Kevin Crawford (born in

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parents from

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. He later moved to West Clare to improve his music and become more exposed to

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Bands

He started in the late 1980s with English band Long Acre working with artists such as Mick Conneely, Brendan Boyle, Bernadette Davis, Joe Molloy and Ivan Miletitch. After recording and co-producing what he described as his most "traditional" CD with "Grianán," a group including Siobhán and

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, P.J. King, Martin Murray,

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, John Maloney, and Pat Marsh (released in 1993), Crawford joined Moving Cloud in 1993, with whom he recorded two albums. He joined one of Ireland's top traditional bands,

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, in 1997, replacing

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. Crawford became the frontman for Lúnasa during their live performances. With the band he has recorded a number of albums, while he has also recorded solo albums and albums with other musicians. He also tours with Martin Hayes and John Doyle as The Teetotallers. According to the liner notes in

Carrying the Tune ''Carrying the Tune'' is a Celtic album by Kevin Crawford. It was released in 2012 on BallyO Records, and is Kevin's third solo release. The tracks on this album feature Kevin playing the flute and whistle and accompanied by guitar, bouzouki ...

, he plays "Mike Grinter flutes and whistles and Susato, Generation and Jonathan Sindt whistles."

Discography

;Solo * 'D' Flute Album (1995) * In Good Company (2001) * A Breath of Fresh Air (2007) *

(2012) ;with Grianán * The Maid of Eirin (1993) ;with Raise The Rafters * Raise The Rafters (1995) ;with Moving Cloud * Moving Cloud (1995) * Foxglove (1998) ;with

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(1999) *

The Merry Sisters of Fate ''The Merry Sisters of Fate'' is an album by Irish Celtic band Lúnasa that was released in 2001 on Green Linnet Records. It is the band's third major release, and first with pipe player Cillian Vallely. The record is characterised as particularl ...

(2001) *

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(2003) *

The Kinnitty Sessions ''The Kinnitty Sessions'' is an album by Lúnasa that was released in 2004 on Compass Records. It is their fifth major release, and their first on Compass Records. The album was recorded in Kinnitty Castle before a small audience. This was Donog ...

(2004) * Sé (2006) * The Story So Far ... (2008) * The Leitrim Equation featuring Lúnasa (2009) (features Lúnasa and other Irish musicians) *

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(2010) * CAS (2018) ;with Cillian Vallely * On Common Ground (2009) ;with The Drunken Gaugers * The Drunken Gaugers: Kevin Crawford, Dylan Foley (fiddle), and Patrick Doocey (guitar) (2017) ;with Colin Farrell & Patrick Doocey * Music and Mischief (2019)

References

External links

Kevin Crawford's page at Compass RecordsLúnasa website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Kevin 1967 births Living people Bodhrán players British flautists English people of Irish descent Green Linnet Records artists Lúnasa (band) members People from Birmingham, West Midlands Tin whistle players