Josephine MARSH - Mick KINSELLA:
Irish Music (Accordion,
Harmonica & Concertina)
Mick KINSELLA: Harmonica & Concertina
Mick Kinsella, originally from Tullow, Co
Carlow and now living in West Clare, plays harmonica and English concertina. He
is a highly respected musician both in the traditional music world and also the
other musical genres of jazz, blue grass, rock and blue grass.
In 1995 he travelled to Australia with his group at the time 'The Slightly
Bewildered String Band' and performed at many of the folk festivals such as
Canberra and Port Fairy as well as some performance in Tasmania. He is often
asked to give workshops and perform abroad and often teams up with fellow
harmonica players, Rick Epping and Brendan Power. As well as his own records,
Mick has recorded on over 50 albums to date including Altan's 'Another Sky',
Billy Connolly's'World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales', Micheal O
Suilleabhain's 'River of Sound', Mick Hanly's 'Wooden Horses', John Spillane's 'Lapadain,
Lupadain' (Between the jigs and the reels), Emer Mayock's 'Merry Bits of Timber'
& 'Playground', Cormac Breathneach's 'Musical Journey', Phil Callery's 'From the
edge of memory', Brendan Power's 'New Irish Harmonica' and Michael Flatley's 'Celtic
Tiger'.
Mick has worked on many film and television scores including "The General",
"River of Sound" and "Ballad of the Sade Café".
His television and radio appearances have included The Late Late Show, The Pat
Kenny Show, Geantraí, Ardán, Rattlebag, Gerry Ryan Show and performances for
Australian television and radio.
Josephine MARSH: Accordion
Josephine Marsh plays a 2-row Hohner
Black Dot accordion and has been playing music since the age of 8. She comes
from a musical family and cites her father, Paddy, as one of her main
influences. Her brother Pat plays Irish bouzouki. Josephine draws her music from
the older tradition but also performs many original compositions such as the
reel 'Phyllis' Birthday.'
Josephine Marsh is a musician with a highly personalised and distinctive style.
Her debut solo recording reveals remarkable insight and sensitivity towards the
core of the tradition. She looks for the deepest feelings in music and has a way
of bringing about a mood of great happiness and uplift.
Even though she plays in a style that is both personal and at the same time
distilled from the musical influences of East Clare, she refuses to be
constrained or defined by anything other than her own eclectic musical tastes.
On St. Patrick's Day 1997 Josephine, Pat Marsh and Niamh Parsons performed at
Capitol Hill for President Clinton and political guests from Ireland. Josephine
has been involved with many different collaborations over the years and her most
recent one was with mandolin player, Declan Corey and the Welsh duo Toreth.
Together they completed a Music Network Tour of Ireland and Wales, where they
played on S4C TV.
Another project of note was 'The Music of Ghosts' which took place at the
Mountshannon Festival in 2003; Josephine was musician in residence and composed
the music to accompany the PJ Curtis story of the same title. This project
featured five other musicians, a narrator, and was accompanied by the images of
photographer Mike Mulcaire.
Josephine both plays and teaches the accordion, fiddle, concertina and tin
whistle. Her playing and teaching led her to Australia in 1995 where she
performed at many of the festivals, including Port Fairy and the National folk
festival in Canberra. Since her return from Australia she has been involved in
several recordings, including her own self- titled, solo CD in 1995 and her
band's album in 2001, titled 'I can hear you smiling'.
She has been a guest on many albums since then, including A DREAM UNFOLDS -
(1997) Kate Purcell's solo CD . LIVE IN PEPPERS - (1998) various artists, i.e.;
Martin O Connor, Tommy Peoples, etc, THE DIMMING OF THE DAY - (1998) Gerry Lynch
(vocals) THE ORCHARD - (1998) Sean Tyrrell (vocals) , PIECES OF THE PAST -
(1999) Tim Flannery (vocals) - Featuring: Jackson Browne and Bruce Hornsby,
WOODEN HORSES - (2000) Mick Hanly on his solo album (2000), BLACKBIRDS AND
THRUSHES - (1999) Niamh Parsons, IN MY PRIME - (2000) Niamh Parsons THE GREEN
MOUNTAIN - (2000) Pat O Connor (fiddle) , BEHIND THE MIST - (2000) A compilation
album featuring Davy Spillane, Sharon Shannon, Sean Tyrrell, etc, I CAN HEAR YOU
SMILING - (2001) The Josephine Marsh Band, SEAN GARVEY - (2002)
Previous albums include: TO MEET A FRIEND - (1990) Josephine Marsh/Cyril O
Donoghue , THE HUMOURS OF CLARE - (1990) various artists, i.e.; Sean Tyrrell,
Martin Hayes, etc, THE SANCTUARY SESSIUNS - (1994) various artists, i.e.; Sean
Tyrrell, Kevin Crawford, Shannon Family, etc.
On New Years day 2001 Josephine, together with Declan Corey, Tommy Carew (from
her band), Siobhan Peoples, Jim Kerrigan and John Moloney played live on the BBC
world service. She has appeared on several television programmes in recent years.
These include:
SULT - a Hummingbird Production for both RTÉ One and Teilifis na Gaeilge,
presented by Donal Lunny.
NATIONWIDE - an RTÉ One production which also featured the music of the group De
Dannan.
Geantraí - 1998 and Christmas 2000, shown on Teilifis na Gaeilge and RTÉ One and
presented by Brendan Begley.
SIBIN - also a Teilifis na Gaeilge production that featured the whole band.
THE PAT KENNY SHOW - shown on RTÉ One, featuring the singer/songwriter, Kate
Purcell. FLOSC - 2001 TG4, featuring the 'Josephine Marsh Band'. Programme also
featured Dervish, Danu, Calico and many other Irish Bands.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC has included 'The Shepherd' from the Josephine Marsh album,
in a film based on the Great Famine in Ireland, narrated by Gabriel Byrne. This
film also included music from The Chieftans and Zan McCloud.
Josephine's music has/is featured on a regular basis on local, national, and
international radio stations such as Clare FM, RTÉ One/RTÉ Two, BBC World
Service ,(both the albums and a live performance on New Years day 2001), etc.
Airplay has also included live interviews on Sydney radio; Australia, Breton
Radio, France, the Kathleen Biggins celtic radio show in New York, live on 'Folkscene'
KPFK radio - Los Angeles, and in February 2000 recorded for the Garrison Keillor
programme, 'A Prairie Home Companion' recorded live at the University Concert
Hall, Limerick and RTE's 'Rattlebag.'
http://www.tradcentral.com/jmarsh/
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