Colin O’Brien’s music is informed by the past and speaks to the present. A playful performer, Colin tickles his audiences with fiery melodies, groovy rhythms, soulful lyrics, fancy footwork and Colin O’Brien old time hat tricks. His banjo, fiddle and guitar playing, percussive dancing, and lyrics all express “Colin O’Brien is a great entertainer.” an earnest regard for the traditional, natural and true. –Tim O’Brien Audiences might find him ready at any time to leave the stage to dance and sing among them, engaging young and old alike with his youthful enthusiasm “ … Bottles the lightning that was and innocence. All the while, his voice, fiddle and John Hartford’s engagingly off-center feet still resounding loud and clear through the stage songwriting.” speakers, as the essence of John Hartford’s spirit –The Nashville Scene resounds magically throughout the room. All this has earned a fitting nickname for Colin O’Brien: “Song & Dance Man.” When not entertaining on the road, O’Brien may be found dancing in his front yard on the banks of the Cumberland River with his fiddle and banjo, as the General Jackson steamboat rounds Hartford’s bend. Listen, Watch and learn more at... ARTISTS OF NOTE P.O. Box 11, Kaneville, IL 60144-0011 USA | 630-557-2742 |
[email protected] www.ArtistsOfNote.com — www.ColinGobrien.com Colin O’Brien Transplanted to Nashville from his upper midwestern roots, Colin O’Brien is an internationally acclaimed performer, touring on three continents. A multi-instrumentalist who is equally comfortable with banjo, fiddle and guitar, he tours as a one-man-show, “Song and Dance Man” and also draws upon a bevy of accompanists who join him on occasion.