Enda Scahill

Enda Scahill
Scahill with a fan in Cincinnati
Background information
Born Corofin, County Galway, Ireland
Genres Irish traditional, bluegrass
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Banjo, mandolin, tenor guitar
Labels Compass
Associated acts We Banjo 3, The Brock McGuire Band
Website endascahill.com

Enda Scahill is an Irish banjo player from Corofin, County Galway. He is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys, Frankie Gavin and The Chieftains.[1] He is an ex-member of The Brock McGuire Band. In 2006 he released the album Humdinger with Paul Brock which was awarded Irish Music Album of the Year by The Irish Times and was released by Compass Records in Nashville, Tennessee.

Scahill is the founder of the band We Banjo 3 whose members include Martin Howley, David Howley, Fergal Scahill and Garry O'Meara. Earle Hitchner, music writer for The Wall Street Journal, describes We Banjo 3's playing as a "freshness and finesse bordering on the magical"[2] and LiveIreland proclaiming them "the hottest group in Irish music."[3]

Discography

L to R, Martin, Enda, Fergal and David backstage at the House of Blues, Chicago
  • Humdinger
  • Brock McGuire Band
  • Pick It Up
  • Roots of the Banjo Tree (2012)
  • Gather the Good (2014)
  • Live in Galway (2015)
  • String Theory (2016)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.musicnetwork.ie/artists/details/we_banjo_3/
  2. ↑ http://www.musicnetwork.ie/events/details/we_banjo_3_international_concerts/
  3. ↑ "We Banjo 3 "String Theory"". LiveIreland. Retrieved July 22, 2016.


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