy Hayes
, Sean Tyrrell, Bill Whelan
, Elvis Costello
, Nightnoise
, Michael Kamen
, Paul Brady
, Bill Laswell
, Sinéad O'Connor
, Peter Gabriel
and Deep Forest
.
After releasing the easy-listening album Celtic Moods in 1997, Ronan released a solo traditional CD The Wynd You Know in 2001, with Claddagh Records
. 2005 saw the release of a third solo CD Salute to the Brave, mostly of his own modern compositions.
Their 1988 duet album with Claddagh Records, ‘The South West Wind'’ was received with critical acclaim, and in 2002 they released an even more popular 2nd CD called ‘Touch Me if You Dare’. They have recently recorded a third album which awaits release.
With Arts Council DEIS funding, they recently recorded a series of interviews of Peter recalling his personal knowledge and friendship with many of the important musician and singers of the twentieth century.
with Seán Corcoran
and Desi Wilkinson. CRAN
has released four CDs and tour worldwide.
The core of their repertoire is native Irish material - dance music or slow airs on flute
and pipes
, and vocals ranging from the highly-ornamented sean-nós songs of Conamara to the rollicking port a' bhéil or mouth music of Donegal
. Their Hiberno-English song repertoire (songs from Ireland in English) covers the entire gamut from the old story-telling "long ballads" to lively comic songs of "pure divilment and rascality". They also include material from the related Scots-Gaelic tradition and from the other Atlantic Celts, the Bretons.
CRAN have released four CDs: [The Crooked Stair (1993/2005) Black Black Black (1998) Lover’s Ghost (2000) Music from the Edge of the World (2002)].
Over the last 20 years, Ronan has established a duet with fiddle player Kevin Glackin; Kevin regularly joins CRAN
for recordings along with Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
(Bothy Band
).
The Afro Celts toured the world and Ronan remained with the band for the first two albums, writing and recording in various locations between Ireland and England. Tracks were licensed for countless documentaries, ads and films, the strangest of which was Farrah Fawcett sculpting nude in a Playboy video to the sound of Ronan’s opening track on the 1st Afro Celt CD!
Although best known as a traditional musician, Ronan is also keenly interested in exploring other musical genres particularly in film and television. Ronan has written and performed music for fashion shows in London
and Paris
by designers Lainey Keogh and John Rocha
.
, Ronan composed the soundtrack for the documentary film The Dolphin's Gift, directed by Kim Kindersley. More recently, the two of them collaborated on the score to Circle of Friends
, the film dramatisation of Maeve Binchy
's novel.
Ronan has also contributed music to the film soundtracks of Robin of Loxely, Rob Roy
, Fierce Creatures
, The Secret of Roan Inish
, Streets of Gold
and Gangs of New York
.
On Anjelica Huston
’s Mrs. Browne, Ronan was Traditional Irish Music Director.
He composed and recorded scores for the audio-visual displays at the National 1798 Visitor Centre in Enniscorthy, at the Waterford Treasures museum and at King John's Castle in Limerick city.
TG4
, the Irish TV station, commissioned Ronan to write the music for the daily news program Nuacht, a six-part drama series Geibheann and the drama An Gaeilgeoir Nocht. The Ronan appears regularly on Irish music and magazine programmes on national television and radio. He has also played for numerous television advertisements.
He appeared on ABC Network's 65 million-audience Good Morning America
playing the Uilleann Pipes
with Dónal Lunny
, Nollaig Casey
and Arty McGlynn
. He played on the theme music to the six-part series Bringing It All Back Home - an independent television programme dealing with the influence of Irish music on American folk and contemporary music.
Ronan featured on Hummingbird's Rivers of Sound, which explored many aspects of traditional Irish music.
, on the writing and performance of music for the Abbey Theatre
productions of The Playboy of the Western World
and Macbeth
. He joined forces again with Tommy and dancer Cindy Cummings to give off-beat improvised performances.
The Olympia Theatre performance of The Tailor and Ansty
with Anna Manahan
and Frank Kelly
saw Ronan playing music and acting a small role.
Ronan's version of the Blasket Island air Port na bPucaí was chosen by Limerick's Daghda dance group for their part in the huge Famine
commemoration held in Millstreet
in 1997.
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It's actually his MySpace account.
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...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and composer who plays the uilleann pipes
Uilleann pipes
The uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...
. He is the grandson of Delia Murphy
Delia Murphy
Delia Murphy was a singer and collector of Irish ballads. Her notable voice gave her the nickname the "Queen of Connemara".-Early life:...
