{"id":6849,"date":"2024-04-15T14:01:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T19:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celticfestms.org\/wp\/?page_id=6849"},"modified":"2024-05-23T13:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:19:42","slug":"eimear-arkins-alan-murray-david-mckindley-ward","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/celticfestms.org\/wp\/eimear-arkins-alan-murray-david-mckindley-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Eimear Arkins, Alan Murray & David McKindley-Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eimear, Alan and David met at Catskills Irish Arts Week. Their friendship and musical partnership developed out of many cross-country roadtrips back and forth and time spent playing at the infamous John D. McGurks in St Louis, MO. They have performed at numerous festivals across the US including Atlanta IrishFest, St Louis Tion\u00f3l, O\u2019Flaherty Irish Music Retreat, and as part of the Irish Rambling House touring troupe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eimear Arkins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eimear Arkins is an award winning musician and singer from County Clare, now living in St. Louis, MO. She has toured throughout the US, Ireland and beyond with acclaimed bands like Cherish The Ladies, T\u00e9ada, and Tom\u00e1seen Foley\u2019s A Celtic Christmas. She is regularly seen performing with harp player and St Louis native, Eileen Gannon and guitar\/bouzouki player and singer David McKindley-Ward. Eimear has also toured extensively with the international music organization Comhaltas Ceolt\u00f3ir\u00ed \u00c9ireann on concert tours throughout Ireland, Britain, North America and Canada and with the internationally renowned show Br\u00fa Bor\u00fa. Eimear is a qualified Irish music and dance instructor and has performed and given workshops at festivals all over the world including F\u00e9ile S\u00e9amus Creagh, Newfoundland; Catskills Irish Arts Week; Viljandi P\u00e4rimusmuusika Festival, Estonia; St Louis Tion\u00f3l; Canadian Celtic Celebration, and Festival Interceltique de Lorient, France. In June 2018 she released her debut album, What\u2019s Next? <\/em>and was awarded \u201cBest Newcomer\u201d from LiveIreland in 2019. In January 2020, Eimear was awarded an Artist Fellowship from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis. Eimear recently released her second album, Here & There<\/em>, featuring collaborations with David McKindley Ward, Eileen Gannon, Alan Murray and Kevin Buckley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.eimeararkins.com www.facebook.com\/eimeararkinsmusic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alan Murray<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guitarist, bouzouki player and singer Alan Murray lives in New Jersey where he has established himself as an in-demand performer and teacher on the Irish music scene. He currently plays and tours around the world with many of the finest traditional musicians and acts today, and has taught classes at such prestigious music programs as Warren Wilson college\u2019s Swanannoa Gathering, Catskills Irish Arts Week, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, The O\u2019Flaherty Retreat, as well as masterclasses in Irish and Celtic music at the University of Louisiana and Connecticut\u2019s Scared Heart University. He recently released a CD with his band FourWinds .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David McKindley-Ward<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award winning musician and singer, David McKindley-Ward, grew up in the DC area steeped in folk, American and old time music. His traditional singing style and versatile accompaniment skills meant a transition to Irish music was a great fit. David has collaborated with Irish singers and instrumentalists alike including Billy McComiskey; Eimear Arkins; Liz Hanley; and Joey Abarta and Brenda Castles as The Sheep Stealers. He has recorded a number of albums with long time friend and songwriter Letitia VanSant. Over the last few years, he has made a name for himself as a touring artist across the US, Ireland and the UK and a regular performer and tutor at festivals including Catskills Irish Arts Week, Baltimore TradFest and The Philadelphia C\u00e9il\u00ed Group. He recently moved to the Boston area and has found a musical home amongst the fine traditional Irish musicians based there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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