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CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS ABOUT the ARTISTS Friday CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS Friday, March 19, 2010, 8pm Over the past 25 years, Altan have established Altan albums to win the prestigious Celtic/British Zellerbach Hall themselves as one of the most important live acts Isles Album of the Year Award from the National to play traditional Irish music in Ireland and on the Association of Independent Record Distributors world stage. Altan have toured all over the United and Manufacturers. States and Europe. They also enjoy popularity in Ciarán Tourish on fiddle and whistle joined Altan Japan, where they frequently tour, and have hosted the band for the Harvest Storm recording, adding Altan festivals in the middle of Tokyo to thousands his innovative harmonies and countermelodies. of enthusiastic fans. The context of having three fiddles in the band The founding members, the late Frankie helped drive Altan to newer heights and intro- Kennedy and his partner, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, duced the Donegal fiddle tunes, which the band lead singer and fiddler with the band, began became renowned for, to a much wider audience. their musical career whilst teaching in a school Altan are no stranger to the Billboard world mu- in Malahide in North County Dublin, playing sic chart: Island Angel was its fourth-bestselling music for fun and enjoyment, not knowing that album in 1994. it would end up as their main way of life and In the meantime, Frankie Kennedy was diag- bring them all over the world. Mr. Kennedy and nosed with cancer, but continued to steer the band Ms. Ní Mhaonaigh started out by playing with to international recognition and negotiating with and meeting older musicians from the Donegal Virgin Records U.K., to sign the band before his tradition, like John Doherty, Con Cassidy, James death in September 1994. This was a significant Byrne, Dinny McLaughlin, Vincent Campbell signing, as up until this traditional music was not and Ms. Ní Mhaonaigh’s own father, Francie, who on any major label. Altan recorded three albums shared their music with them and most important- for Virgin records: Blackwater (1996), Runaway ly, their friendship. The pair learned their music, Sunday (1997) and The Blue Idol (2002). This tried to emulate their style and listened to their merger with a major record label helped Altan general philosophy of life, which in retrospect was bring their music, song and culture to a wider au- just as important as the music. Later, it would be dience worldwide and paved the way for up and Francie who translated the beautiful Gaelic songs coming younger bands to tour extensively all over into English on all of the Altan recordings to date. the world—crucially, the band made no musical IMN Francie was also responsible for the translations of compromise to the traditional music they played “Barbara Allen” and “In the Sweet Bye and Bye” and recorded. on two projects with the legendary Dolly Parton Altan have proven to be important ambassa- that involved Altan. Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Ní dors of the music and culture of Ireland, so much Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh lead vocals, fiddle Mhaonaigh made their first forays into live shows so that they were invited to accompany the Irish Ciarán Tourish fiddle, tin whistle, backing vocals in the United States in 1985, releasing two albums President, Mary McAleese on several State vis- together as a duo: 1983’s Ceol Aduaidh (“Music of its, visiting Greece, Korea and Japan. Altan were Dermot Byrne button accordion, melodeon the North”) and the self-titled Altan in 1987. asked to play at the White House twice by U.S. Dáithí Sproule guitar, vocals Altan as a band began as a quartet with President Bill Clinton, and played again for him Mr. Kennedy on flute and Ms. Ní Mhaonaigh when he visited Ireland. In 2006, the Irish gov- Ciarán Curran bouzouki, bouzouki guitar on fiddle and songs, joined by Ciaran Curran on ernment honored the band by putting them on bouzouki and Mark Kelly and Dáithí Sproule an official Irish postage stamp, one of the highest sharing the role of guitar player, Mr. Kelly tour- honors bestowed upon any living artist in Ireland ing with the band in Europe and Mr. Sproule in (the only others honored in this set of four stamps the United States. Later, Paul O’Shaughnessy on were The Chieftains, The Dubliners and Makem fiddle joined, augmenting and driving the sound and Clancy). Altan were invited to play by Nancy Altan celebrates 25 years together in 2010. of the band to new levels on Green Linnet re- Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives cordings Horse with a Heart (1989), The Red Crow in 2007, and were granted the celebrated Arkansas Cal Performances’ 2009–2010 season is sponsored by Wells Fargo. (1990), Harvest Storm (1991) and Island Angel