. He is the Uilleann Piper and Singer with CRAN
Cran
Cran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
. He plays in a duet with Peter O'Loughlin
Peadar O'Loughlin
Peadar O'Loughlin is an Irish flute, fiddle, and uilleann pipes player from Kilmaley County Clare, Ireland who has been an institution in Irish music since the late 1940s and is best known for having played on the highly influential 1959 LP "All-Ireland Champions - Violin" , which was one of the...
. He was the original piper with both Riverdance
Riverdance
Riverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish stepdancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary. It originated as an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, a moment that is still considered a significant...
and the Afro Celt Sound System
Afro Celt Sound System
The Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group which fuses modern electronic dance rhythms with traditional Irish and West African music...
.
He has contributed music to the film soundtracks of Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends (1995 film)
Circle of Friends is a 1995 film directed by Irish filmmaker Pat O'Connor and based on the novel of the same name written by Maeve Binchy.-Plot:...
, Rob Roy
Rob Roy (film)
Rob Roy is a 1995 historical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Liam Neeson stars as Robert Roy MacGregor, an 18th century Scottish historical figure who battles with feudal landowners in the Scottish Highlands. Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, and Jason Flemyng also star...
, Robin of Loxely, The Secret of Roan Inish
The Secret of Roan Inish
The Secret of Roan Inish is an American independent film written and directed by John Sayles, and released in 1994. It's based on the novel The Secret of Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K. Fry....
, Streets of Gold
Streets of Gold
Streets of Gold is the third studio album by Colorado electronic duo 3OH!3. This is their second album to be produced by Matt Squire and released on the record label Photo Finish. It was released on June 29, 2010 in the United States and July 19, 2010 in the United Kingdom. The album debuted at...
, Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York is a 2002 historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 nonfiction book, The Gangs of New...
. and the TV series Bringing It All Back Home.
Background
Ronan was born in Dublin in 1965 into a very strong musical background. His grandmother Delia MurphyDelia Murphy
Delia Murphy was a singer and collector of Irish ballads. Her notable voice gave her the nickname the "Queen of Connemara".-Early life:...
was renowned for recording and popularising many Irish songs in the 1930s and 1940s such as "If I Were A Blackbird", 'The Spinning Wheel', and Three Lovely Lassies From Bannion'. Delia, the wife of Dr. T.J. Kiernan, Irish Ambassador to the Vatican
Holy See
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, Australia
Australia
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, Germany
Germany
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, America
United States
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and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, brought Irish musical culture to audiences throughout the world.
Musicians such as Séamus Ennis
Séamus Ennis
Séamus Ennis was an Irish piper, singer and folk-song collector.- Early years :In 1908 James Ennis, Séamus's father, was in a pawn-shop in London. Ennis bought a bag of small pieces of Uilleann pipes. They were made in the early nineteenth century by Coyne of Thomas Street in Dublin. James worked...
, Willie Clancy
Willie Clancy
Willie Clancy was an Irish uilleann piper.Clancy was born into a musical family at Islandbawn near Miltown Malbay, County Clare. His parents both sang and played concertina, and his father also played the flute...
and Denis Murphy
Denis Murphy (Irish musician)
Denis Murphy was an Irish fiddler and noted traditional musician.Murphy was born in Lisheen, Gneeveguilla, County Kerry one of eight children of Bill and Mainie Murphy. His father played fife, flute and fiddle and had a fife and drum band. It was a house where music was played a lot with...
were regular visitors to Ronan’s family home over the years. He began playing the pipes at the age of seven and was quickly taken under the various wings of the old masters, his main influences being pipers Willie Clancy
Willie Clancy
Willie Clancy was an Irish uilleann piper.Clancy was born into a musical family at Islandbawn near Miltown Malbay, County Clare. His parents both sang and played concertina, and his father also played the flute...
, Johnny Doran
Johnny Doran
Johnny Doran was an Irish uilleann piper.- Life :Johnny Doran was born in 1907 in Rathnew, Co. Wicklow...
and Séamus Ennis
Séamus Ennis
Séamus Ennis was an Irish piper, singer and folk-song collector.- Early years :In 1908 James Ennis, Séamus's father, was in a pawn-shop in London. Ennis bought a bag of small pieces of Uilleann pipes. They were made in the early nineteenth century by Coyne of Thomas Street in Dublin. James worked...
