Liam O'Flynn (Irish: Liam Óg Ó Floinn, b. 1945) is a well known Irish folk musician. He was born in County Kildare to musical parents, his father played the fiddle and his mother played the piano. After his first encounter with the uillean pipes, the greatest influences of his development were Leo Rowsome, Willie Clancy, and Séamus Ennis. Liam won recognition by winning prizes at the Oireachtas Festival and the Fleadh Cheoil in the 1960s. He is sometimes billed as Liam Óg Ó Floinn (i.e., Liam O'Flynn, Jr.) 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Naas Code: KE Area: 1,693 km² Population (2002) 163,944 Website: kildare. ... The Uilleann pipes are a unique form of bagpipes originating in Ireland. ... Leo Rowsome (1903 - 1970) was an Irish player of uilleann bagpipes Rowsome as a teacher performer and maker of uilleann pipes Leo Rowsome was born in April 1903 in Harolds Cross in Dublin City. ... Uilleann-Piper, 1918 - 1973, born in Milltown Malbay, Co. ... Séamus Ennis (1919 - 1982) was an Irish piper, singer and folk-song collector. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Fleadh. ...

He became a founder member of Planxty in both of its incarnations. The Chieftains were the first to record Irish traditional instrumental music in a group format, but Planxty took it one step further. They brought a punch and vitality to acoustic music that owed more to rock 'n' roll than classical music. O'Flynn brought an emotional excitement to uillean pipes, which had previously been associated with the strict discipline of highland bagpipers. After Planxty he easily found work as a session musician. He has worked with the Everly Brothers, Enya, Kate Bush, Nigel Kennedy and Mark Knopfler. He has also worked on film scores, including "A River Runs Through It" and "Kidnapped". He was adventurous enough to work with avant-garde composer John Cage, but his most natural alliance was with neo-romantic composer Shaun Davey. Planxty was an Irish folk music band formed in the 1970s by Christy Moore, Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine (a founder of the Irish mid-sixties group Sweeneys Men), and Liam OFlynn (piper). ... The Chieftains are an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. ... Rock and roll - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... A bagpipe performer in Amsterdam. ... Don (born February 1, 1937 in Brownie, a small coal-mining town (now defunct) near Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) and Phil Everly (born January 18, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) are country-influenced rock and roll performers who had their greatest success in the 1950s. ... Enya, birth name Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (sometimes presented in the media as the Anglicised Enya Brennan; born May 17, 1961), is the Republic of Irelands best-selling solo artist and one of Irelands best known musicians. ... Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush) on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent (now part of Greater London), is a British singer-songwriter with an expressive four-octave voice. ... Nigel Kennedy (born December 28, 1956 in Brighton, England) is a violinist and violist. ... Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE (born August 12, 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish[1] guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Movie poster A River Runs Through It is a semi-autobiographical novella by Norman Maclean (1902-1990). ... John Cage For the character of John Cage from the TV show Ally McBeal see: John Cage (Character) John Milton Cage (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American experimental music composer, writer and visual artist. ... Shaun Davey is an Irish composer. ...

The Bothy Band were natural successors to the original Planxty, and two of their members, Seán Keane and Matt Molloy, recorded on one of O'Flynn's albums, The Piper's Call, which was performed in the 1999 Proms season at the Albert Hall. He has also worked on projects with Seamus Heaney, mixing poetry with music. The Bothy Band was an Irish traditional band from the 1970s, one of the most prominent and best-loved from the roots revival of that era. ... Sean Keane is the name of two popular Irish folk musicians. ... Matt Molloy is an Irish musician, from Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon, a region known for producing talented flautists. ... A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ... Albert P. Hall (born November 10, 1937 in Boothton, Alabama) is an African-American actor. ... Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney (born April 13, 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer from County Derry, Northern Ireland. ...

Discography

Solo

• Liam O'Flynn (1988)
• The Fine Art Of Piping (1991)
• The Given Note (1995)
• The Piper's Call (1999)

With Planxty

• Planxty (1973)
• The Well Below the Valley (1973)
• Cold Blow and the Rainy Night (1974)
• After the Break (1979)
• The Woman I Loved So Well (1980)
• Words and Music (1983)
• Planxty (2004)

With Shaun Davey

• The Brendan Voyage (1980)
• The Pilgrim (1983)
• Granuaile (1985)
• The Relief Of Derry Symphony (1990)
• Out To Another Side (1993)