Michael O'Raghallaigh
Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (sometimes spelled "Mícheál O' Reilly") is an Irish concertina player and recording artist residing in County Meath, Ireland. He is a member of the band Providence, along with Paul Doyle (vocals, guitar, and Irish bouzouki), Troy Bannon (Irish flute), Cyril O'Donoghue (vocals, Irish bouzouki, guitar), and Michelle O'Brien (violin). He plays with the Táin & Naomh Pádraig Céilí Bands, and has released 2 solo albums.[1] He has also collaborated with Catherine McEvoy and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.[2][3] His most recent recording has been a duet album with Kerry accordionist Danny O' Mahony entitled 'As it Happened'.
He has previously taught concertina at the Willie Clancy Summer School, Scoil Éigse at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and at summer music camps throughout the U.S. and Ireland.[4] Finally, he is a distributor of R. Morse & Co. concertinas for the buttonbox.com [5]
Discography
- Providence - 1999
- The Nervous Man - 2001
- Providence A Fig for a Kiss - 2001
- Providence III - 2005
- Inside Out - 2008 [6]
- Comb Your Hair and Curl It - 2010
- As it Happened - 2012
References
- ^ http://www.last.fm/music/M%C3%ADche%C3%A1l+%C3%93+Raghallaigh
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/comb-your-hair-and-curl-it/id371688451
- ^ http://www.caoimhinoraghallaigh.com/scrapbook/hitchnercomb1.pdf
- ^ http://celticgrooves.homestead.com/CG_ORaghallaigh_Micheal.html
- ^ http://www.buttonbox.com/morse-ceili.html O'Raghallaigh's Concertina distribution page at the buttonbox.com
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Out-Michael-Oraghallaigh/dp/B000H1C3YI/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1391374479&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=michael+o%27raghallaigh