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Kevin Burke – short bio KEVIN BURKE - Irish Fiddler
Kevin Burke
is one of the most influential musicians to emerge from the Irish traditional
music revival of the last 30 years. His inimitably silky, lyrical style was a
cornerstone of legendary Irish group The Bothy Band. Today he is sparks
such Celtic supergroups as Patrick Street and The Celtic Fiddle Festival. Burke
has recorded with artists as diverse as Kate Bush, Arlo Guthrie, Paul Brady, Tim
O'Brien and Doug Dillard, and has released a string of solo recordings now
considered classics. Raised in London by parents from County Sligo, Ireland,
Burke has come to be associated with the elegant, ornamented Sligo style of
playing. The New York Times calls him "a superior instrumentalist in any
idiom...impressively virtuosic," and The Washington Post says his "lyrical style
is always emotionally electric." Burke, who now makes his home in Portland,
Oregon, is a recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship by the National
Endowment for the Arts, this country's highest honor for the traditional arts.
His most recent solo CD is "In Concert" on Green Linnet Records.
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