Enda Scahill is an Irish
banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...
player from
Corofin, County Galway
Corofin or Corrofin () is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland, situated on the N17 road between Galway City and Tuam.
History
Corrofin Castle is a mid-15th century tower house, now partly in ruins.
Sport
The local Gaelic football ...
. He is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with
The Fureys
The Fureys are an Irish folk band originally formed in 1974. The group consisted initially of four brothers who grew up in Ballyfermot, Dublin.
Brothers Eddie, Finbar, Paul and George Furey are of Irish Traveller heritage. Two of the band's s ...
,
Frankie Gavin and
The Chieftains. He is an ex-member of
The Brock McGuire Band. In 2006 he released the album ''Humdinger'' with
Paul Brock
Paul Brock is an Irish button accordionist born in Athlone now residing in Ennis. In May 1989, Brock co-founded the group Moving Cloud with fiddle player, Manus McGuire. In 2001 he co-founded the new group The Brock McGuire Band also with Manus ...
which was awarded Irish Music Album of the Year by ''
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...
'' and was released by
Compass Records
Compass Records is an independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown that specializes in folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music.
In 2006, Compass purchased the Green Linnet and Xenophile catalogs, ...
in Nashville, Tennessee.
Scahill is the founder of the band
We Banjo 3 whose members include Martin Howley, David Howley and his brother Fergal Scahill. Earle Hitchner, music writer for ''
The Wall Street Journal'', describes We Banjo 3's playing as a "freshness and finesse bordering on the magical" and LiveIreland proclaiming them "the hottest group in Irish music."
Discography
* ''Humdinger''(2006)
* ''Brock McGuire Band''
* ''Pick It Up''(2000)
* ''Roots of the Banjo Tree'' (2012)
* ''Gather the Good'' (2014)
* ''Live in Galway'' (2015)
* ''String Theory'' (2016)
References
Galway Arts Festival
The Irish Music Magazine Charts
External links
Official WebsiteWe Banjo 3 (official website)
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Irish banjoists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people