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Danny Diamond is a musician from Ireland, who plays fiddle, sings, composes music, and works as a recording engineer/producer. He comes from a renowned family of traditional musicians with a deep cultural heritage in the North of Ireland. https://dannydiamond.ie/Danny is currently based between Minneapolis, USA and Ireland. He tours internationally as fiddle player and Music Co-Ordinator with Teac Damsa’s multi award-winning dance theatre show Swan Lake /Loch na hEala, for which he also co-wrote and arranged the score. Other collaborations include the traditional fiddle duo NORTH (with Conor Caldwell) and What To Bring When We Leave, a two-man show with poet Tom French. Danny is currently working on a new solo album of fiddle music and songs, new and old, for release in 2020.
Past work includes the experimental Irish/Nordic trio Slow Moving Clouds, the Irish folk/traditional band Mórga, and a 10-year stint as an audio archivist with The Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin.
Brian Miller’s intricate yet driving guitar style has made him a sought-after guitar accompanist in the North American Irish music scene.
Also a flute, whistle, bouzouki player, singer and researcher, he co-founded the Traditional Singers Club of the Twin Cities. Brian has performed across North America and in Ireland with various groups including Bua (Irish Music Awards’ 2009 “Top Traditional Group”), Chulrua (with Paddy O'Brien), the Two Tap Trio and Laura MacKenzie.
His recordings have been featured on MPR, CBC Radio’s "Canada Live", and in Ireland on RTE and TG4 (television) and RTE (radio). Brian is a two-time recipient of the Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for his work with the Irish-influenced music of Midwestern lumberjacks.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Waldmann Brewery, 445 Smith Ave N, St Paul, MN 55102-2725, United States,Saint Paul, Minnesota
