Sinéad Madden (born in

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, Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter and fiddle player, best known as a member of the Moya Brennan band. She also teaches at Waltons New School of Music in

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Moya Brennan's website

Early life

Sinéad Madden was born in County Galway, but moved to

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aged 6. At the age of 7 she began playing

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fiddle. As a young adult, Madden went on to study both

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and violin while performing at sessions in local pubs.Sinéad Madden
MySpace

Introduction to professional music

Sinéad moved to

in 1994 to experience college life and the rock scene in the city at the time. It was in that year that she met Ewan Cowley who had worked with

Clannad Clannad () were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings , and (Moya) (in English, Brennan) and their twin uncles Noel and (Duggan). They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history. Beginn ...

and

Moya Brennan Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin on 4 August 1952), also known as Máire Brennan, is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She is the sister of the musical artist known as Enya. She began performing pr ...

. In the summer of 1998, Madden met Moya through Cowley and has been a member of her live band since. Madden has also performed alongside

The Drifters The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and ...

frontman Ben E. King, Peter Baxter and is also a member of Irish-Australian band Tyrella.

Solo career

As well as recording alongside the aforementioned artists, Madden released her début album, ''Honey Promises'' in May 2009. The album features

and Cormac de Barra. Northern Skyline Sinead also played live with

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in 2012.

Discography

Solo albums

*2009 – '' Honey Promises''

Moya Brennan

*2003 – '' Two Horizons'' *2005 – '' Óró - A Live Session'' *2005 – '' An Irish Christmas'' *2006 – ''

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'' *2007 – '' Signature Special Tour Edition'' *2008 – '' Heart Strings''

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial MySpace page
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