Paddy Keenan, Dermot Byrne, Tim Edey

Three of Irish music’s finest exponents come together, Donegal accordionist Dermot Byrne, Paddy Keenan on pipes/whistles, and honorary Kerry-man Anglo/Irish guitarist and accordionist Tim Edey.
“Paddy Keenan has few peers in the world of traditional Irish music. For over thirty years he has focused on a simple but rarely attained goal: to present the music in its purest essence. Transcending the technical challenges of the uilleann pipes, flute and tin whistle, Paddy has consistently mined the rough ore of jigs, reels, and airs, and worked and reworked their presentation until we, his audience, get to hear the real, pure, life-affirming beauty of them. If the end result is like water from a holy well, Paddy Keenan is surely one of the world’s best water witches!” – Tim O’Brien, 2001

“In a live situation, uilleann piper Paddy Keenan is probably the most exciting traditional musician in the world. His inventiveness and willingness to take risks most players wouldn’t even think of and pull them off makes his playing an endless source of fascination for traditional music lovers, and pipers in particular.” – Ken Ricketts and Marya Parker, 2001