Paul McSherry is a guitarist from Northern Ireland who began playing in 1982, aged 14. He was inspired by two guitarists from his native
West Belfast, Maurice McHugh and Mark Kane, and was self-taught on
DAGDAD tuning.
He was a member of a band named. "The McSherrys", which changed its name to
Tamalin in the late 1980s. He also played in the Belfast band "Commonalty", which recorded an album in 1989, but only released on
cassette
Cassette may refer to:
Technology
* Cassette tape (or ''musicassette'', ''audio cassette'', ''cassette tape'', or ''tape''), a worldwide standard for analog audio recording and playback
** Cassette single (or "Cassingle"), a music single in th ...
. In 1997, Tamalin released their debut album ''Rhythm and Rhyme''. He has accompanied on stage, and recorded with, such musicians as
Liam O'Flynn
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Paddy Keenan
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Paddy Glackin
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Biography
Paddy Glackin was born on 5 August 1954 in Clontarf, Dublin. His fath ...
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Cathal Hayden,
Michael McGoldrick
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Bands
McGo ...
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Tommy Peoples
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Biography
Peoples was born near St. Johnston, County Donegal, Ireland. He was a member of traditional Irish music groups, ...
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Kevin Crawford
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Gerry O'Connor (fiddle player) Gerry O'Connor may refer to:
* Gerry O'Connor (fiddle player), Irish fiddle player
* Gerry O'Connor (banjo player), tenor banjo player
* Gerry O'Connor (hurling manager) (born 1966), Irish hurling manager and former player
See also
* Jerry O'Conn ...
, and
John McSherry
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, and singers
Tommy Makem
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and
Brian Kennedy.
Discography
* Grianan "The Maid of Eirin" (1990)
*
Niamh Parsons
Niamh Parsons (born in Dublin, Ireland) is a singer of contemporary and traditional Irish music
Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland.
I ...
, "Loosely Connected" (1992)
* Brian Finnegan, "When the Party's Over" (1993)
* Wild Flowers, "Total Vocal" (1993)
* Susan Tommelty, "Belfast(Live)" (1996)
* O'Aces, "On oiche go Maidin" (1997)
* Tamalin, "Rhythm and Rhyme" (1997)
* Ray Gallen, "Man of the House" (1998)
* Cormac Breathnach, "Musical Journey" (1999)
* Jason O'Rourke, "The Bunch of Keys" (1999)
* Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry, "At First Light" (2001)
* John Kennedy, "Together in Time" (2001)
* Gerry O'Connor, "Journeyman" (2004)
* Pádraig Rynne, "Bye A While" (2005)
* At First Light, "Tripswitch" (2006)
* Brendan Hendry, Brendan Mulholland, Paul McSherry, ‘Tuned up’ (2008)
* Guidewires, "Live" (2009)
* Siobhan Skates, "Better than a Dream" (2009)
* John McSherry, "Soma" (2010)
* Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry, Nodlaig Brolly, ‘Stringtones” (2010)
* Guidewires, "II" (2011)
* At First Light, ‘Idir” (2011)
* Sylvain Barou, ‘Sylvain Barou”(2012)
* Ian Carmichael, ‘Ten Years On” (2015)
* Marco Fabbri, ‘Crossroads” (2016)
External links
Paul McSherry official website
Guitarists from Northern Ireland
Folk musicians from Northern Ireland
Musicians from Belfast
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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