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  Andy Irvine (rugby player) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andy was born in Edinburgh, on September 16, 1951 and was educated at George Heriot's School in the city.
Andy vies with Gavin Hastings for the title of Scotland's greatest ever fullback, with incisive running at a blistering pace from the back his trade mark.
Andy became president of the Scottish Rugby Union in 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andy_Irvine_(rugby_player)   (337 words)

  
 Andy Irvine and Rens van der Zalm
Andy Irvine has been hailed as "a tradition in himself." Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained both personal integrity and highly individual performing skills throughout his 40-year career.
Andy left the band in 1968, and made his first trip 'way out yonder', traveling by 'the sunburnt thumb' in Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia, earning his living as a street musician and absorbing the musical traditions of the Balkans.
Andy Irvine is Ireland's Woody Guthrie, with a philosopher's ear and a prophet's passionate voice.
www.unm.edu /~jphill/andy_rens.html   (1188 words)

  
 Andy Irvine
The "Rain On The Roof" CD that Andy Irvine sells at concerts is available by mail order direct from his U.S. agent for $15 plus $2 postage in the United States.
Andy Irvine, Kevin Burke and Micheal O'Domhnaill in concert in Santa Barbara, Feb 21, 1984.
Andy Irvine, Kevin Burke and Gerry O'Beirne in concert at Cal Tech, Feb 23, 1985.
www.massmedia.com /~mikeb/mando/airvine.html   (711 words)

  
 Club Cafe Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Andy is like an old friend.  I’ve known his unique voice for so long — from Sweeney’s Men to Planxty, from his duo with Paul Brady to his solo performances.  His singing is pure emotion.  His playing is both delicate and energetic.  Andy invented the interlaces of bouzouki, mandolin and mandola in Irish music.
Andy Irvine’s live solo performance was informative, witty, intense, full of a love for the music, which he transmitted to the audience with an honesty that only the truly committed can attain.
Andy Irvine’s solo stage show is a musical travelogue through time and space.  His right hand dexterity on bouzouki was nothing short of amazing.
www.clubcafelive.com /calendar.asp?id=5&year=2003&index=20   (1137 words)

  
 Compass Records, Nashville, Tennessee
First envisioned by venerable vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Andy Irvine (Planxty, Patrick Street), Mozaik is the ultimate global stringband—a truly international ensemble who can not only perform music from a wide array of cultures, but interweave their myriad influences into an entirely new sound.
Irvine and van der Zalm first met in Slovenia in 1969 and the two had toured together on and off ever since, finding uncanny common ground between Irish and Dutch traditions.
Irvine’s initial burst of inspiration realized itself as a major new cross cultural collaboration, and – fortunately for the ages – several shows from that legendary first tour were recorded.
www.compassrecords.com /cra/mozaik   (677 words)

  
 VH1.com : Andy Irvine : Biography
Andy Irvine has been a major influence on traditional Irish music for more than three decades.
The son of a Scottish father and an Irish mother, Irvine was inspired by his mother, an actress, to pursue a career in theater and appeared in numerous films and stage productions as a youngster.
A duo that Irvine formed with Gerry O'Beirne was enlarged with the addition of Kevin Burke and Jackie Daly of De Danann.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/irvine_andy/bio.jhtml   (506 words)

  
 CD Baby: DICK GAUGHAN/ANDY IRVINE: Parallel Lines
Andy Irvine has the ideal lineage for extending the traditional music of the British Isles.
In 1968, Andy left the band and made his first trip "way out yonder," living as a street musician in Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia and absorbing their musical traditions.
Returning to Ireland, Irvine performed on his own and with others, eventually uniting with the legendary performer Christy Moore, Donal Lunny and Liam O'Flynn to form Planxty, an on-again, off-again Irish supergroup with slightly more of a rock influence than Sweeney's Men.
cdbaby.com /cd/gaughan1   (758 words)

  
 CD Baby: ANDY IRVINE: Way Out Yonder
Andy Irvine at his best, applying his voice, mandolin, bouzouki, hurdygurdy and harmonica to a mixture of original and traditional material backed by some of Ireland's finest instrumentalists; "One of the best folk recordings of the year" -- MOJO
The lighter, more traditional side of Andy's music is heard on "The Girl I Left Behind," his whimsical medley of "They'll Never Believe It's True"/"Froggy's Jug," and a stirring performance of the classic poem "The Highwayman," which sports an arrangement created by Canadian singer and harpist Loreena McKennitt.
Andy Irvine has the ideal lineage for his role in extending the traditional music of the British Isles.
cdbaby.com /cd/irvine   (717 words)

  
 Tara Music Company - The Home of Irish / Celtic Music
Irvine recorded two hit singles and an album with Sweeney's Men before the spirit of the times and his own curiosity led him east to the Balkans.
In 1986 Patrick Street evolved from Irvine's tours of America with Kevin Burke, Jackie Daly and Gerry O'Beirne and when O'Beirne found himself unable to join the band, another former playing partner of Andy's - Arty McGlynn - was invited to join.
Andy recorded two new solo albums in 1991, one the 'East Wind' album of Bulgarian and Macedonian music with Davy Spillane, Márta Sebestyén and others and then his long awaited new Solo album 'Rude Awakening'.
www.taramusic.com /biogs/andibg.htm   (762 words)