, whilst fiddlers Denis Murphy
Denis Murphy (Irish musician)
Denis Murphy was an Irish fiddler and noted traditional musician.Murphy was born in Lisheen, Gneeveguilla, County Kerry one of eight children of Bill and Mainie Murphy. His father played fife, flute and fiddle and had a fife and drum band. It was a house where music was played a lot with...
and Tommy Potts
Tommy Potts
Tommy Potts was a improvisational Irish fiddle player and composer from Dublin who gained iconic status in traditional Irish music circles for his virtuoso musicianship. He has influences in jazz and classical music, making his music a highly individualistic take on the Irish music tradition...
also played a strong role in forming his early style.
Ronan has toured extensively in Europe
Europe
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and in the USA, as well as playing in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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and Japan
Japan
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. He gives master classes throughout the world.
He has been involved in over 75 album recordings since his first venture into the studio in 1982 and has collaborated with many of the top artists playing traditional Irish music, classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
, pop
Pop music
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, jazz
Jazz
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and Country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
. These include people such as Anúna
Anúna
Anúna is an Irish choral group. In 1987 Dublin composer Michael McGlynn founded An Uaithne, a name which describes the three ancient types of Celtic music, Suantraí , Geantraí and Goltraí . One of the group's stated aims is to explore and redefine this music...
, Donal Lunny
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
, Finbar Wright
Finbar Wright
Edward Finbar Wright , known popularly as Finbar Wright, is a popular music singer, songwriter, poet from County Cork, Ireland....
, Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell is a Breton musician and singer, recording artist and master of the celtic harp who from the early 1970s revived global interest in the Celtic harp and Celtic music as part of world music.- Background: learning Breton music and culture :Alan was born in the Auvergnat town of Riom...
, The Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
, Tommy Hayes
Tommy Hayes
Tommy Hayes is a Cook Island rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.Cook Islands international, joined Moseley RFC for the second half of the 2006/07 season after spending seasons with Bristol, Worcester Warriors, and six seasons with Glasgow, and has also...
, Sean Tyrrell, Bill Whelan
Bill Whelan
Bill Whelan, is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The end result, Riverdance, was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze...
, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
, Nightnoise
Nightnoise
Nightnoise was a music ensemble active from 1984 to 1997. Their original blend of Irish traditional music, Celtic music, jazz, and classical chamber music inspired a generation of Irish musicians...
, Michael Kamen
Michael Kamen
Michael Arnold Kamen was an American composer , orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician.-Background:...
, Paul Brady
Paul Brady
Paul Joseph Brady is an Irish singer-songwriter, whose work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age...
, Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
, Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad O'Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"....
, Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
and Deep Forest
Deep Forest
Deep Forest is a musical group consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet. They compose a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance beats or chillout beats...
.
After releasing the easy-listening album Celtic Moods in 1997, Ronan released a solo traditional CD The Wynd You Know in 2001, with Claddagh Records
Claddagh Records
Claddagh Records is a record label which was founded in 1959 by Garech Browne and Ivor Browne. It specialises in Irish traditional music and spoken word. Gareth had been taking lessons at the time from the master piper Leo Rowsome whose artistry was very well known. Leo, who had made many...
. 2005 saw the release of a third solo CD Salute to the Brave, mostly of his own modern compositions.
Duet with Peter O'Loughlin
To this day Ronan’s friendship and musical collaboration with Peter O’Loughlin is fêted as one of the most enduring partnerships in Irish music. Their strong combination of mid 19th century flat-pitch uilleann pipes and tuned-down fiddle, playing the old dance music of Ireland, makes for a rare and thoroughly enjoyable evening’s entertainment.Their 1988 duet album with Claddagh Records, ‘The South West Wind'’ was received with critical acclaim, and in 2002 they released an even more popular 2nd CD called ‘Touch Me if You Dare’. They have recently recorded a third album which awaits release.
With Arts Council DEIS funding, they recently recorded a series of interviews of Peter recalling his personal knowledge and friendship with many of the important musician and singers of the twentieth century.
CRAN
Ronan is a member of the group CRANCran
Cran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
with Seán Corcoran
Sean Corcoran
Sean Corcoran MIDI is an Irish Visual Artist noted for his Stained Glass, Mosaics and Wooden Sculpture. In more recent years he has exhibited his work in digital art, photography and mapmaking. He also does interior design and has been accepted as a member of The Institute of Designers of Ireland....
and Desi Wilkinson. CRAN
Cran
Cran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
has released four CDs and tour worldwide.
