Cathal Sean Hayden is a
Northern Irish
The people of Northern Ireland are all people born in Northern Ireland and having, at the time of their birth, at least one parent who is a British Nationality Law, British citizen, an Irish nationality law, Irish citizen or is otherwis ...
musician, acclaimed for his skilled style of
Irish fiddle and tenor (four-stringed)
banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin.
...
. He was born on 13 July 1963, in the village of the
Rock,
County Tyrone (outside
Pomeroy), an area immersed in
traditional music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...
.
The third of eight children, Hayden was born into an environment steeped in traditional Irish music; his father and both of his grandfathers all played the fiddle, with his father playing tenor banjo as well, inspiring Hayden as a boy to learn both instruments. Additionally, his mother was a
pianist
A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...
, often accompanying traditional musicians. As a young man, Hayden competed in the
Fleadh Cheoil (
�fʲlʲaË ËˆÃ§oËlʲ English: "music festival"), Ireland's yearly international music competition-festival, winning the category of
All-Ireland Champion on both banjo and fiddle. He is an original member of the group
Four Men and a Dog, whose debut album, ''Barking Mad'' (1991), won ''Folk Roots''
' Best New Album award the year of its release.
Discography
* ''Handed Down'' (1988)
* ''Barking Mad'' (1991)
* ''Shifting Gravel'' (1993)
* ''Doctor A's Secret Remedies'' (1995)
* ''Long Roads'' (1996)
* ''Cathal Hayden'' (1999)
* ''Maybe Tonight'' (2002)
* ''Live in Belfast'' (2007)
* ''Crossroads'' (2008)
(with MáirtÃn O'Connor and Seamie O'Dowd; for details, se
irishtune.info
)
* ''Hooked on Banjo'' (2016)
See also
*
Four Men and a Dog
References
External links
Cathal Hayden's Site*
Four Men and a Dogat
Allmusic
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Four Men and a Dog's Official Site
Reviews
Living people
Folk musicians from Northern Ireland
Musicians from County Tyrone
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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