Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh
Biography
Courtesy of the Artists Website 2014.
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh plays traditional and contemporary folk music on Hardanger d'Amore and other fiddles.
In addition to being an established solo artist, he performs duos with dynamic Kerry accordion player Brendan Begley and Dublin uilleann piper Mick O'Brien, plays in a trio with Martin Hayes and Peadar Ó Riada, and is a member of two groups: The Gloaming and This Is How We Fly.
He has released ten CDs to date: Kitty Lie Over and Deadly Buzz with Mick O'Brien; A Moment of Madness with Brendan Begley; Triúr Omós, Triúr Arís and Triúr sa Draighean with Martin Hayes and Peadar Ó Riada; Comb Your Hair and Curl It with Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh and Catherine McEvoy; the eponymous debuts from the bands This is How We Fly and The Gloaming; and his solo Where the One-Eyed Man is King.
As well his work in traditional Irish music, Caoimhín writes new contemporary material that explores the region where traditional music begins to disintegrate.