The core of their repertoire is native Irish material - dance music or slow airs on flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
and pipes
Uilleann pipes
The uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...
, and vocals ranging from the highly-ornamented sean-nós songs of Conamara to the rollicking port a' bhéil or mouth music of Donegal
Donegal
Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Its name, which was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall, translates from Irish as "stronghold of the foreigners" ....
. Their Hiberno-English song repertoire (songs from Ireland in English) covers the entire gamut from the old story-telling "long ballads" to lively comic songs of "pure divilment and rascality". They also include material from the related Scots-Gaelic tradition and from the other Atlantic Celts, the Bretons.
CRAN have released four CDs: [The Crooked Stair (1993/2005) Black Black Black (1998) Lover’s Ghost (2000) Music from the Edge of the World (2002)].
Over the last 20 years, Ronan has established a duet with fiddle player Kevin Glackin; Kevin regularly joins CRAN
Cran
Cran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
for recordings along with Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill is an Irish traditional singer, pianist, and composer, considered one of the most influential female vocalists in the history of Irish music. She is famed for her work with traditional Irish groups such as Skara Brae, The Bothy Band, Relativity, Touchstone, and Nightnoise.-...
(Bothy Band
Bothy band
A bothy band is a musical group which comes from the farming culture of nineteenth century Scotland. At that time agriculture was relatively labour-intensive. As a result large farms often had a small community associated with them, the farm toun. This was made up of married couples who lived in...
).
Riverdance
Ronan was the original piper for the Eurovision interval performance of Riverdance in 1994 and his recording has featured in almost every show since. He chose not to join the teeming cast when the show went on the road, preferring instead to concentrate on his personal projects and to leave the touring to pipers with more time on their hands. This left him in a position to concentrate on CRAN the Afro Celt Sound System.Afro Celt Sound System
In the mid 1990s Ronan was asked if he would like to join a project which was starting up revolving around Peter Gabriel’s 2nd “World Music Recording Week”. Musicians converged from all over the planet to ramble from project to project being recorded in up 7 recording setups in Real World Studios. Out of this intense meeting of musicians was born the Afro Celt Sound System which went on to become Real World’s most successful venture. It was a meeting of African and Irish musicians in the convivial company of some of the top London programmers.The Afro Celts toured the world and Ronan remained with the band for the first two albums, writing and recording in various locations between Ireland and England. Tracks were licensed for countless documentaries, ads and films, the strangest of which was Farrah Fawcett sculpting nude in a Playboy video to the sound of Ronan’s opening track on the 1st Afro Celt CD!
Performances
Ronan has played many prestigious concerts in Ireland and abroad as a solo musician and has also been a guest member to a wide variety of groups.Although best known as a traditional musician, Ronan is also keenly interested in exploring other musical genres particularly in film and television. Ronan has written and performed music for fashion shows in London
London
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and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
by designers Lainey Keogh and John Rocha
John Rocha
John Rocha CBE, is a Hong Kong born fashion designer of Chinese and Portuguese descent who is based in Ireland.-Personal life:...
.
Teaching
Ronan has been teaching the pipes, flute and whistle worldwide for the last 25 years and has recently developed a much sought-after music appreciation/listening class. In 2005 an Arts Council DEIS grant enabled him to make his class completely portable and has proved a huge addition to his teaching capabilities.Film Music & Television
Along with Michael KamenMichael Kamen
Michael Arnold Kamen was an American composer , orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician.-Background:...
, Ronan composed the soundtrack for the documentary film The Dolphin's Gift, directed by Kim Kindersley. More recently, the two of them collaborated on the score to Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends (1995 film)
Circle of Friends is a 1995 film directed by Irish filmmaker Pat O'Connor and based on the novel of the same name written by Maeve Binchy.-Plot:...
, the film dramatisation of Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy is an Irish novelist, newspaper columnist and speaker. Educated at University College Dublin, she worked as a teacher then a journalist at The Irish Times and later became a writer of novels and short stories.Many of her novels are set in Ireland, dealing with the tensions between...
's novel.
Ronan has also contributed music to the film soundtracks of Robin of Loxely, Rob Roy
Rob Roy (film)
Rob Roy is a 1995 historical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Liam Neeson stars as Robert Roy MacGregor, an 18th century Scottish historical figure who battles with feudal landowners in the Scottish Highlands. Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, and Jason Flemyng also star...
, Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 comedy film. Although not a sequel, it was a follow-up to the wildly popular A Fish Called Wanda, starring the same four actors, John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin...
