1. Nuala Kennedy was born on 30 January 1977 and is an Irish composer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
10 Facts About Nuala Kennedy
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Nuala Kennedy grew up in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, where she played piano and flute in a local ceili band and studied classical piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
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In Edinburgh Nuala studied Design at Edinburgh College of Art and played regularly at sessions throughout the city.
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Nuala Kennedy holds a post graduate diploma in Education from the University of Edinburgh and a Master of Music from Newcastle University.
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In late 2000 Nuala Kennedy began playing alongside Kris Drever and Anna-Wendy Stevenson in a weekly Friday session at Sandy Bell's pub in Edinburgh.
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Nuala Kennedy went on to release Tune In and Noble Stranger.
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Nuala Kennedy has collaborated, performed and recorded with Will Oldham, Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub, Cathal McConnell from Boys of the Lough, Frode Haltli, Vegar Vardal, Oliver Schroer, John Doyle, and American singer-songwriter, AJ Roach.
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Nuala tours globally as Nuala Kennedy Band headlining at major festivals such as Rudolstadt Telemark Celtic Connections Celtic Colours International Festival Interceltique de Lorient Eurofonik and Milwaukee Irish Festival.
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Nuala Kennedy is a member of Oirialla playing music from her native Oriel alongside Gerry O'Connor, accordionist Martin Quinn and Breton guitarist Gilles Le Bigot.
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Nuala Kennedy plays in the Irish traditional music power trio, The Alt, with John Doyle and Eamon O'Leary.