Johnny Cunningham
Johnny Cunningham (27 August 1957 – 15 December 2003) was a Scottish folk musician instrumental in spreading interest in modern, tradition Celtic music.[1]
Biography
Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh. He was a founding member of Silly Wizard, as well as a member of Relativity, The Raindogs, and Nightnoise.[1] Throughout his career, Cunningham was also a fiddler, composer and producer. His younger brother, Phil Cunningham, is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his piano-accordion and whistle playing. He is also a former member of Silly Wizard and was involved in promoting a greater awareness of Scottish traditional music and its performers through the medium of television, doing interviews interwoven with music. Cunningham died of a heart attack on 15 December 2003 in New York City at the age of 46.[1]
Discography
- Solo
- Thoughts from Another World (1981)
- Fair Warning (1983)
- With Phil Cunningham
- Against the Storm (1980)
- With Silly Wizard
- Silly Wizard (1976)
- Caledonia's Hardy Sons (1978)
- So Many Partings (1979)
- Live In America (1985)
- Golden Golden (1985)
- A Glint of Silver (1986)
- Live Wizardry (1988)
- With Relativity
- Relativity (1986)
- Gathering Pace (1987)
- With Nightnoise
- Shadow of Time (1993)
- A Different Shore (1995)
- The White Horse Sessions (1997)
- With Celtic Fiddle Festival
- Celtic Fiddle Festival (1993)
- Celtic Fiddle Festival: Encore (1998)
- Rendezvous (2001)
- With Susan McKeown
- Peter & Wendy (1997), also with Seamus Egan, Karen Kandel and Jamshied Sharifi
- A Winter Talisman (2001)
- "Sweet Liberty" (2004)
- With Others
- Lost Souls, with The Raindogs (1990)
- Border Drive-In Theatre, with The Raindogs (1991)
- "Live on 11th Street", with Casey Neill Band (2003)
- "To Warm the Winter's Night", with Aine Minogue (1995)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harris, Craig. "Johnny Cunningham". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
External links
- Official Johnny Cunningham website's "In Memoriam"
- Kennedy Center videotapes of Johnny Cunningham performances
- Celtic Cafe tribute
- Scotsman.com obituary
- World Music Central bio
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