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David Munnelly Gigs – Belgium, Netherlandsby Rob Howard |
March 14th - Emblem Folk Club, Emblem, Belgium March 15th - Eist a Stoir Folk, Surfpad 50, Vlaardingen, Netherlands March 20th - Koffie en Theeschenkerij Vlagheide, Vlagheide 5, 5482NM Schijndel, NL April 13th - Culturele Stichting Niedorp, Winkle, NL Diatonic accordionist David Munnelly, from Belmullet, a small town by the sea in County Mayo, Ireland, now lives in Utrecht, Netherlands. He is known for his colourful playing style, with bold bass fingerings, complex arrangements and his modern compositions. This unique style led David into becoming a member of the Loose Connections. As his reputation grew in Irish traditional music circles David quickly found himself recording and touring with some of the greatest Irish bands and musicians of recent times, including The Chieftains, De Danann, Gerry O Connor, Arty McGlynn, and Sharon Shannon. David formed the David Munnelly Band in1999 and began a 13 year journey with his own band touring Europe, America and Japan and recording four critically acclaimed CDs. Recently David has expanded his repertoire to mainland Europe where he is currently working on several new projects. Along with other European accordionists, David currently performs with the ‘Accordion Samurai’, whose debut CD has won numerous high-profile awards. Additionally, David recently released a duo CD with Irish accordionist Mick Conneely in 2012. |