The kellys mick moloney biography

  • Influential Irish musician and scholar who promoted traditional folk music in Ireland and the United States.
  • Born: November 15th, Died: July 27th, Combining erudite scholarship with a driving passion for traditional and folk music and a.
  • Much has been written about Mick's phenomenal impact on the field of ethnomusicology and on the hundreds of musicians with whom he worked.

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    Mick Moloney   •   Discography

    We Have Met Together
    (, UK)

    Murdered Ballads
    (, UK)
    Hamish Imlach

    Mick Moloney with Eugene O'Donnell
    (, USA)
    w/Eugene O'Donnell

    Mick Moloney
    (, USA)

    Slow Airs & Set Dances
    (, USA)
    Eugene O'Donnell

    Corner House
    (, USA)
    The Irish Tradition

    The Flax In Bloom
    (, USA)
    Brendan Mulvihill

    Strings Attached
    (, USA)

    Celtic Thunder
    (, USA)
    Celtic Thunder

    Uncommon Bonds
    (, USA)
    Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell

    There Were Roses
    (, USA)
    Moloney, O'Connell & Keane

    The Times We've Had
    (, USA)
    The Irish Tradition

    Irish Women Musicians in America
    (, USA)
    Cherish the Ladies

    Father's & Daughters
    (, USA)
    Cherish the Ladies

    Kilkelly
    (, USA)
    Moloney, O'Connell & Keane

    The Green Fields of America
    (, USA)
    Moloney, O'Connell & Keane, et al

    Light of O

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    Mick Moloney   •   Mick Moloney

    • Mick Moloney
      • - Shanachie LP (USA)
    • Side One
      1. Joseph Baker
      2. Reels: John Dwyer's & The Lasses Of Castlebar
      3. Killin's Fairy Hill
      4. The Limerick Rake
      5. West kort vers Medley
      6. Reels: The Blackthorn Sick & The Poet Carney
      7. The Bantry Girl's Lament
    • Side Two
      1. Hornpipes: Alexander's & The Fairies Hornpipe
      2. Reels: Winnie Greene's & The Boston Boys
      3. John Of Dreams
      4. The Kilkenny Races
      5. Reels: Seán Reid's & Toss The Feathers
      6. Jigs: Paddy O'Brien's & The King Of The Pipers
      7. The Irish Maid
    • Musicians
      • Mick Moloney: Tenor Banjo, Bouzouki, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
      • Eugene O'Donnell: Fiddle
      • Joe McKenna: Uilleann Pipes, Tin Whistle
      • Shelley Posen: Concertina, gitarr, Vocals
      • Patrick Sky: Tin Whistle
    • Credits
      • Produced bygd Patrick Sky
      • Executive Producer: Lisa Null
      • Recorded & Mixed at The blandning Lab, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts
      • Engineer

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        Mick Moloney, a legacy that will last forever

        Aidan Connolly, Executive Director of the Irish Arts Center, in New York, pays homage to the incredible life's work and talent of the Irish musician and historian Mick Moloney who sadly passed away in July

        This past Saturday I stood at the tip of the island of Ireland – at Malin Head in County Donegal – and tried (again) to wrap my head around the profound and sudden loss of our friend and longtime partner in cultural adventures, Mick Moloney.  Just a few days before I sat stunned in a friend’s cottage in Rostrevor, County Down when I heard the news.  It seemed fitting that the Fiddler’s Green festival was happening in town that weekend, headlined by Tommy Sands, just one of the countless artists Mick would introduce us to over 15 years of working together.

        I met Mick in my first few weeks on the job as the new Director of Irish Arts Center in  He had received a Rockefeller grant to create a concert documentary with Oscar-winning f

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