, The Secret of Roan Inish
The Secret of Roan Inish
The Secret of Roan Inish is an American independent film written and directed by John Sayles, and released in 1994. It's based on the novel The Secret of Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K. Fry....
, Streets of Gold
Streets of Gold
Streets of Gold is the third studio album by Colorado electronic duo 3OH!3. This is their second album to be produced by Matt Squire and released on the record label Photo Finish. It was released on June 29, 2010 in the United States and July 19, 2010 in the United Kingdom. The album debuted at...
and Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York is a 2002 historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 nonfiction book, The Gangs of New...
.
On Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston
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’s Mrs. Browne, Ronan was Traditional Irish Music Director.
He composed and recorded scores for the audio-visual displays at the National 1798 Visitor Centre in Enniscorthy, at the Waterford Treasures museum and at King John's Castle in Limerick city.
TG4
TG4
TG4 is a public service broadcaster for Irish language speakers. The channel has been on-air since 31 October 1996 in the Republic of Ireland and since April 2005 in Northern Ireland....
, the Irish TV station, commissioned Ronan to write the music for the daily news program Nuacht, a six-part drama series Geibheann and the drama An Gaeilgeoir Nocht. The Ronan appears regularly on Irish music and magazine programmes on national television and radio. He has also played for numerous television advertisements.
He appeared on ABC Network's 65 million-audience Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
playing the Uilleann Pipes
Uilleann pipes
The uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...
with Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
, Nollaig Casey
Nollaig Casey
Nollaig Casey is an Irish fiddle player ,and has an international reputation as one of Ireland's finest fiddle players. By the time she was eleven years old she could play violin, piano, tin whistle and uilleann pipes. During her teenage years she learned to play in both the classical and...
and Arty McGlynn
Arty McGlynn
Arty McGlynn is an Irish guitarist born in Omagh, County Tyrone. In addition to his solo work, he has collaborated with different notable groups such as Patrick Street, Planxty, Four Men and a Dog, De Dannan and the Van Morrison Band. He played guitar on the critically acclaimed 1989 Van Morrison...
. He played on the theme music to the six-part series Bringing It All Back Home - an independent television programme dealing with the influence of Irish music on American folk and contemporary music.
Ronan featured on Hummingbird's Rivers of Sound, which explored many aspects of traditional Irish music.
Theatre
Ronan worked with Tommy HayesTommy Hayes
Tommy Hayes is a Cook Island rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.Cook Islands international, joined Moseley RFC for the second half of the 2006/07 season after spending seasons with Bristol, Worcester Warriors, and six seasons with Glasgow, and has also...
, on the writing and performance of music for the Abbey Theatre
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904. Despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the present day...
productions of The Playboy of the Western World
The Playboy of the Western World
The Playboy of the Western World is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on January 26, 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in County Mayo during the early 1900s...
and Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
. He joined forces again with Tommy and dancer Cindy Cummings to give off-beat improvised performances.
The Olympia Theatre performance of The Tailor and Ansty
The Tailor and Ansty
The Tailor and Ansty is a 1942 book by Eric Cross about the life of the Irish tailor and storyteller, Timothy Buckley, and his wife Anastasia Buckley...
with Anna Manahan
Anna Manahan
Anna Maria Manahan was an Irish stage, film and television actress. She interpreted the works of, among others, Sean O'Casey, John B Keane, J. M. Synge, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Martin McDonagh, Christy Brown, and Brian Friel....
and Frank Kelly
Frank Kelly
Frank Kelly is an Irish actor, singer and writer, whose career has covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film. He is best known for his role as Father Jack Hackett in the comedy Father Ted. He is the son of the cartoonist Charles E...
saw Ronan playing music and acting a small role.
Ronan's version of the Blasket Island air Port na bPucaí was chosen by Limerick's Daghda dance group for their part in the huge Famine
Famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including crop failure, overpopulation, or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Every continent in the world has...
commemoration held in Millstreet
Millstreet
Millstreet is a town in north County Cork, Ireland with a population of approximately 1,500. It is located at the foot of Clara Mountain. The town's Catholic church is dedicated to St. Patrick. Since October 1985, the town has been twinned with Pommerit-le-Vicomte in Brittany, France...
in 1997.
