Patrick Street is an Irish folk group founded by Kevin Burke (formerly of

The Bothy Band The Bothy Band were an Irish traditional band active during the mid 1970s. They quickly gained a reputation as one of the most influential bands playing Irish traditional music. Their enthusiasm and musical virtuosity had a significant influen ...

) on

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

, Andy Irvine (

Sweeney's Men Sweeney's Men was an Irish traditional band. They emerged from the mid-1960s Irish roots revival, along with groups such as The Dubliners and the Clancy Brothers. The founding line-up in May 1966 was Johnny Moynihan, Andy Irvine and "Galway ...

Planxty Planxty were an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars ...

) on

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

, harmonica and vocals,

Jackie Daly Jackie Daly (born 22 June 1945, Kanturk, North Cork, Ireland) is an Irish button accordion and concertina player. He has been a member of a number of prominent Irish traditional-music bands, including De Dannan, Patrick Street, Arcady, and ...

(

De Dannan De Dannan (originally ''Dé Danann'') is an Irish folk music group. It was formed 1975 by Frankie Gavin ( fiddle), Alec Finn (guitar, bouzouki), Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh (bodhrán) and Charlie Piggott ( banjo) as a result of sessions in Hughe ...

) on button

accordion 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 ...

, and

Arty McGlynn Arty McGlynn (7 August 1944 – 18 December 2019) was an Irish guitarist born in Omagh, County Tyrone. In addition to his solo work, he collaborated with different notable groups such as Patrick Street, Planxty, Four Men and a Dog, De Dannan ...

(

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) on guitar. Other members were added at various times: Ged Foley ( The House Band,

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) who held the tenure on guitar for many years,

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on keyboards,

Declan Masterson Declan Masterson is an Irish uilleann piper, traditional musician, composer and arranger. In addition to pursuing a solo career and playing with Moving Hearts and Patrick Street, Masterson was one of the ''Riverdance'' musicians. He has perfo ...

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and keyboards, James Kelly on fiddle, Brendan Hearty on

harmonium The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. T ...

, John Carty on fiddle,

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and

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, and Enda Walsh on keyboards.

Dónal Lunny Dónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays left-handed guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán. As a founding member of popular bands Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin, Mozai ...

, Whelan, and Walsh joined as producers on some albums.

History

In 1985, Andy Irvine joined up with fiddler Kevin Burke and guitarist

Mícheál Ó Domhnaill Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (; 7 October 1951 – 7 July 2006) was an Irish singer, guitarist, composer, and producer who was a major influence on Irish traditional music in the second half of the twentieth century. He is remembered for his innovativ ...

(who had been gigging together around America for some time) and toured as a trio in the USA; when Ó Domhnaill wasn't available for some of the dates, guitarist/vocalist Gerry O'Beirne stepped in.''Street Cred'', in ''Folk Roots'' No.66, December 1988. "This tour was such fun and so successful that we decided to expand the outfit into a four-piece by adding

", Irvine wrote.Andy Irvine's autobiography – Part 10.
. Retrieved 26 March 2015 Originally billed on a 1986 American tour as "The Legends of Irish Music", they soon chose to call themselves Patrick Street. The line-up for the band underwent several changes, but always included Burke, Irvine and Daly. The guitar role, however, passed: *from O'Beirne to

– before the recording of their first album, ''

Patrick Street Patrick Street is an Irish folk group founded by Kevin Burke (formerly of The Bothy Band) on fiddle, Andy Irvine (Sweeney's Men, Planxty) on mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica and vocals, Jackie Daly ( De Dannan) on button accordion, and Art ...

'', which began in August 1986;Sleeve notes from ''Patrick Street'', Green Linnet SIF 1071, 1986. *from McGlynn to Ged Foley – after the band recorded their fourth album, '' All in Good Time'', released in 1993;Sleeve notes from ''The Best of Patrick Street'', NECTAR NTMCD503, 1995. *back to McGlynn – when they resumed touring after the completion of their ninth album, ''

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'', released in 2007.''Patrick Street – On the Fly'', Loftus Music LM002, 2007. After Daly retired from Patrick Street, John Carty joined on fiddle, flute and tenor banjo in time to record ''On the Fly''.Sleeve notes from ''Patrick Street – On the Fly'', Loftus Music LM002, 2007. Patrick Street was originally conceived as a part-time band, nevertheless they have recorded nine studio albums and one live album.

Music for a Found Harmonium

The song was included on the Green Linnet 20th Anniversary, 2-CD collection of various artists, issued in 1996. In 2004, Patrick Street's rendition of "Music for a Found Harmonium" (originally composed by

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from

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), was used near the end of the movie ''

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''. It was also used in the 1991 film ''

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''. In 2008, the furniture company MFI also used Patrick Street's cover of "Music for a Found Harmonium" as the soundtrack of a TV advertisement.Patrick Street and MFI at Hands Up For Trad website
Retrieved 26 March 2015 In 2009,

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included "Music for a Found Harmonium" from ''

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'' as track fifteen on the first CD ("Disk one") of their 70-year anniversary boxed set ''

Three Score and Ten ''Three Score and Ten: A Voice to the People'' is a multi-CD box set album issued by Topic Records in 2009 to celebrate 70 years as an independent British record label. The album consists of a hardback book containing the seven CDs and a paper ...

''.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (1986) * '' No. 2 Patrick Street'' (1988) * ''

'' (1990) * '' All in Good Time'' (1993) * '' Cornerboys'' (1996) * '' Made in Cork'' (1997) * '' Street Life'' (2002) * ''

'' (2007)

Live albums

* ''

Live from Patrick Street ''Live from Patrick Street'' is the seventh album–recorded live–by the Irish folk band Patrick Street, released in 1999 on Green Linnet Records. Recording It was recorded in November 1998 while on tour in Britain and Ireland. It was ...

'' (1999)

Compilations

* '' The Best of Patrick Street'' (1995) * '' Compendium: The Best of Patrick Street'' (2000)

References

External links

Patrick Street 'Artist page' at Green Linnet website
Retrieved 26 March 2015.

Retrieved 26 March 2015.

Retrieved 26 March 2015.
Patrick Street catalogue at MusicBrainz website
Retrieved 16 March 2015.
Kevin Burke – Official website
Retrieved 26 March 2015.

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