Traveler Award from Governor Mike Huckabee. (1993). The Red Crow became the first of three “Tommy Bhetty’s Waltz” from The Red Crow was 8 CAL PERFORMANCES CAL PERFORMANCES 9 ABOUT THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE ARTISTS featured in the 1997 Oscar-winning filmGood Will over the years Ms. Ní Mhaonaigh has presented including Donegal tunes) from the fiddle-playing Hunting, starring Robin Williams. traditional music programs on radio and televi- of John Kelly, Senior, and his sons, James and Altan have played their music in some of the sion, including the classic radio show, The Long John. Mr. Sproule first went to the United States most prestigious venues in the world, including Note, and the television series, The Pure Drop. to record and tour with James Kelly and accordi- the Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood Bowl, on player Paddy O’Brien, and since has recorded the Royal Albert Hall, the Alte Opera Frankfurt, Ciarán Tourish ( fiddle, tin whistle, backing vocals) and performed with many wonderful musicians, the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and many more. is from Buncrana, in east Donegal, also the home of including Tommy Peoples, Seamus and Manus They have played music and recorded with The Dinny McLaughlin, and so, though he started on McGuire, Liz Carroll and Billy McComiskey (in Chieftains, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Alison the whistle, he had the great advantage of Dinny’s the group Trian), and Peter Ostroushko. Krauss and Ricky Skaggs, to name but a few. In teaching near at hand. In addition to his mastery 2003, they won the award for Best Group at the of the dance music tradition, Mr. Tourish’s quick Ciarán Curran (bouzouki, bouzouki guitar) is a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. In 2005, they recorded ear and a love of harmony and counterpoint have native of Kinawley, Co. Fermanagh, an area rich their latest studio album Local Ground and like ev- led to his always being in demand as a valued col- in music and song, and brings his strong family ery other Altan offering it was met with positive and laborator on non-Altan (and even non-Irish music) musical tradition to bear on an instrument rela- enthusiastic reviews. The band have gained gold projects with a wide range of musicians and sing- tively new to Irish traditional music, the bouzouki. and platinum status in Ireland with their record ers, including Matt Molloy, Mary Black, Maura Mr. Curran’s uncle, Ned Curran, is a great fiddle sales and have won numerous awards in the music O’Connell, Martin O’Connor, Dolores Keane, De player and has given the band unusual tunes. business as one of the most popular bands playing Danann, and American musicians Jerry Douglas Mr. Curran was introduced to a lot of tradi- traditional folk or world music in the world. and Tim O’Brien. tional music and musicians by his friend, Cathal In recent years Altan have been exploring and McConnell (flute player with The Boys of the experimenting with their music using orchestral Dermot Byrne (button accordion, melodeon), also Lough), from whom he also learned many tunes. arrangements of their most popular pieces. The a native of Donegal, guested on two Altan albums, Another friend of his, fiddle player Ben Lennon arrangements have been scored by the highly re- The Red Crow and Island Angel, before joining the from Co. Leitrim, taught him much about the spected arranger Fiachra Trench and have been band in 1994. Like Mairead, Mr. Byrne had music rhythms involved in traditional music. Mr. Curran performed with the Ulster Orchestra, the RTÉ from his father, Tómas O Beirn), from the Gaeltacht has worked with Co. Antrim singer Len Graham, Concert Orchestra and with the Royal Scottish area of Teileann, and heard all the great Donegal fiddle players Ben Lennon and Seamus Quinn and Opera Orchestra. In 2010, Altan will release a fiddlers, the Dohertys, Cassidys and Byrnes from singer Gabriel McArdle. 25th anniversary celebration album with the RTÉ his infancy. With this start, Mr. Byrne was a Concert Orchestra, and embark on an interna- renowned accordion player before he reached his tional tour with both orchestra and band lineup. teens, he has played and recorded with many great Altan are also in pre-production on another musicians including Seamus and Manus McGuire, studio album. Frankie Gavin and Pierre Schrye, and he also has his own solo recording. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (lead vocals, fiddle) was born and raised in the Donegal Gaeltacht of Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals) is the very much Gaoth Dobhair. Her first language was Irish, and the commuting guitarist: born and raised in Derry, from her earliest years she was surrounded by mu- he has lived for many years in Minnesota. After sic and song. Now one of the leading exponents first inspirations from the Beatles, Mr.
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