Category: Archive
February 16, 2011
By Staff Reporter
By Earle Hitchner
It’s always heartening to hear top-tier traditional musicians in Ireland express their admiration and, in some cases, awe for their American counterparts. For 44-year-old fiddler Manus McGuire, born in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, but raised in Sligo Town, the fiddling of Harlem-born Andy McGann had an enormous impact on him.