Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill March 19, 2010

21 and over • Limited Seating

Martin Hayes epitomizes the fiddle music of County Clare for many people. He started playing when he was seven years old and, by the age of thirteen, was touring with the Tulla Ceili Band, arguably the most revered and famous ceili band in Ireland at the time which was led by his father, PJ Hayes. When Martin left Clare for Chicago in the 1980s, he became immersed in the diversity of musical styles that the city had to offer. It was also in Chicago where Martin met his current musical partner, master guitarist Dennis Cahill. In 1997 they released their first duet album, and after a ten-year hiatus Hayes and Cahill released Welcome Here Again. Folk Roots UK raved, "Dennis Cahill's symbiotic guitar accompaniment is a crucial foil for Hayes' deliciously subtle displays of charming brilliance."

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