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Mountain City Traditional Arts presents An Irish Christmas with John Doyle and Mick McAuley on Tuesday, December 10 at 7 pm. Join them for an evening of traditional Irish music, songs, and stories that will transport you to the villages of rural Ireland most familiar to these two world-class artists. John Doyle and Mick McAuley’s musical connection began in the groundbreaking Irish-American band, Solas. Now, both have flourishing high-profile solo careers and periodically come together to brush off some Solas standards and lots of their individual material. Both natives of Ireland and each from musical families, John Doyle and Mick McAuley are powerhouses in traditional Irish music.
Having started his professional career at the age of 16, John Doyle went on to form the highly acclaimed supergroup, Solas, with Seamus Egan, John Williams, Karan Casey and Winifred Horan, which took the folk and Celtic music worlds by storm. Since then, John’s flourishing solo career, highly regarded solo albums, and in demand studio prowess as producer have made him one of the busiest artists in all of traditional music. John’s original rhythmic and percussive guitar style has been emulated by guitarists all over the world. Widely considered the finest Celtic guitarist performing today, John is also a powerful singer and highly regarded songwriter.
Mick McAuley is an Irish musician, composer and songwriter who has recorded and toured internationally for many years. While his music is rooted firmly in the Irish tradition, he has been part of a movement which continues to push the musical boundaries of that tradition to bring Irish music to a wider and more diverse audience around the world. A multi-instrumentalist, Mick plays accordion, melodeon, concertina, whistles and guitar and been a guest on many recordings and performances. Most recently, he spent many months as accordionist for Sting in his Broadway Production, The Last Ship. Mick’s debut solo album, An Ocean’s Breadth was awarded Best Celtic Album of the Year by The Washington Post
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25 E Main St, Frostburg, MD, United States, Maryland 21532
