Seán Keane (fiddler)

Seán Keane ( born July 12, 1946 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish fiddle player. Keane grew up in a typical Dublin family of musicians. Both parents played the violin and he started learning the instrument since his early childhood; at the Dublin School of Music, he received classical lessons. Over the years, he was more interested in traditional Irish music and won, among others, the All-Ireland Championship.

As a 16 - year-old he played with his brother James in the Castle Ceili Band, where Seán Ó Riada discovered him, brought him a year later in his band Ceoltoiri Chuallan.

1968 invited Paddy Moloney him in his band The Chieftains one whose member he is today. First heard Keane was on the album The Chieftains 2 While the violinist Martin Fay is mainly responsible for the quiet violin passages, Keane prefers to play the faster dance pieces.

During his time with the Chieftains, he released five solo albums and played two albums with other musicians a.

Seán Keane is not to be confused with the Irish singer, born in 1961.

Discography

• Ceoltoiri Chuallan, see Chieftains
• The Chieftains, 1969 to today, see below Chieftains
• Castle Ceili Band: The Castle Ceili Band (1973 )

• Gusty 's Frolics (1975 )
• Jig it in Style ( 1977)
• At Fhidil Sraith II (1980, with others)
• Seán Keane ( 1981)
• Fifty Fiddle Solos (CD to the same music book, 1991)

• Contentment is Wealth (1985 )

• The Fire Aflame (1988 )

Furthermore, Seán Keane played on the following albums of his brother James Keane:

• Roll Away the Reel World ( 1980)
• Live in Dublin ( 1998)
• With Friends Like These (1998)
• Sweeter As The Years Roll By ( 1999)

In addition, Keane played with on albums by Mike Oldfield, Kate Bush, Mark Knopfler, Great Big Sea, Ali Farka Touré and Gary Moore.

• Violinist
• Irish musicians
• Person (Dublin)
• Born in 1946
• Man