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Colin Forhan

Colin grew up in Takoma Park, MD. and was primarily exposed to American
folk music in his youth. A self-taught musician, after moving to New York City
Colin began attending trad sessions and voraciously learning traditional tunes.
He recently transitioned from his position in actuarial sciences to professional
musician.

Dave Barckow

Queens, NY native Dave Barckow has been playing music professionally since the
age of 12 and has played with several national and international acts including
Celtic Cross, The Diddley Idols and hard rockers White Trash. As song writer and
performer, Dave’s music has been used on several prime time network shows
including “Mercy” (NBC) “Nurse Jackie” (SHO) and “Flesh & Bone” (SHO).

Ivan Goff

Originally from Dublin and now based in New York, Ivan has toured with many
Irish music legends and performed in Broadway productions, including Riverdance,
Sting’s The Last Ship, and Come From Away. Ivan took lessons from the legendary
piper Dan O’Dowd, received various postgraduate degrees in music and music
composition, and a PhD in ethnomusicology from NYU.

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