ARTY McGLYNN & NOLLAIG CASEY FRIDAY 5th FEBRUARY ARTY & JEROME McGLYNN JAZZ QUARTET SUNDAY 7th FEBRUARY 8.00PM (FRI) & 6.00PM (SUN) McGRORY’S BACKROOM Arty McGlynn is the most sought after guitar player in Ireland. Born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, his mother bought him his first guitar at the age of 11 and by the age of 15 he was playing professionally in the showbands of the day. His first solo album "McGlynn's Fancy" was released in 1979, the first recording in which the guitar is played in an authentic traditional style, and as such has been hailed as a classic in the traditional music world. Through the last three decades Arty has been playing and recording with the likes of Christy Moore, Paul Brady, Donal Lunny and Liam O'Flynn, Planxty, Patrick Street, De Danann and the Van Morrison Band. Arty produced and played on the album "Barking Mad" by Four Men & A Dog, and on Christy Hennessy's album "The Rehearsal" which remained in the Irish charts for 18 months. Arty will be joined at the festival by Nollaig Casey on fiddle on the Friday night, and by his son Jerome McGlynn - a chip off the old block - as part of a jazz quartet on the Sunday evening.

5 - 7 February 2010
CULDAFF, INISHOWEN

CO. DONEGAL

ARTY McGLYNN & NOLLAIG CASEY

FRIDAY 5th FEBRUARY

ARTY & JEROME McGLYNN JAZZ QUARTET

SUNDAY 7th FEBRUARY

8.00PM (FRI) & 6.00PM (SUN)

McGRORY’S BACKROOM

•Arty McGlynn is the most sought after guitar player in Ireland.
•Born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, his mother bought him his first guitar at the age of 11 and by the age of 15 he was playing professionally in the showbands of the day.
•His first solo album "McGlynn's Fancy" was released in 1979, the first recording in which the guitar is played in an authentic traditional style, and as such has been hailed as a classic in the traditional music world.
•Through the last three decades Arty has been playing and recording with the likes of Christy Moore, Paul Brady, Donal Lunny and Liam O'Flynn, Planxty, Patrick Street, De Danann and the Van Morrison Band.
•Arty produced and played on the album "Barking Mad" by Four Men & A Dog, and on Christy Hennessy's album "The Rehearsal" which remained in the Irish charts for 18 months.
•Arty will be joined at the festival by Nollaig Casey on fiddle on the Friday night, and by his son Jerome McGlynn - a chip off the old block - as part of a jazz quartet on the Sunday evening.