Cathal Hayden
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Background information | |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Rock, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
Genres | Irish traditional music |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Fiddle, tenor banjo |
Years active | 1970–present |
Cathal Sean Hayden is a Northern Irish musician, acclaimed for his skilled style of Irish fiddle and tenor (four-stringed) banjo. He was born on 13 July 1963, in the village of the Rock, County Tyrone[1] (outside Pomeroy), an area immersed in traditional music.
The third of eight children, Hayden was born into an environment steeped in traditional Irish music; his father and both of his grandfathers all played the fiddle, with his father playing tenor banjo as well, inspiring Hayden as a boy to learn both instruments. Additionally, his mother was a pianist, often accompanying traditional musicians. As a young man, Hayden competed in the Fleadh Cheoil ([ˌfʲlʲaː ˈçoːlʲ]; English: "music festival"), Ireland's yearly international music competition-festival, winning the category of All-Ireland Champion on both banjo and fiddle. He is an original member of the group Four Men and a Dog, whose debut album, Barking Mad (1991), won Folk Roots' Best New Album award the year of its release.
Discography
[edit]- Handed Down (1988)
- Barking Mad (1991)
- Shifting Gravel (1993)
- Doctor A's Secret Remedies (1995)
- Long Roads (1996)
- Cathal Hayden (1999)
- Maybe Tonight (2002)
- Live in Belfast (2007)
- Crossroads (2008) (with Máirtín O'Connor and Seamie O'Dowd; for details, see irishtune.info Archived 25 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine)
- Hooked on Banjo (2016)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Trad/Roots: How Tyrone musician Cathal Hayden got Hooked on Banjo". The Irish News. Retrieved 4 July 2020.