Dónal Lunny

Dónal Lunny ( born August 10, 1947 in Tullamore ) is an Irish folk musician. He is one of the musicians who popularized the Irish Folk.

Life

As a teenager Lunny lived in Newbridge, County Kildare in Ireland. He became a member of the band Rakes of Kildare, who was also the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Christy Moore. Later they played together in the folk band The Emmet Spiceland. Her debut album The First was released in 1968. The single Mary from Dungloe was a number -one hit. 1971 Lunny worked with on Christy Moore's second album Prosperous. Four of the musicians of this album made ​​in 1972, the folk band Planxty. Besides Lunny and Andy Irvine and Moore this Liam O'Flynn were. This band was formative for the next ten years. 1974 Lunny left the band. Together with other musicians such as flutist Matt Molloy and the singers Micheal and Triona Ní Dhomhnaill he founded the band Seachtar. 1975 Lunny on guitar and bouzouki member of the Bothy band was. Also, this band has the Irish folk influenced. In addition to Andy Irvine Lunny is considered the musicians who made the bouzouki in Irish Folk popular.

1978, dissolved the Bothy band, and Dónal Lunny was a sideman on the album Davey and Morris by Shaun Davey. In 1981 he founded, among others, with Christy Moore and Davy Spillane ( Uilleann Pipes ), the band Moving Hearts. This band broke up in 1985 but found again in 2007 together.

After the end of Moving Hearts Lunny learned keyboards and mandolin and continued his career as a music producer and sideman on. He produced albums by Kate Bush, Paul Brady, Elvis Costello, Rod Stewart, Sinéad O'Connor and Clannad.

Dónal Lunny collaborated on numerous projects. This includes Donal Lunny solo album, which was released in 1987 and instrumental title contains numerous performers, which he composed and had arranged. Was released in 1998 the album Coolfin similarly constructed. From 2004 he worked on a multi-cultural project with the group Mozaik, which also includes Andy Irvine belonged.

Dónal Lunny is married to Japanese musician Hideko Itami. They live on the Japanese island of Okinawa. Dónal Lunny in 2004, one son. Mother is Irish musician Sinead O'Connor. Lunny is a skilled silversmith. His brother Manus Lunny is also a musician.

Discography

Solo albums

Albums with Triona Ní Dhomhnaill and Maighread

Albums with Mozaik

  • 2004: Live from the Powerhouse
  • 2007: Changing Trains

More Albums

For more albums see Christy Moore, Planxty, Bothy band and Moving Hearts.

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