Dylan Foley Interview

Published: Sept. 10, 2017, 12:10 p.m.

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Sharing interviews recorded at the All Ireland Fleadh 2017 in Ennis Co Clare with Dennis Cahill, Ois\\xedn Mac Diarmada, Noel Hill, Kevin Crawford, Dylan Foley, Patrick Doocey, Joanie Madden, Don Stiffe, John Carty and Kieran Hanrahan.

Dylan Foley, A 4-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, Dylan was a student of the great Rose Flanagan (the original fiddler in Cherish the Ladies) and counts Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Mike McHale, and Monsignor Charlie Coen among his primary influences. He is a vibrant stylist whose playing has been called \\u201cimpeccable and spirited.\\u201dDylan has performed at Lincoln Center, Joanie Madden\\u2019s Folk N\\u2019 Irish Cruise, Austin Celtic Festival, at Gracie Mansion for NYC Mayor Bloomberg, on Jay Unger\\u2019s Dancing On the Air show on WAMC, also Foley has been featured on Irish Television channels RTE and TG4\\u2019s fleadh programme. At age 12, Dylan made an appearance on the HBO special \\u201cThe Music In Me\\u201d. With the the help of Irish Aid, In January 2013, Foley travelled with Dr. Mick Moloney (NYU Ethnomusicologist and Folklorist) to Vietnam in order to bring Irish music, song, dance and culture to those who were effected by Agent Orange and other Vietnam War atrocities. Dylan also performed with Mick Moloney, Joanie Madden, Bobby Hicks, Matt Molloy and Sharon Shannon.

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