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Guest Artists
MEET THE BAND
BUDDY CONNOLLY:
accordion, whistles, keyboards
Three-time All-Ireland accordion champion
Buddy Connolly hails from Newark, New Jersey
with parents from Clare and Galway, Ireland. In
1995, he moved to Nashville and was introduced to
bluegrass, Cajun, and country music and toured/recorded with Tim O’Brien,
Kathy Mattea, Rodney Crowell, Christian rockers Ceili Rain, Orleans, Matt
Molloy (Chieftains), Joel Sonnier, and many others.
MATT MANCUSO:
guitar, trumpet, fiddle, vocals
Brooklyn, New York native Matt Mancuso
is an inspired multi-instrumentalist who has
performed with many Irish and Celtic acts,
including Lord of the Dance, Grada, Runa
and Cathie Ryan. Matt is well known for his
fiddle playing and he studied jazz trumpet at the
LaGuardia School for Music and Art.
