Martin Hayes' eponymous first CD was released on Green Linnet Records in 1992, and was the recording that launched Hayes' astoundingly successful career as an international touring performer and recording artist. His bare bones approach, simplifying and drawing out the lonesome sounds of his native East Co. Clare fiddle style, opened the door to a new understanding of Irish traditional music. Hayes' fiddling was perfectly accompanied by another brilliant musician, Randal Bays. Widely hailed as a great fiddler in his own right, Bays' deep understanding of the i… read more
Martin Hayes' eponymous first CD was released on Green Linnet Records in 1992, and was the recording that launched Hayes' astoundingly succ… read more
Martin Hayes' eponymous first CD was released on Green Linnet Records in 1992, and was the recording that launched Hayes' astoundingly successful career as an international tou… read more
There are at least two artists named Martin Hayes. 1) a fiddler 2) an electronic artist 1) Martin Hayes (born 1962) is a fiddler, born in Maghera (between Feakle and Tulla) in East County Clare, Ireland, and now living in West Hartford, Connecticut. He has been the All Ireland Fiddle Champion six times, and has won a National Entertainment Award, and the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2000 award for Instrumentalist of the Year. Hayes has recorded five albums – The Shores of Lough Graney with P. J. Hayes (his father) and Mark Gregory, his eponymous debut album (recorded with Randall Bays on… read more
There are at least two artists named Martin Hayes. 1) a fiddler 2) an electronic artist 1) Martin Hayes (born 1962) is a fiddler, born in Maghera (between Feakle and Tulla) in East County C… read more
There are at least two artists named Martin Hayes. 1) a fiddler 2) an electronic artist 1) Martin Hayes (born 1962) is a fiddler, born in Maghera (between Feakle and Tulla) in East County Clare, Ireland, and now living in West Hartford… read more