Jackie Moran
Originally hailing from Thurles Co. Tipperary, Mr. Moran has been firmly rooted in the Chicago Irish music scene since he was 14. A founding member of such popular performance groups as The Drovers, Gan Bua, Comas, Wilding, The Otters [+]Jackie Moran
Originally hailing from Thurles Co. Tipperary, Mr. Moran has been firmly rooted in the Chicago Irish music scene since he was 14. A founding member of such popular performance groups as The Drovers, Gan Bua, Comas, Wilding, The Otters and The Trinity Irish Dance Company, Mr. Moran has also performed live as well as recorded with some of the top Irish musicians in the world, including Liz Carroll, John Williams, John Doyle, Martin Hayes, Paddy Keenan, Dennis Cahill, Kevin Burke and Larry Nugent, among many others. Mr. Moran's percussive stylings have also found their way into a number of major motion pictures, including Backdraft, Blink, Traveller and The Road to Perdition. Since 2001, Mr. Moran and his wife Amy have been running Anam Mor, an Irish dance and music school in the Chicagoland area.
Christy Bain
One of Gan Bua's co-founders, and the band's hingepin, is ace fiddler Christy Bain. Much of Gan Bua's innovation can be contributed to Christy's varied musical background: traditional Irish, Welsh and Scottish, bluegrass, classical.
A Chicago native, Christy began playing violin at age five. Growing up in a musical family, he was encouraged to experiment and expand his musical influences. He became multi-instrumental, though the fiddle would remain his primary instrument. By 14 he'd realized his true muse lie in Celtic music.
While attending university, Christy spent an exchange year at the University of Wales, Bangor. During that time he toured with Welsh triple harpist Robin Huw Bowen (solo; Crasdant) in Germany, headlined at a North Wales fiddle festival (Ffidlan), performed with top Welsh fiddlers Stephen Rees (Ar Log; Crasdant) and Huw Roberts (4 yn y Bar) at The Mid Wales Folk Festival, and appeared on Welsh TV (S4C) with Welsh trad group Crasdant. Stateside, Christy has taught and performed at several Welsh cultural courses.
An avid session musician, Christy frequently traveled to Ireland to trade tunes and hone his skills. A mainstay of the local Irish session in Bangor, he also helped to initiate Bangor's first regular Welsh session. Now an integral part of Chicago's Irish music scene, he can often be found leading or sitting in on numerous sessions throughout the Chicago area.
Prior to co-founding Gan Bua with Tim and J
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