Michael McGoldrick

Michael McGoldrick

Michael McGoldrick live in Bury, Greater Manchester in 2013
Background information
Birth name Michael McGoldrick
Born (1971-11-26) 26 November 1971
Manchester, England
Genres Celtic, folk
Occupation(s) multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer
Instruments Irish flute, Tin whistle, low whistle, uillean pipes, tenor guitar, bodhrán, Vocals
Years active 1980s – present
Labels Vertical
Associated acts Flook, Lúnasa, Kate Rusby, Mark Knopfler, John McSherry, Transatlantic Sessions, Usher's Island

Michael McGoldrick (born 26 November 1971, Manchester, England) is an English Low whistle, Irish flute, Uillean pipes, tin whistle and bodhran player. He also plays other instruments such as guitar and mandolin in some of his tracks.

Bands

McGoldrick has been a member of several influential bands. In 1994 he was awarded the BBC Young Tradition Award, and in 2001 he was given the Instrumentalist of the Year award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

McGoldrick was a founder-member of the Celtic rock band Toss the Feathers while still at school. He also competed at that time in the Fleadhanna with Dezi Donnelly (fiddle) and John-Jo Kelly (bodhrán), whom he had met at local Comhaltas meetings. He made appearances at various local and national festivals and ran whistle/flute workshops at the Cambridge Folk Festival and for Folkworks on their "Flutopia" concert tour.

McGoldrick formed the band Fluke! (later renamed as Flook) with Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen in November 1995. After one tour, he left to pursue other projects.

He was an early member of Lúnasa from 1997 until roughly 2000 and played on their first albums. He also joined Capercaillie in 1997, playing on six albums (one live) up to date.

In 1999 recorded three albums with Edens bridge, "All in a Life," "Isle of Tides," and "Live - In a Little Room." He also recorded two albums with members of the band, "The View From the North" under the band name of Northern Lights, and "Celtic Melt."

McGoldrick has played regularly for Afro-Celt Sound System and Kate Rusby's band. As of 2011 he leads the Michael McGoldrick Band.

He has recorded four solo albums: Morning Rory showcases his traditional skills. Fused explores several other musical genres including jazz, while Wired, released in October 2005, takes the experimental approach of Fused even further. His latest album Aurora, released in 2010, is less experimental but still adventurous. He also recorded an album, At First Light, with John McSherry (also ex-Lúnasa) going back to his traditional roots.

In 2010 Michael replaced John McCusker, joining Tim O'Brien on Mark Knopfler's US leg of the Get Lucky Tour. This being a success, he was invited (and accepted) to stay on for the remainder of the World Tour in Europe when John McCusker had returned. He went on to play on the next Mark Knopfler album, Privateering and played with the band for the subsequent World Tour. McGoldrick also recorded for the 'Ceol Tacsi' project with many other British and Irish artists.

Album discography

Solo/duo/trio

As band member of

Flook

Toss the Feathers

Arcady

Eden's Bridge

Capercaillie

Lúnasa

Kate Rusby

Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin / Dezi Donnelly, Jim Murray

Future Trad Collective (2011)

•Future Trad Collective

As guest artist

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