THREE FOR THE ROAD

Gino Lupari

Gino Lupari is one of the most respected Bodhran players on the road today .
Gino has been s professional musician for the past 30 years 
In that time he has performed at all the major festivals all over the world with the band 4 Men & A Dog all over the world ( Gino is a founding member)
Gino has also recorded vocal tracks on all of “the dogs” albums ,
Gino is also in demand as a session player & has played on many & varied recordings. He can be heard on Sinead O’Connor , Shane McGowan’s albums , & most recently on the ground breaking album from Declan O’Rourke.
Gino co presented the ground breaking 1st live Fleadh TV programme from Derry city.

Tim Edey

Tim Edey (BBC Radio Two's Musician of the year 2012 (BBC R2 FOLK AWARDS) multi- instrumentalist and singer, has toured the world and recorded with most of the major names in Celtic/Contemporary roots music including; The Chieftains, Christy Moore, Sharon Shannon, Natalie MacMaster, Altan, Capercaillie, Brendan Power, Michael McGoldrick, Seamus Begley, Dougie Maclean, The Barra MacNeills, JP Cormier, Frankie Gavin, Shaun Davey, Session A9, Lunasa, Vinnie Kilduff , Mary Black, Session A9, Julie Fowlis, Frankie Gavin to name but a few...Tim now a name on the world stage in his own right after seventeen years of hard work, is rated by many to be one of the world's finest ever Melodoen and Guitar players in the folk & contemporary scene today!
Originally from Broadstairs in Kent and of Irish descent. Tim honed his style learning from his father Richard a fine guitarist and listening to Ed Boyd, Steve Cooney and Django Reinhardt and Arty Mc Glynn.

Dermot Byrne

Dermot is one of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians having been awarded the Irish Television station, TG4’s Traditional Musician of the Year  2013.  He hails from Buncrana in the Inishowen peninsula. He guested on two Altan recordings “The Red Crow” and “Island Angel” and was a member of the band from 1994 until 2013. Dermot has guested on collaborations with many great musicians including Seamus and Manus McGuire, Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Pierre Schryer, Tim O’Brien , The Stunning, Salsa Celtica and the late jazz violinist, Stephane Grappell.