Dan Carollo (guest musicians have included Eliot Grasso, Randal Bays, Martin Nolan, Daniel Possumato, Suzanne Taylor, Michael Connolly, Ted Yuen, Mary Grider
Influences
Martin Simpson, Altan, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, John Doyle, Liz Caroll, Solas, Danu, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Kevin Burke, Micheal O'Domhnaill, Randal Bays, Daithi Sproule, Tony McManus, Eileen Ivers, The Chieftains, William Coulter, Eilis Kennedy, Mark O'Connor, Mick Maloney, Mark Knopfler, David Wilcox, Tony Rice, David Grear, Phil Keaggy, Christopher Parkening, Rush, Sting, Bruce Hornsby, Natalie MacMaster, Nickel Creek, Simon & Garfunkle, John Denver, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Shawn Colvin, Delirious, Matt Redman, David Crowder, Robert Wade Conrad, Newcomers Home, Jonatha Brooke, The Sundays, Sixpence None the Richer, U2, Rich Mullins, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears
Sounds Like
Liz Caroll, John Doyle, Martin Simpson, Solas, Danu, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Tony McManus, Nickel Creek, Eileen Ivers
Newly-released CD titled "Miles From Dublin"
(June 2006)
is available on his website which features Dan Carollo on acoustic guitar
with Eliot Grasso (uilleann pipes, flute), Randal Bays (fiddle),
Suzanne
Taylor (accordion) and Michael Connolly (mandolin).
Dan released his debut CD
Waiting For
Inspiration in March 2004.
This 13-song CD features a mix of Irish,
American, old-time gospel and original tunes - including his own arrangement of
Jay Ungars : Ashokan Farewell".
SOLD OUT! (downloads now available on iTunes)
)
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About Dan Carollo: Dan is a Seattle-area acoustic finger style and rhythm guitarist (currently living in County Wicklow, Ireland) who performs
a blend of contemporary and traditional Irish/American tunes (primarily in
DADGAD tuning).
Dan Carollo performs solo and accompaniment Irish-style guitar and has been playing guitar for over 25 years.
In 2004, Dan was selected "Northwest Folk Artist of the Month" on KBCS 91.3. and performs annually at Seattle’s Northwest Folklife Festival.
His music was also selected along with several other local artists to debut the City of Seattle's "On Call" music program in 2006, which features the music of Northwest U.S. artists.
He has performed or recorded with numerous musicians, including uilleann piper Eliot Grasso, fiddle player Randal Bays, button accordion player Daniel Possumato, Suzanne Taylor (of An Tua), Michael Connolly of Captain Gravel, and singer and folklorist Stewart Hendrickson.
Music from his second CD release, "Miles From Dublin", as well as some original scoring was included in the film "The Dark Horse" by Seattle film director Cornelia Duryée Moore, which premieres at the Seattle International Film Festival in June 2008.
Dan Carollo's work will also be featured in a forthcoming Victory Music CD compilation of Pacific Northwest artists.
Dan's recent release of "Miles from Dublin" was recently added to the Irish Traditional Music Archive in Dublin, Ireland and listed in the January/February 2007 issue of "The Journal of Music in Ireland".
Dan currently lives in Bray, Ireland after relocating from Seattle, Washington in December 2007.
Reviews:
"Carollo is a wonderful guitarist whose style incorporates the techniques developed by many of today's finest folk and new age players while at the same time hewing to traditional fingerpicking and Celtic and American sources." -- Bill Fisher, of Victory Music Review
Online Photo Gallery:
See
Dan's latest photo creations on
PrintRoom.com. These are also available to purchase in 5x7,8x10,11x14
prints and mouse pads.
Hello, really good music on your page. Congratulations for your guitar work. Beautiful sound ! And wonderful in "Christmas Eve" with uilean and accordeon and for the trio guitar/whistle/accordeon in "If ever you were mine". Have a good week, from Brest, Julien
Hey Dan! Actually, I AM on Facebook, and very active there...look me up, or I'll look you up :) Life's been kind of in a state of flux so far this year - my husband and I separated in February, and I have been busy helping my Dad build the house that I am now living in. Things are difficult, but I am hopeful for things to be better in days to come.
Hello!!! Dan Thanks so much for your friendship!!! It's a great pleasure and a great honour!!! Really a GREAT WORK!!! WONDERFUL SONORITY!!!!!! Greetings from Spain!!! Samuel Rodriguez
Live At the PURTY SESSIONS BIRTHDAY SPECIAL NOV 9th: Dirty Epics Colm Lynch Mike Hanrahan Better Than Ed Shane barry and the distractions MANY MORE AND SPECIAL GUESTS
8pm ALL PINTS ONLY 3.50 Only 2 mins walk from salthill/monkstown dart
Ah, if only...I am currently sinking most of my free time and money into building our house...will have to see what next year holds :) Hope you are doing great, Dan!
Yup, I'm on face book :) Just watchin Ike roll in on the weather channel. I have to work overtime this weekend to take up for our office that will be closed in San Antonio. I sure everyone in Texas will be ok!
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