  
 Irvine Andy - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Irvine Andy - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Irvine, Andy (1951- ), Scottish rugby union player, one of the world's outstanding full-backs in the 1970s.
The town is one of Scotland’s five new towns (designated in 1966) and is the administrative...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Irvine_Andy.html   (87 words)

  
 TARA3027 - Andy Irvine and Davy Spillane : East Wind
by Andy Irvine and Davy Spillane is a complex interaction of Celtic Musicians and instruments with World Music rhythms was revolutionary at the time of recording.
The music had such impact and influence on Andy that he returned to Ireland with new musical ideas soon to be introduced and played by the ground breaking band Planxty of which he was a founder member.
Andy Irvine is credited with importing the bazouki to Irish music, and it's now a common Irish 'traditional' instrument.
www.taramusic.com /press/pr3027.htm   (642 words)

  
 Andy Irvine on Appleseed
Lyrically, Andy continues to write or adapt songs of political and social awareness such as "Gladiators" (about the industrial Workers of the World "the Wobblies") and their fight against conscription in Australia during World War I, "Born in Carrickfergus" (about Ireland's religious troubles), and "Moreton Bay" (a convict ballad from the early 19th century).
The lighter, more traditional side of Andy's music is heard on "The Girl I Left Behind", his whimsical medley of "They'll Never Believe It's True", "Froggy's Jig", and a gorgeously stirring performance of the classic poem "The Highway man" (which sports an arrangement recently created by Loreena McKennitt, the Canadian singer and harpist).
Irvine has long followed his own precarious but rewarding mission -- to preserve Irish traditional music without embalming it; to expand that tradition without distorting it; to use songs old and new to celebrate life's good times and remind us of the world's dangers, past and ever-present.
www.appleseedrec.com /andyirvine   (334 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Twenty great rugby players - Andy Irvine
Irvine first played for Scotland against New Zealand in 1972 and for a time there was debate over whether he was secure enough in defence to occupy the full-back berth, and he was played on the wing.
While it's true that he was not the greatest defensive player, the selectors soon came to their senses, realizing that Irvine’s unique attacking qualities were best realized from the deeper position.
Irvine had fantastic speed, with that incredible change of pace and acceleration, and he could beat a defender on either side.
sport.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=325&id=474072002   (325 words)

  
 Phil Cleary - views on Australian football, politics and people
Irvine's 1976 collaboration with Paul Brady on Andy Irvine Paul Brady in which he plays bouzouki, harmonica and mandolin is as good as it gets.
ANDY IRVINE: I found an honesty in his music which grabbed me. I was aware of the fact that I was interested in music from an early age but could not find a special interest.
ANDY IRVINE: I think we hit a spot in the Irish soul that was waiting to be hit.
www.philcleary.com.au /music_Andy_Irvine.htm   (1525 words)

  
 ANDY IRVINE
Andy Irvine is someone whose singing I have always loved.
He creates a world… Andy singing a song like Bonny Woodhall or West Coast of Clare, or a song like The Jolly Beggar, songs of another era, but tapped into beautifully by Andy and his treatment of them.
Andy Irvine will perform at the SA Folk Centre, on Saturday, December 20th.
www.folk-sa.asn.au /Folk_Centre/andy_irvine.htm   (928 words)

  
 Andy Irvine - live :: ABC South West Vic
South West Drive listeners were lucky to hear legendary Irish singer songwriter Andy Irvine live in the studio this week.
Andy has played with some of the greats of folk and traditional Irish music such as Christy Moore and Arty McGlynn.
Andy Irvine plays the Cockatoo Café in Dunolly on Friday December 19.
www.abc.net.au /southwestvic/stories/s1012736.htm   (407 words)

  
 Common Ground : Andy Irvine
Andy Irvine spends much of every year touring the world to play his music to the broadest possible audiences.
e in the late fifties led Andy Irvine into a musical odyssey that has spanned all aspects of Irish traditional music.
In 1972 Andy became one of the founder members of the internationally-renowned Planxty.
www.emirecords.co.uk /commonground/songs/irvine/irvine.html   (205 words)

  
 Chico News and Review September 06, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Andy Irvine was a big part of that scene, as he sings in "My Heart's Tonight in Ireland," describing his days with his band Sweeney's Men and the abundance of music at that time, especially in County Clare.
In Ireland, Irvine is a legend and inspiration as recognizable as Woody Guthrie is to American folk singers.
Born in London to an Irish mother and a Scottish father, Irvine had an early career as a successful child actor and took up classical guitar after hearing Lonnie Donegan on an early skiffle record.
www.newsreview.com /chico/Content?oid=oid:5869   (567 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Scottish | Irvine wants an Aberdeen pro-team
New Scottish Rugby Union president Andy Irvine says he wants a professional rugby side to be playing out of Aberdeen within three years.
And Irvine's ambition flies in the face of reports before his arrival in June suggesting that the SRU was even considering reducing the number of sides it funds due to its financial problems.
Irvine added that the SRU would be keen to take more international matches to Aberdeen.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/rugby_union/scottish/4241554.stm   (329 words)

