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Pádraig Rynne is regarded as one of the finest concertina players in Irish music today being described by The Irish alphabet stew as "one of the freshest sounds in Irish music". Born in County Clare, Pádraig grew up in a house steeped in Traditional Irish Music.
In his early years Pádraig won five all Ireland titles as well as three Oireachtas titles. By the age of seventeen Pádraig had all ready toured the U.S.A, Canada, Ireland and Australia as well as having recorded an album with the young band "Turas".
In 1998 Pádraig joined the well known band "Cían". That year saw the release of their debut album "Three Shouts From A hill". The following three years saw Padraig record on their second album "The Rolling Wave" as well as releasing a single entitled "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore".
Since his departure from Cian in 2001, Pádraig has worked and recorded with artists of the caliber of Arty McGlynn, Liz Carrol,Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Pauline Scanlon, Flook and Dónal Lunny just to name a few, as well as recording an album entitled "Live in Belfast" with Paul Meehan and Paul Bradley in 2003.
"Bye A While" - Pádraig's first solo album was released in 2005. This long awaited album has some of the finest Irish musicians you can find guesting on it. It was one of the fastest selling traditional albums in Ireland that year.
In 2008 Pádraig was the founder member of "Guidewires" with Paul Mcsherry - Guitar, Sylvain Barou - Flute, Tóla Custy - Fiddle and Karol Lynch - Bouzouki. A live album was recorded in early 2009 and released that september. "Live"; has been receiving top class reviews while the band has quickly grown into one Irish music's most popular bands of our modern era.
In 2011 the band released their second album entitled "ll" (2) which has further developed the sound of the band and has created a new musical angle for the band. It is regarded as one of the finest albums to emerge in Irish music in the last few decades.
'll" is available to purchase from Guidewires website.
Ryan McGiver is a famous American folk singer and guitar player who has been a friend of Pádraigs since they both lived in Galway at the end of the '90's up until 2004. After Pádraig guested on Ryans solo album in late 2011 they decided to start work as a duet. They will be touring the states and Europe in 2012 as well as a planned album due for release later this year.
Check out their website for more info.
Another long term musical friend of Pádraig's is John McSherry - the uileann piper from Belfast. Over the last decade they have worked on different projects together and have now started work on all original material for a new album which should be ready for release towards the end of 2012. They will be touring together in a new outfit called "The Soma Band".
2011 saw Pádraig begin working on a project as a trio with world renowned musican and producer Dónal Lunny and fellow Guidewires member Sylvain Barou. They have been doing a number of concerts together for the last 12 months with many more planned in 2012. This year will also see the release of an album from the trio.
