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Andrew Finn Magill is an award-winning multi-genre fiddler/violinist and composer who has been featured on PBS, NPR, and TEDx. Magill is a Fulbright fellow, North Carolina Arts Council fellow, and 2024 finalist for the prestigious Seifert Competition for jazz violin in Krakow, Poland. He is signed to Ropeadope Records on which he has released three albums and tours the world as a bandleader and sideman in several genres. Some of the artists with whom he has performed include Rising Appalachia, Peter Mawanga, and Grammy-nominees John Doyle and Trio Brasileiro. Magill grew up studying various traditional genres at The Swannanoa Gathering which his father founded in 1990. In 2005 Magill released his debut Drive & Lift, a collection of traditional and original Irish music, and has released twelve studio albums since.David McKindley-Ward is an award winning musician and singer who grew up in the DC area steeped in folk, traditional, and protest music from all over the world. From his folk foundation of Pete Segeer and Stan Rogers, he found a love for Irish music from cassette tape recordings of the old folk revival balladeers from the 50s and 60s; the Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem, the Dubliners, The Wolftones, and many more. His interest in traditional singing grew when exposed to such greats as Paul Brady, Dolores Keane, and Donal Maguire, and much of his style and repertoire is based on these three. Currently, David collaborates with many Irish singers and instrumentalists, including, Eimear Arkins, Liz Hanley, Brenda Castles, Joey Abarta, Allen Murray, and many others. He has recorded three albums with singer-songwriter Letitia VanSant, their latest release “Eye of the Storm” will be released this year. Over the last few years, he has made a name for himself as a touring artist across the US, Ireland and the UK and a regular performer and instructor at festivals including O’Flaherty’s Irish Retreat, Atlanta Irish Fest, Baltimore Tradfest, Celtic Fest Mississippi, the Ashokan Center, The Philadelphia Céilí Group Traditional Irish music and Dance Weekend, and the Augusta Irish Retreat.
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105C Montreat Rd, Black Mountain, NC, United States, North Carolina 28711
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