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You can get hard copys of John's other albums "At First Light" and "Tripswitch" at www.atfirstlight.net/recordings.html
Influences
Planxty, Bothy Band, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, Nick Drake, Donal Lunny, Moving Hearts, Free, Paddy Keenan, Finbar Furey, Johnny Doran, Liam O Flynn, The Beatles, Paul Brady, Sandy Denny, Jimmy Hendrix, Breton music -Gwerz, Kornog etc, Queen, The Who, John Martyn, The Doors, Marta Sebastian, Andy Irvine, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, The Kinks, Willie Clancy, Seamus Ennis, Muddy Waters, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Radiohead, Bach and Mozart, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green), the Yardbirds, John Lee Hooker, Cream, Pat Metheny, Willie Dixon, David Bowie,
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Visit Johns new bands website www.atfirstlight.net
John Mc Sherry is hailed as one of the finest exponents of the art of uilleann piping in the world today - "a true master" - Irish Music Magazine. Described as being "at the forefront of modern innovation", he has taken piping and whistle playing to new heights with his unique style. His sense for improvisation has even been compared to that of the great Jazz legend John Coletrane. Coming from a family steeped in traditional music, John focused his energies on the pipes from an early age. By the time he reached fifteen he had two All Ireland Championship titles under his belt and at the age of eighteen he was the youngest ever winner of the prestigious 'Oireachtas' piping competition.
John has toured the world as both a solo performer and a member of several outstanding bands. He was a founding member of top trad band 'Lunasa', whose storming debut album 'Lunasa Live' and follow up album 'Otherworld' rocked the Irish music world. He also joined forces with the rest of his siblings in the trad/rock group 'Tamalin', producing one of the finest debut albums ever in 'Rhythm and Rhyme'. On top of this, John was also lead instrumentalist with Donal Lunny's ground-breaking supergroup 'Coolfin', which included Sharon Shannon and Nollaig Casey.
In 2001, John collaborated with wooden flute master Michael McGoldrick to release their critically acclaimed album 'At First Light' which was voted Best Traditional Album of the year by the Irish American news.
His latest venture saw him teaming up with fiddle prodigy Donal O'Connor to produce 'Tripswitch' which has been described as 'Acoustic perfection' - The Living Tradition.
John is a composer, producer, arranger and established studio session musician of world class renown, recording and performing with everybody from Clannad, Sinead O'Connor and Nancy Griffiths, to Shaun Davey, Dan Ar Braz and The Corrs.
He is currently touring and recording with his new band 'At First Light' and is also in the process of recording his first solo album, so keep an eye on this space.
Sorry we’ve been such boneheads about keeping in touch! We’re dropping you a note to say “Hello” & share a few things.
So, how are ya? What’s up? Come by for a visit & let us know, add a song to your player, leave a blog or picture comment, etc... We want to get to know you a better!
Every time that we listen & write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... something is healing all over...
Love can drive... in a simple way... everything
We are connected
Vibejays & Friends
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimada/o John McSherry,
cada vez que escuchamos o escribimos musica... tocamos un instrumento... bailamos... o trabajamos en procesos de ingenieria de audio/imagen/video.... algo se sana por dentro...
Cuando lo compartimos con amigos... algo se sana en todas partes...
El Amor puede conducir... de manera simple... todo...
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Hello John, thanks a lot for the friendship and for the connection with Celtic Connection. Musical greetings from Germany, keep on folkin' ;-) The CC's
Hi, John! One day Ireland won't be so far away. Too hear you perform live would be a great moment in my life! Until then, I'm content with your page......! Have a fun and zany weekend! Cheers, Debby
Hi John, thanks for being friends in the endless depth of MySpace. Great sounds at yours, would be nice to meet live and in full colour somewhere down the road at a gig and/or for a pint (or two?). Greetings from Germany, Sláinte, Cheers, Prost, Detlef
Hey John, Hope you're well man. Tried to call you a while ago. Need some advice on a wee thing I'm thinking about. Keep in touch man and let me know what you're up to.... Lewis.
Hope all is well with ya john. good to hear from you. Might be up your way sometime soon. Will be in touch if so. Having fun with pipes! They are certainly an instrument for capital 'T'!!
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