Kevin Burke (musician)
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Kevin Burke is an Irish fiddler. He was born in London to parents from County Sligo in 1950. He took up the fiddle at age eight, eventually acquiring a virtuosic technique in the Sligo fiddling style. He later became a member of the well known Irish traditional music groups The Bothy Band (in 1976) and Patrick Street (in 1986). He settled in Portland, Oregon in 1979. He has played as a longstanding member of the Celtic Fiddle Festival since their inception in the early 1990s. Burke currently lives in Portland with his wife and two children.
Burke was a 2002 winner of the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship.[1]
Discography
- 1972 - Sweeney's Dream (rereleased in 2001 on Smithsonian Folkways)
- 1978 - If the Cap Fits
- 1981 - Eavesdropper (with Jackie Daly)
- 1984 - Up Close
- 1999 - In Concert
With Celtic Fiddle Festival
- 1993 - Celtic Fiddle Festival
- 1998 - Celtic Fiddle Festival: Encore
- 2001 - Rendezvous
- 2005 - Play On
- 2008 - Equinoxe
With Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
- 1979 - Promenade
- 1982 - Portland
With Open House
- 1992 - Open House
- 1994 - Second Story
- 1997 - Hoof and Mouth
Kevin Burke and Ged Foley
- 2006 - In Tandem
Kevin Burke and Cal Scott
- 2007 - Across The Black River
- 2010 - Suite
See also
External links
- Kevin Burke official site
- Burke at Smithsonian Folkways
- Kevin Burke page from Green Linnet site
- Kevin Burke page from National Endowment for the Arts site
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