Eamon O'Leary of The Murphy Beds at Goderich
b"Eamon O'Leary (The Murphy Beds) Eamon started playing Irish music while growing up in Dublin. When he moved to New York City in the early 90\\u2019s, he immersed himself in the city\\u2019s traditional music scene and travelled widely, performing with many of the great players in Irish music. In 2004 he and fiddler Patrick Ourceau released the album Live at Mona\\u2019s. Eamon has taught at many traditional music programs around the world and also records and performs original music. His last solo album, All Souls, was released on Reveal Records in 2018. Other recent recordings of note include The Alt with John Doyle and Nuala Kennedy, and The Immigrant Band, a joint old-time and Irish endeavor with John Doyle, John Herrmann, and Rafe and Clelia Stefanini. Eamon O\\u2019Leary and Jefferson Hamer (aka The Murphy Beds) present traditional and original folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrumental arrangements on bouzouki, guitar, and mandolin. In 2021 they released their second album, titled \\u201cEasy Way Down\\u201d, which The Irish Echo called \\u201can incredible collection of songs delivered with grace and ease.\\u201d They have toured extensively throughout Europe and North America, with performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Alaska Folk Festival, Milwaukee Irish Festival, WGBH Boston\\u2019s Celtic Sojourn, Doolin Folk Festival (Ireland), and Unamplifire Festival (London). Eamon and Jefferson began playing together at traditional music sessions in New York City. They shared an interest in collecting, arranging, and performing songs from Irish, American, Scottish, and English traditions. As they began to collaborate \\u2014 first in larger ensembles, but most enduringly as a duo \\u2014 they also recognized an affinity for other more contemporary idioms. Whatever the source \\u2014 songs of the Irish travelers, Arkansas spirituals, or their own compositions \\u2014 their arrangements feature the same carefully wrought interplay of voices and strings."