Paul Brock is an
Irish
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button
accordionist
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...
born in
Athlone
Athlone (; ) is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of ...
now residing in
Ennis
Ennis () is the county town of County Clare, in the mid-west of Ireland. The town lies on the River Fergus, north of where the river widens and enters the Shannon Estuary. Ennis is the largest town in County Clare, with a population of 25,27 ...
. In May 1989, Brock co-founded the group Moving Cloud with fiddle player,
Manus McGuire
Manus McGuire is an Irish fiddle player.
Early life
He was born in Tullamore, and grew up in County Sligo. He resides in County Clare. In 1970, he won Sligo's prestigious Fiddler of Dooney competition, at age 14.
Career
He is a founding m ...
. In 2001 he co-founded the new group
The Brock McGuire Band
The Brock McGuire Band is an Irish Folk group fronted by Paul Brock and Manus McGuire. Residing in County Clare, button accordionist and melodeonist Paul Brock and fiddler Manus McGuire are two of Ireland’s most celebrated traditional musici ...
also with Manus McGuire. In 2004, Brock was voted Best Male Musician by the ''Irish American News''. His recent album ''Humdinger'' with fellow band member
Enda Scahill
Enda Scahill is an Irish banjo player from Corofin, County Galway. He is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys, Frankie Gavin and The Chieftains. He is an ex-member of The Brock McGuire Band. In 2006 he released th ...
was voted Irish Music Album of The Year by the ''
Irish Times
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'' and has been 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 music, folk, bluegrass music, bluegrass, Celtic music, Celtic, jazz, and acoustic music.
In 2006, Compass purchased t ...
.
Discography
*''Green Grass Blue Grass''
*''Humdinger''
*''Brock McGuire Band''
*''Mo Chairdin''
*''Tribute to Joe Cooley'' (with
Frankie Gavin)
*''Moving Cloud''
*''Foxglove''
*''Hands Across The Water''
References
Corofin Trad Festival bioThe Irish Music Magazine Charts
External links
Paul Brock & Enda Scahill
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Irish accordionists
Living people
Musicians from County Clare
Musicians from County Westmeath
People from Athlone
People from Ennis
21st-century accordionists
Year of birth missing (living people)