Niamh Ní Charra is an Irish fiddler, concertina player and singer from

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Early life

At the age of four, Ní Charra started playing music. She has performed in 2500 shows touring 8 years as a soloist with

Riverdance ''Riverdance'' is a theatrical show that consists mainly of traditional Irish music and dance. With a score composed by Bill Whelan, it originated as an interval act during the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, featuring Irish dancing champions J ...

Living Tradition CD review of NIAMH NÍ CHARRA Happy Out
/ref> before returning to Ireland. Her first solo album, Ón Dá Thaobh/From Both Sides, was released in 2007, and was followed by a second, Súgach Sámh / Happy Out, in 2010. Both albums were well received, after which Ní Charra received awards including Mojo's Top Ten Folk Albums of 2007 and Irish World's Best Trad Music Act 2008, In 2013, Ní Charra released "Cuz", a tribute to Kerry and Chicago musician, Terry 'Cuz' Teahan. This album also received positive reviews.Niamh Ní Charra - Cuz - SpiralEarth
/ref>"Niamh Ní Charra Album Review: Cuz".
''Irish Times'' Ní Charra has also toured as a member of the Carlos Núñez band.

Discography

Solo albums

*2007 ''Ón Dá Thaobh/From Both Sides'' *2010 ''Súgach Sámh / Happy Out'' *2013 ''"Cuz"'' *2020 "Donnelly's Arm"

Collaborations

*2011 ''The Basque Irish Connection'',

Ibon Koteron Ibon Koteron (born in Bilbao in 1967) is a Basque musician renowned as a player of the alboka. His 1996 debut release was a joint record with Kepa Junkera, ''Leonen Orroak'' (''the roarings of Leon'', a homage to the great ''albokalari'' Leon Bilb ...

Guest Roles

*2010 '' San Patricio (album),

The Chieftains The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous w ...

'' *2009 '' Alborada do Brasil (album), Carlos Núñez'' *2016 KeltiK (Album), Xabi Aburruzaga Living Tradition CD review of NIAMH NÍ CHARRA Happy Out
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References

External links

Shetland Folk FestivalCast Members · Riverdance
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