Solo
- Celtic Moods – “Haunting Melodies of Ireland” (CRIMCD72) 1997
- The Wynd You Know – Traditional Pipes solo CD (CC64CD) 2001
- Salute to the Brave - Ronan Browne & the Patriot Corps (BCI40945-2) 2005
Cran
- The Crooked Stair (BRRCD001) 1995/2006
- Black, Black, Black – 2nd CRAN CD with Shel Talmy (CC63CD) 1998
- Lover’s Ghost (BRRCD003) 2000
- Music from the Edge of the World (BRRCD004) 2003
Ronan Browne & Peter O'Loughlin
- The South West Wind (CC47CD) 1988
- Touch me if you Dare (CCF35CD) 2002
- Third CD with Peter O'LoughlinPeadar O'LoughlinPeadar O'Loughlin is an Irish flute, fiddle, and uilleann pipes player from Kilmaley County Clare, Ireland who has been an institution in Irish music since the late 1940s and is best known for having played on the highly influential 1959 LP "All-Ireland Champions - Violin" , which was one of the...
(CCF**CD) 2007
Afro Celt Sound System
- Afrocelt Sound System Vol I – (Sound Magic) (CDRW61) 1996
- Afro Celt Sound System Vol 2 (Release) (CDRW76) 1999
Ronan Browne Full Discography
Records and CDs on which Ronan has worked.1982
- Dysart Tola - Music from Dublin and Clare.
1987
- Round the House - Music for Set Dancing
- Mind the Dresser - Music for Set Dancing
1988
- The South West Wind – With Peter O'LoughlinPeadar O'LoughlinPeadar O'Loughlin is an Irish flute, fiddle, and uilleann pipes player from Kilmaley County Clare, Ireland who has been an institution in Irish music since the late 1940s and is best known for having played on the highly influential 1959 LP "All-Ireland Champions - Violin" , which was one of the...
. (CC47CD)
1989
- Five Guys Named Mo - Canadian pop group.
1990
- At it Again - A contemporary Irish and Scottish album, by Manus LunnyManus LunnyManus Lunny is an Irish producer and multi-instrumentalist from County Donegal, Ireland. He is the brother of multi-instrumentalist and producer Dónal Lunny.-Biography:...
and Andy M. StewartAndy M. StewartAndy M. Stewart is a Scottish singer and songwriter, formerly the frontman for Silly Wizard.Stewart toured with Silly Wizard until the band broke up in 1988. Since then, he has recorded four solo albums, as well as three with Manus Lunny...
.
1991
- Bringing it all Back Home - Accompanying the television series. (CD BBC CD 844)
- 'The Final FantasyFinal Fantasyis a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
IV Celtic Moon - Music for Japanese video game. (N30D-006)
1992
- Next Generation - The Irish Folk Festival duet with Kevin Glackin. (TÜT CD 72.7492)
- The Indigo GirlsIndigo GirlsThe Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
- American pop duo
1993
- Angel Candles - with Máire BreatnachMáire BreatnachMáire Breatnach is one of the most prominent fiddle players in Ireland. She also sings in Irish on some of her albums. Since the early 1990s, she has had five solo albums, participated in many other albums , with substantive contributions in some cases, and contributed to many music CDs, as well as...
. (SCD 593) - Browne / Glackin / Tyrrell – one-off for European Tour (Not commercially released)
1994
- Heritage des Celtes - Dan ar Bras / Dónal LunnyDónal LunnyDónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
.(COL477763 2) - Taobh na Greine/Under the Sun - Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich / Dónal LunnyDónal LunnyDónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
. (CEFCD 170) - Tír na nÓg - Anne Wylie. (FMS 2060)
- Branohm - The Voyage of Bran – Maire BreathnachMaire BreathnachMaire Breathnach, is an Irish actress.Breathnach plays the part of Mo Gilmartin on the Irish language drama, Ros na Rún.She is a native of Cnoc Leitirmullen, and won the County football final with her local team...
. (SCD 394) - Winds of Freedom - John Beag Ó Flatharta (CICD 106)
- RiverdanceRiverdanceRiverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish stepdancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary. It originated as an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, a moment that is still considered a significant...
- Theme music for Eurovision '94 - Drones and Chanters Vol. 2 - Solo piping compilation.
- Brian BoruBrian BoruBrian Bóruma mac Cennétig, , , was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill. Building on the achievements of his father, Cennétig mac Lorcain, and especially his elder brother, Mathgamain, Brian first made himself King of Munster, then subjugated...
. With Breton Harpist Alan StivellAlan StivellAlan Stivell is a Breton musician and singer, recording artist and master of the celtic harp who from the early 1970s revived global interest in the Celtic harp and Celtic music as part of world music.- Background: learning Breton music and culture :Alan was born in the Auvergnat town of Riom...
