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Biography

The Darren Maloney Band is a hip, young multi-instrumental group balanced to blast onto the Irish music scene & beyond. With a repertoire that includes traditional Irish tunes, guitar & piano player Fionn O Lochainn’s grandfather’s famous collections of Irish street ballads, music influenced by Bach, Bela Fleck & Michael McGoldrick, & Darren Maloney’s award winning compositions, “this is a group whose music knows no limits!”

9 Time Ulster Banjo Champion, All-Ireland Banjo Champion, & O’Carolan Open Banjo Champion Darren Maloney has performed at Carnegie Hall, Branson’s World Music Festival, Sri Lanka Irish Festival, Oslo St. Patrick’s Day Festival, Finland’s Spelit Irish Festival,Calgary Stampede, & Ireland’s Drogheda Folk Festival. Radio & TV include Ireland’s Late Late Show, Céilíhouse, & All Points North; Canada’s The Big Breakfast & Stampede TV, plus NPR in America. Darren received a 2006 Porous Borders of Music Award from the Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall.

Discography

Who? - 2005

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CONCERTS AND FESTIVALS
Sri Lankan Irish Festival and English Cricket Tour - Sri Lanka
John D. McGurks - St. Louis Missouri
Spelit Irish Festival - Lapua, Finland
Calgary Stampede - Canada
Waterford Sproai - Ireland
Tramore Trafest - Ireland
Nordfest, Oslo - Norway
Oslo St. Patricks Day Festival - Norway
Drogheda Folk Festival - Ireland
St. Patrick's College Reunion Concert - Ireland

TELEVISION AND RADIO APPEARANCES
Ireland

Live at 3
The Late Late Show
Jo-Maxi
Cúrsaí
Waterford @ 8
Céilíhouse
All Points North
Canada
The Big Breakfast
Stampede TV

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Music
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Additional Information

Awards:
Porous Borders of Music; Weill Institute at Carnegie Hall 2006
Top Irish Albums of the year, Earle Hitchner, Irish Echo 2005
Tyrone-Guthrie Arts Award 2002
Waterford Tune for the Millennium 2000
Nine-Times Ulster Banjo Champion
O'Carolan Memorial Open Banjo Competition
All-Ireland Banjo Champion
Ulster Scór title
Ulster and All-Ireland Réadoirí Titles
Ed Reavy Memorial Cup winner
Ulster Duet Titles

Holiday Concert Available
School Programs Available

Artist Website
www.darrenmaloney.com

 


 

 

Updated October 16, 2007
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