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Susan McKeown
Susan McKeown
Irish songwriter, folk singer and producer
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Nightnoise
Nightnoise
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Phil Cunningham
Phil Cunningham
Scottish musician
3
Séamus Egan
Séamus Egan
Irish musician
4
Silly Wizard
Silly Wizard
band
5
Celtic Fiddle Festival
Celtic Fiddle Festival
band that plays Celtic music
6
Skúli Sverrisson
Skúli Sverrisson
Icelandic musician
7
Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke
British-Irish fiddler
8
Solas
Solas
Irish music group
9
Jerry O'Sullivan
Jerry O'Sullivan
Irish-American contemporary musician
10
Dougie MacLean
Dougie MacLean
Scottish singer
11
Greenland Whalefishers
Greenland Whalefishers
12
Duncan Chisholm
Duncan Chisholm
British musician
13
The Paperboys
The Paperboys
Canadian folk music band
14
Horslips
Horslips
Irish rock band
15
Andy M. Stewart
Andy M. Stewart
Scottish singer
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Mitchel Forman
Mitchel Forman
American pianist
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De Dannan
De Dannan
band
18
Natalie MacMaster
Natalie MacMaster
Canadian musician
19
Séamus Ennis
Séamus Ennis
Irish singer and piper
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Carlos Núñez
Carlos Núñez
Galician musician
21
Michael McGoldrick
Michael McGoldrick
musician
22
Martin Hayes
Martin Hayes
Irish fiddler
23
Paddy Glackin
Paddy Glackin
Irish musician
24
Cillian Vallely
Cillian Vallely
Irish musician
25
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks
American guitarist, bandleader and songwriter
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Eugene Friesen
Eugene Friesen
American musician
27
Keter Betts
Keter Betts
American jazz musician
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S. J. Tucker
S. J. Tucker
American musician
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Kornog
Kornog
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Levellers
Levellers
English folk rock band
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The Bothy Band
The Bothy Band
band
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The Prodigals
The Prodigals
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Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
band
34
Chris Cunningham
Chris Cunningham
British director
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The Mammals
The Mammals
band
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Dudu Pukwana
Dudu Pukwana
South African musician
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Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan
British musician
Johnny Cunningham
British musician

Johnny Cunningham

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Johnny Cunningham (27 August 1957 – 15 December 2003) was a Scottish folk musician and composer, instrumental in spreading interest in traditional Celtic music.

Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh. He was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but later became inactive.

He was a founding member of Silly Wizard, as well as a member of Relativity, The Raindogs, and Nightnoise. Throughout his career, Cunningham was a fiddler, composer, and producer. His younger brother, Phil Cunningham, also a former member of Silly Wizard, is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his piano-accordion and whistle playing. Johnny Cunningham died of a heart attack on 15 December 2003 in New York City at the age of 46.