1995
- Secret of Roan Inish - soundtrack to the film.
- River of Sound - Accompanying the television series. (Hummingbird)
- RiverdanceRiverdanceRiverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish stepdancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary. It originated as an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, a moment that is still considered a significant...
- The Show. (KCD 370)
1996
- Circle of Friends - soundtrack to the film.
- Afrocelt Sound System Vol I - modern music from SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. (CDRW61) - When I was Young - Pádraigín ní Uallacháin & Len GrahamLen GrahamWilliam George Leonard 'Len' Graham was a Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager.He played at full-back and won 14 caps for Northern Ireland and also represented the Irish Football Association....
. (FONN CD001) - Everybreath - James McNallyJames McNally (musician)James McNally is a musician, composer and Grammy nominated producer of the band Afro Celt Sound System. He was previously a member of the The Pogues, Storm , and Dingle Spike.James was born in London to Irish Parents...
(74321 443 722)
1997
- ROKA with Mimori YusaMimori Yusa, , is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Although she has had a very prolific career, Yusa achieved only minor popularity in Japan until very recently when her song newest song, "Kuro", was featured on the popular NHK television program Minna no Uta from December 2005 until January 2006...
(Japanese pop star). (ESCB 1799) - A Room In The North With Tommy HayesTommy HayesTommy Hayes is a Cook Island rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.Cook Islands international, joined Moseley RFC for the second half of the 2006/07 season after spending seasons with Bristol, Worcester Warriors, and six seasons with Glasgow, and has also...
(OPP CD 001) - Celtic Moods - Melodies of Ireland on Pipes (CRIMCD72)
- ZAN - TOMOKO - Japanese singer & Band (SRCL 3992)
- Emer KennyEmer KennyEmer Gwynne Morganna Kenny is an English actress from Haringey, London, best known for her role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and its online spin-off EastEnders: E20, as Zsa Zsa Carter.-Career:...
- Irish contemporary artist (314 536 228-2) - Seacht - with Iarla Ó LionairdIarla Ó LionáirdIarla Ó Lionáird is an Irish singer and producer well known for his involvement with the Afro Celt Sound System. He is one of the most prominent artists of the Irish Sean nós singing tradition, and has released three solo albums through Real World Records, the third being Invisible Fields,...
(Real World)
1998
- Black, Black, Black – 2nd CranCranCran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
CD produced by Shel TalmyShel TalmyShel Talmy is an American record producer, songwriter, arranger best known for his work in London with The Who and The Kinks in the 1960s, with a role in many other English bands including Cat Stevens and Pentangle...
(CC63CD) - Art of Magic - CD Rom game with members of Afro Celts
- 1st Celtic Tenors CD
- The Seer - German pop group
- CladdaghCladdaghCladdagh is an area close to the centre of Galway city, where the Corrib River meets Galway Bay. It was formerly a fishing village, just outside the old city walls. It is just across the river from the Spanish Arch, which was the location of regular fish markets where the locals supplied the city...
’s Choice – Compilation (CC40-65CD)
1999
- Afro Celt Sound SystemAfro Celt Sound SystemThe Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group which fuses modern electronic dance rhythms with traditional Irish and West African music...
Vol 2 (Release)- CDRW76 - Transatlantic Sessions – with US Country artists
- A Real Irish Christmas – Compilation (832262)
- The Crossing - Tim O’BrienTim O'Brien (musician)Tim O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello...
Nashville artist CD ALU-1014
2000
- Melody of Legend I – Japanese game music hits performed solo
- Melody of Legend II – Japanese game music hits performed solo
- 2nd Celtic Tenors CD
- Siol/Seed – various artists (Magherbaun Records OPP CD2)
- Come dance with Me in Ireland – Compilation (Atlantic 83273)
- Pure Bodhrán – compilation track with Tommy HayesTommy HayesTommy Hayes is a Cook Island rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half.Cook Islands international, joined Moseley RFC for the second half of the 2006/07 season after spending seasons with Bristol, Worcester Warriors, and six seasons with Glasgow, and has also...
(BBM 001) - Alison Hood CD – Cellist
- Lover’s Ghost - 3rd CranCranCran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
album (BRRCD003)
2001
- Journey – Best of Dónal LunnyDónal LunnyDónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...
