Kevin Burke

Kevin Burke was born in London, England, to parents who came from County Sligo in Ireland, an area known for its unique style of fiddle music. Frequent trips to visit relatives in Ireland immersed him in Sligo music and, by the age of 13, he was playing fiddle with Irish musical groups. In Ireland he ran into Arlo Guthrie, who heard him perform and invited him to Los Angeles to play on Guthrie's Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys album in 1972. After performing with Irish musician Christy Moore, Burke joined the seminal group, The Bothy Band. In 1979, Burke left Ireland to re-settle in Portland, Oregon, and for the past 20 years he has been a fixture in the northwestern United States. Initially, Burke teamed up with former Bothy Band member Michael O Domhnaill, and then went on to form two influential bands: the traditional Celtic supergroup, Patrick Street, and the more eclectic ensemble, Open House. Today his name is synonymous with Irish fiddle music around the world.
In 2002, Burke was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts the highest honor given in the United States for folk and traditional arts. In 2016, he received the "Gradam Ceoil" (Musician of the Year) in the traditional-music awards presented by the Irish-language TV channel TG4.

[@gabi6898]

Kevin Burke is a fiddle God

[@AdeebaZamaan]

I agree, and he's never even been my boyfriend!

[@BrendanFitzgerald-mi7ey]

He usually takes Monday nights off. LOL.

[@alecgrant3628]

Sublime. Love you, Kevin Burke.

[@deakteetranscriptions]

song at 21:10 is the best, I listen to it every single morning - Bravo Kevin Burke

[@srmjo]

Thanks for being here, Kevin Burke. I admired your music enormously when we were both young and skinny and still do now that we... er, well still do now anyway. 🙂

[@zaledalen9931]

Such a master. Thanks and great to hear you again, Kevin.

[@keithhakansson1988]

A master of his trade, thank you.

[@nicholashill9302]

Thanks for the music.

[@mactcampbell]

Top of the line!!!!

[@elrioviolino3549]

Many a wonderful night at McGurk's in St. Louis listening to Kevin back in the 90's. He even wrote out the tune Shoemaker's Daughter for me on a scrap of paper one night.

[@nicholashill9302]

Great story.

[@eduardocarrillo7692]

Awesome! Just great... Thanks!

[@jean-pierrebillaud1219]

Swinging music. So enjoyable. Thank you.

[@cindijohn3726]

I love your fiddling.

[@nicholashill9302]

Lovely stuff. be safe and all best.

[@susie360]

Thanks for that Kevin, as always, lovely! Looking forward to seeing you live again someday.

[@amistenlund8719]

Professional musicians

[@TheGavranatar]

Love how he nearly bucked the camera over at 9.48 getting into Jenny's chickens. Fair play it's a class tune man. And Kevin is a fiddling legend.

[@AdeebaZamaan]

Hi, Kevin! Good to see and hear you anew. I would have spent the last five or ten years traveling if not for having shattered my ankle 7 years ago and then developed fasciitis. I'm working on it, and if it ever gets better, let's visit, let me meet your family (I have none); Barkha and I really miss those years at McG's, and she said those were the best years of her life. Or we could Zoom! it's free! P.S., I'll send you a cat video, privately!

[@alansteelkubi7381]

Good work, I like, but the video is not well framed, we can't see the fingers of the left hand...

[@Kitiwake]

Hallaw.

[@adambeanstock1413]

How could have Kevin Burke met Michael Coleman he died in 1945 Kevin Burke wasn't born until 1950. Adam Beanstock