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John Carty is an Irish musician. Considered among Ireland’s best traditional musicians, Carty plays fiddle, tenor banjo, tenor guitar and occasionally the flute.[1] He is very interested in the North Connacht traditional music style.
Carty was born in London and now lives in Boyle, County Roscommon.
His first fiddle album, Last Night's Fun, which released on Shanachie Records in 1996 has been described as a milestone in recorded fiddle music.[2]
In 2003, he was awarded Traditional Musician of the Year by the Irish Television station TG4. The award placed him in the company of previous winners, such as Matt Molloy and Paddy Keenan.
Discography
[edit]- The Cat that Ate the Candle (1994)
- Last Night's Fun (1996)
- Yeh That's All It Is (2001)
- At It Again (2003)
- At the Racket (1998)
- Mirth Making Heroes _At the Racket (2002)
- I Will If I Can (2005)
- Pathway To the Well (2007)
- On the Fly- Patrick Street (2007)
- It's Not Racket Science - At the Racket (2008)
- Meadbh (The Crimson Path) (2010)
- At Complete Ease - John Carty & Brian Rooney (2011)
- Leitrim Equation 3 – John Carty, Seamus Begley and Dónal Lunny (2013)
- The Good Mixer - John Carty, Henry Benagh, Marcus Hernon & Noel O'Grady (2015)
- Settle out of Court - John Carty & Maggie Carty (2016)
- Out of the Ashes - John Carty & Matt Molloy (2016)
- The Wavy Bow Collection – John & James Carty (2020)
- At Complete Ease – John Carty & Michael McGoldrick (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ "John Carty | Folk Band | Gig Listings - Artist Listed on Folk and Honey". Folkandhoney.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "John Carty". Irishtunecomposers.weebly.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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