: April 3 track (HBCD0024) - Rua – Contemporary Irish Vocal Duo
- The Irish Tenors – Ellis Island Guest
- The Wynd You Know – solo CD (CC64CD)
- Yoko Ueno CD - Japanese Singer / arranger
2002
- Touch Me If You Dare - 2nd Duet album with Peter O'LoughlinPeadar O'LoughlinPeadar O'Loughlin is an Irish flute, fiddle, and uilleann pipes player from Kilmaley County Clare, Ireland who has been an institution in Irish music since the late 1940s and is best known for having played on the highly influential 1959 LP "All-Ireland Champions - Violin" , which was one of the...
- Celtic Tenors – So Strong: Pipes on The Green Fields Of France and Mull of Kintyre
2003
- Gaelic Ireland – compilation with CranCranCran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
: Na Ceannabhain (EUCD1821) - Music from the Edge of the World 4th CranCranCran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
album (BRRCD004) - Songs, Jigs & Reels – Browne, Glackin, Tyrrell (Not commercially released)
2004
- The Thing Itself – Peter O’Loughlin & Maeve Donnelly (CCF36CD)
2005
- Rough Guide to Irish Music, 2nd – Comp: CranCranCran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
Taimse 'n Arrears (RGNET1148CD) - Salute to the Brave - Ronan Browne & the Patriot Corps (BCI40945-2)
- Beginners Guide to Ireland – Comp CranCranCran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
: Na Ceannabhain Bhána (NSBOX012) - The Humours of Holland – Piping Compilation
- Balance – BEUC Creative CommonsCreative CommonsCreative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
Comp: Ronan track: Solas - Celtic Tiger - Soundtrack to FlatleyMichael FlatleyMichael Ryan Flatley is an American Irish dancer, choreographer, actor, musician and occasional television presenter. He became internationally known for Irish dance shows Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, and Celtic Tiger...
show (B000B8GT9M)
2006
- The Crooked Stair – Re-mastered 1st CranCranCran may refer to:*CRAN , the Comprehensive R Archive Network for the R programming language*Cran , a measurement of uncleaned herring*Cranberry, a fruit...
album (BRRCD001) - The Hop Down – Breda Keville Solo CD Engineered by Ronan (BKCD 205)
- Wooden Flute Obsession 3 – Flute Compilation (ITMS0601)
- Geantraí – CD & DVD: TV performance with Peter O’Loughlin (CRFCD 189)
2007
- Má Bhionn Tú Liom – Róisín Elsafty. Guest playing flutes & whistles (VERTCD080)
- Far From the Hills of Donegal – with Oisin McAuley - Pipes on Ask My Father & Port na bPucaí (Compass 4446)
- Sean Ryan – Solo CD Engineered by Ronan
- Experience Ireland - compilation CRAN, Tyrrell/Glackin/Browne, and Solo tracks (EXPRCD008)
- Transatlantic Sessions 3 vol 1 (WHIRLIECD12)
- Transatlantic Sessions 3 vol 2 (WHIRLIECD13)
- Transatlantic Sessions 3 DVD (WHIRLIEDVD1)
2008
- Piper’s Choice Vol 1 Music & Interviews (NPUDVD006)
- Masters of Tradition compilation – 2 tracks, 1 solo & 1 with P. O’Loughlin
- Irishman in America – Johnny Logan. Whistle on track “Sorry”(M20163-2)
2009
- The Daisy Field — Claire Keville CD. Engineered & sleeve design by Ronan Browne (CKCD002)
- Transatlantic Sessions 4 vol 1 (WHIRLIECD18)
- Transatlantic Sessions 4 vol 2 (WHIRLIECD19)
- Transatlantic Sessions 4 vol 3 (WHIRLIECD21)
- Transatlantic Sessions 4 DVD (WHIRLIEDVD3)
2010
- agus rud eile de — Ronan Browne & Louis de Paor. Poetry & “soundscapes” (www.cic.ie)
- Ring Christmas Bells – Coláiste Éinde Choir CD. Engineered & sleeve design by Ronan Browne
- Side by Side – The Kane Sisters. Engineered by Ronan Browne (DM003)
- Nature of Love – Johnny Logan. Pipes and whistle on tracks 6, 7 & 10 (Sony 88697712602)
2011
- The Mermaid’s Purse – 50 young Conamara kids recorded by Ronan
- The Celtic Connection – Compilation with CRAN track (WKR-002)
- and so the story goes... – Tyrrell Glackin & Browne trio CD (CICD185)
External links
It's actually his MySpace account.