The Brock McGuire Band is an Irish Folk group fronted by

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 ...

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 musicians and have been at the forefront of Irish music for many years: They are joined by acclaimed composer Denis Carey on piano and dancer Dave Curley on banjo, mandolin and vocals. The Brock McGuire Band is a tenacious blend of instruments emphasizing mostly Irish music but also sprinkling in impressive arrangements of American Old Timey, Bluegrass, French-Canadian, and other Celtic traditions. In 2011, they collaborated with various Nashville musicians including 14 time Grammy Winner

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to record, "Green Grass Blue Grass". An exploration of the connection between

Irish Traditional 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. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Ireland, there we ...

and American Bluegrass and

Appalachian music Appalachian music is the music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. Traditional Appalachian music is derived from various influences, including the ballads, hymns and fiddle music of the British Isles (particularly Scotland) ...

. The album was launched on the

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, 11 March 2011. Green Grass Blue Grass featured

on mandolin,

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on guitar,

Aubrey Haynie Aubrey Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wrote ...

on fiddle, Jeff Taylor on accordion and Mark Fain on Double Bass. The album has been described by critics as "an adrenaline rush", "a masterpiece" and "virtuosity in full flight".

Notable Performances

, Nashville, Tennessee *Cleveland Irish Festival, Cleveland, Ohio *

Celtic Colours Celtic Colours International Festival is a Celtic music festival held annually in October in communities on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. First held in 1997, the festival has featured musicians from the Celtic world and attracted vi ...

, Cape Breton *World Music Fest, Chicago, Illinois *Return to Camden Town Festival, London *National Concert Hall, Bogota, Colombia

The Band

- Button Accordion/Melodeon * Manus McGuire - Fiddle * Denis Carey - Piano *Dave Curley - Banjo/Mandolin/Vocal

Discography

*Brock McGuire Band (2004) *Humdinger (2006) *Green Grass Blue Grass with

(2011)

Awards

* 'Irish Music Album Of The Year' Irish Times for Humdinger (2006) * 5-star ‘Top of the World’

Songlines (magazine) ''Songlines'' is a British magazine launched in 1999 that covers music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from around the globe. ''Songlines'' is published 10 times a year and contains CD reviews, artist in ...

(2011) * ‘Instrumental Band of the Decade’ Irish American News (2011)

References

Irish Music Magazine

Compass Records Profile

Green Linnet Artist bio

Irish American Review

External links

Official Website
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