Venue: Theatre 2, Irish World Academy
Kevin Burke’s fiddle playing has been at the forefront of traditional music since the 1970s. His far-reaching solo album, “If the Cap Fits” and his work with such distinguished performers as Arlo Guthrie, Kate Bush, Christy Moore and the Bothy Band established him as a first-class musician. Never one to be restricted by geography or genre, his decades long career has seen several innovative collaborations with notable musicians of differing styles - Classical, Old Time, Bluegrass, Pop and Rock as well as the Irish Traditional music for which he is so well known.
The New York Times describes Kevin as “a superior instrumentalist in any idiom......impressively virtuosic”. The Washington Post writes of his “lyrical style that is always emotionally electric”, and The Irish Times says that “Burke’s fiddling is one of the high spots of the current Irish musical scene”.