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Best known for his work with the groups Lunasa (1999's Otherworld and 2001's Merry Sisters of Fate) and Moving Cloud (1995's self-titled release and 1998's Foxglove), Celtic flutist Kevin Crawford has also issued a pair of solo releases for the Green Linnet label. The D Flute Album was issued in 1995, while its follow-up, In Good Company, was released six years later and featured a lengthy cast of guest musicians -- Martin Hayes (fiddle, viola), Mick Connelly (fiddle, bouzouki), Arty McGlynn (guitar), Jim Higgins (bodhran), and Carl Hession (keyboards), as well as fiddlers Seán Smyth, James Cullinan, Frankie Gavin, Tony Linnane, Tommy Peoples, Manus McGuire, and Conor Tully.
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Kevin Crawford is a flute, tin whistle and bodhrán player. Born on 6 December 1967 in Birmingham, England to Irish parents who emigrated from Miltown Malbay, County Clare. He later moved to West Clare to improve his music and become more exposed to traditional Irish music.
Bands
Crawford started in the late 1980's with Long Acre working with artists such as Mick Conneely, Brendan Boyle, Bernadette Davis, Joe Molloy and Ivan Miletitch. After recording and co-producing what he described as his most "traditional" CD with "Grianán," a group including Siobhán and Tommy Peoples, Niamh De Burca, P.J. King, Martin Murray, Paul McSherry, John Maloney, and Pat Marsh (released in 1993), Crawford joined "Moving Cloud" in 1993 and then "Lúnasa" in 1998, replacing Michael McGoldrick. Crawford became the "frontman" for Lúnasa during their live performances.
