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Recalling the exuberance of the American-Irish Dance Hall scene of the Roaring 20s: "A creative force at the true epicentre of Irish music" —liveIreland.com

The David Munnelly Band is "the Irish band to see" according to the Irish Voice. Blending jazz and ragtime influences from the 1920s and '30s with traditional roots, the band was awarded "Concert of the Year" for both 2006 and 2007 by LiveIreland.com.

Irish button accordion wizard David Munnelly describes his music as a rough-and-tumble mix of rhythm and sound. "It's a wild, rhythmical kind of crazy music," he says. "It's not as precise or civilized as the music of the Midlands or from the eastern part of the country. It has a passionate rhythm about it, a drive and energy about it."

With members from Mayo, Dublin, Donegal, and Tyrone, the band combines button accordion, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, bodhrán and flute. Their high-spirited instrumental sound is topped with the singing of All-Ireland champion Shauna Mullin and the extraordinary percussive dancing of American Nic Gareiss.

To Learn More...

• Read article from SFMS's newsletter
• Visit David Munnelly’s website

Hear Music Samples at...

• David Munnelly’s Myspace page
• CDBaby: Listen to David Munnelly Band's CD Live