Paul McSherry is a guitarist from Northern Ireland who began playing in 1982, aged 14. He was inspired by two guitarists from his native West Belfast, Maurice McHugh and Mark Kane, and was self-taught on DAGDAD tuning. He was a member of a band named. "The McSherrys", which changed its name to Tamalin in the late 1980s. He also played in the Belfast band "Commonalty", which recorded an album in 1989, but only released on cassette. In 1997, Tamalin released their debut album ''Rhythm and Rhyme''. He has accompanied on stage, and recorded with, such musicians as

Liam O'Flynn Liam O'Flynn, Óg Flynn (, 15 September 1945 – 14 March 2018) was an Irish people, Irish Uilleann pipes, uilleann piper and Folk music of Ireland, Irish traditional musician. In addition to a solo career and as a member of Planxty, O'Flynn re ...

Paddy Keenan Paddy Keenan (born 30 January 1950) is an Irish player of the uilleann pipes who first gained fame as a founding member of The Bothy Band. Since that group's dissolution in the late 1970s, Keenan has released a number of solo and collaborati ...

Paddy Glackin Paddy Glackin (born 5 August 1954) is an Irish fiddler and founding member of the Bothy Band. He is considered one of Ireland's leading traditional fiddle players. Biography Paddy Glackin was born on 5 August 1954 in Clontarf, Dublin. His fath ...

Cathal Hayden Cathal Sean Hayden is a Northern Irish musician, acclaimed for his skilled style of Irish fiddle and tenor (four-stringed) banjo. He was born on 13 July 1963, in the village of the Rock, County Tyrone (outside Pomeroy), an area immersed in ...

Michael McGoldrick Michael McGoldrick (born 26 November 1971, in Manchester, England) is a folk musician who plays Irish flute, uilleann pipes, low whistle and bodhran. He also plays other instruments such as acoustic guitar, cittern, and mandolin. Bands McG ...

Tommy Peoples Tommy Peoples (20 September 1948 – 4 August 2018) was an Irish fiddler who played in the Donegal fiddle tradition. Biography Peoples was born near St Johnston, County Donegal, Ireland. He was a member of traditional Irish music groups, i ...

, Kevin Crawford,

Gerry O'Connor (fiddle player) Gerry "Fiddle" O'Connor is born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Gerry is a traditional Irish fiddle player, and founding member of bands, Skylark and La Lúgh. He tours as a solo fiddle player and performs with a variety of projects Caree ...

, and

John McSherry John Patrick McSherry (September 11, 1944April 1, 1996) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1971 until his death. McSherry wore uniform number 9 when he entered the National League, then wore n ...

, and singers

Tommy Makem Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an Irish folk music, folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, l ...

and Brian Kennedy.

Discography

* Grianan "The Maid of Eirin" (1990) *

Niamh Parsons Niamh Parsons (born in Dublin, Ireland) is a singer of contemporary and traditional Irish music. Career Niamh Parsons started her professional career in 1990, in Belfast. Having been singing at sessions around Dublin, Niamh first joined the band ...

, "Loosely Connected" (1992) * Brian Finnegan, "When the Party's Over" (1993) * Wild Flowers, "Total Vocal" (1993) * Susan Tommelty, "Belfast(Live)" (1996) * O'Aces, "On oiche go Maidin" (1997) * Tamalin, "Rhythm and Rhyme" (1997) * Ray Gallen, "Man of the House" (1998) * Cormac Breathnach, "Musical Journey" (1999) * Jason O'Rourke, "The Bunch of Keys" (1999) * Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry, "At First Light" (2001) * John Kennedy, "Together in Time" (2001) * Gerry O'Connor, "Journeyman" (2004) * Pádraig Rynne, "Bye A While" (2005) * At First Light, "Tripswitch" (2006) * Brendan Hendry, Brendan Mulholland, Paul McSherry, ‘Tuned up’ (2008) * Guidewires, "Live" (2009) * Siobhan Skates, "Better than a Dream" (2009) * John McSherry, "Soma" (2010) * Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry, Nodlaig Brolly, ‘Stringtones” (2010) * Guidewires, "II" (2011) * At First Light, ‘Idir” (2011) * Sylvain Barou, ‘Sylvain Barou”(2012) * Ian Carmichael, ‘Ten Years On” (2015) * Marco Fabbri, ‘Crossroads” (2016)

External links

Paul McSherry official website
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