Denis Carey is an Irish musician and

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known for his solo work and as a member of Brock McGuire Band.

Career

Along with Dave Keary and Ray Fean, Carey composed and produced the soundtrack for the Canadian film

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, featuring Oscar nominee

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. In 2000, Carey was specially commissioned by Shannon Heritage to compose and arrange the music for the show ''Style'' at Bunratty Folk Park in

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. The music for this show was recorded by Carey for the 2001 release ''Style - Stories of Irish Dance''. Carey won the 2004 award for LiveIreland.com's composer of the year. In 2009, Carey released his album ''Moving On'', which features

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, Paul Brock,

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, Denis Ryan, Zoe Conway, Kenneth Rice, Tommy Hayes and others. In January 2010, Carey won LiveIreland.com's Composer of the Year Award for the second time. The Brock McGuire Band released "Green Grass Blue Grass" featuring

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. The album was launched at

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on 11 March 2011 to a sold-out crowd. In 2012, Denis released his first collection of original songs titled, "Denis Carey, Own Compositions".

Notable performances

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, Nashville, Tennessee * The Town Hall, Broadway, New York, *The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax, Canada *National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland *

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, Cork City, Ireland *

Celtic Colours Celtic Colours International Festival is a Celtic music festival held annually in October on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. First held in 1997, the festival has featured musicians from the Celtic world and attracted visitors to Cape ...

, Cape Breton, Canada *

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, Wisconsin, USA

Previous collaborations

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Discography

*''Images'' *''An Turas'' (2000) *''Moving On'' (2009) *''Green Grass Blue Grass'' with The Brock McGuire Band (2011)

Personal life

Originally from

Newport, County Tipperary Newport (, formerly ) is a town in County Tipperary in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Owney and Arra. At the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, Newport's population was 2,183. Location Newport is locat ...

, Carey is the first cousin of Denis Ryan of

, and the father of entrepreneur Mark Carey.

References

External links

*
Five Line Music record labelThe Brock McGuire Band official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carey, Denis Living people Musicians from County Tipperary Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) People from Newport, County Tipperary 20th-century Irish folk musicians 21st-century Irish folk musicians