  
 Andy Irvine
Singer, songwriter and musician Andy Irvine was born on June 14, 1942, in Southgate, London.
Their song repertoire, while essentially Irish, embraced the American tradition of Woodie Guthrie in particular (Irvine's influence), English, Scottish as well as Irish folk songs and the dance music of O Floinn's uilleann pipes.
Andy Irvine also emerged as a songwriter and the first album Planxty included his plaintive West Coast of Clare.
www.iol.ie /~ronolan/irvine.html   (932 words)

  
 FolkWorld Article: Andy Irvine
He claimed not to be in the mood for interviewing as he was scheduled that afternoon for a talk imaginatively titled "Andy Irvine: From a folksinger's life" (which helped this article along considerably).
Andy has a very well organised website (http://www.andyirvine.com) which, he says, was put together for him and is run by a fan, Kate Akers.
Andy Irvine comes across almost as two different people: one, distant and withdrawn, preferring to be left alone; the other, outgoing, trusting and eager for every new thing life might hold in store.
www.folkworld.de /23/e/andy.html   (2805 words)

  
 The Thistle & Shamrock Interview: Fiona Talks with Andy Irvine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Fiona: I've met with Andy Irvine and we're sitting, on a lovely, sunny morning, overlooking the banks of the River Tay.
And when you think of the original members of Planxty -- yourself Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Christy Moore, Liam O'Flynn -- as well as the legacy of the band, the individuals have gone on to make quite an impression upon the music.
I mean, back towards the end of Planxty in, whenever it was 1981, '82, we played this tune called Smeceno Horo which is in 9:16 basically but it has bars in 15, 16 and it was the biggest number we played.
www.npr.org /programs/thistle/features/2006/jan/irvine.html   (1598 words)

  
 Rain On The Roof
Ensconced in a bare bones setting, usually just Irvine, his voice and whichever instrument the tune calls for, some of the songs are first-time recorded while a few have graced past releases.
Irvine sings of fond memories of Scariff, Miltown Malbay, Kilrush, Sixmilebridge, Kilkishen, Lahinch, Ennistymon, Liscannor and Kilkee in "My Heart's Tonight In Ireland," a tune applicable to all who find themselves far from home.
Irvine, on vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica and shruti box is assisted by Rens van der Zelmon fiddle and mandolin; Steve Cooney on didgeredoo and drum; and Declan Masterson on low whistle.
www.icogitate.com /~celticfolkmusic/cr-AndyIrvine2.htm   (684 words)

  
 MadForTrad News - Andy Irvine at Blas Summer School
Andy Irvine gave the final evening concert of this year’s Blas on July 18th.
Andy is a regular guest tutor at Blas and enjoys the experience of teaching: "When it works - and it always has worked the few times I’ve been here - it’s very satisfying".
Andy Irvine recently launched his own Official Website.
www.madfortrad.com /news008.htm   (242 words)

  
 BBC - A Sporting Nation - Andy Irvine inspires victory over France 1980
Only the fact that Scotland's matches against France had traditionally gone the way of the home side - although the French had won in Edinburgh on their last visit in 1978 - gave any reason to believe that the miserable sequence would come to an end.
Andy Irvine's missed conversion was the first of a series of attempts at goal that failed to find the target and the Heriot's FP full-back came under pressure from the unsettled crowd, who called for him to be replaced as kicker.
Facing his most difficult kick of what had been an unsuccessful afternoon with the boot, Irvine finally found his range and Scotland were back within one score of the French, trailing 10-14.
www.bbc.co.uk /scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0064   (301 words)

  
 Sula and Andy Irvine - Over Seas / cdRoots / CD
At Chewton Festival near Castlemaine, Australia, in January 2003, Andy Irvine and Sula, their shows over, are cooling their heels in a retired church building.
Andy is interested in being part of Sula's new CD project.
Sula and Andy go to Ole Ellingsgaard, the eminent sound engineer at the West Jutland Academy of Music, and the results are before you.
www.cdroots.com /tutl-sula04.html   (698 words)

  
 CLUAS Indie Gig Reviews: Andy Irvine in Whelan's
While Whelan's is a nice, snug venue for a performer such as Andy Irvine, the tight seating immediately in front of the stage makes the stools at the back provide a more sensible and equally advantageous view - as well as being closer to the bar...
Andy came on in his usual non-chalant and unassuming way and immediately started a song he told us needed no introduction as the words told their own story.
For those who could not resist Bruce in the RDS, I recommend you treat yourself the next time Andy's in town.
www.cluas.com /music/gigs/andyirvine.htm   (397 words)

  
 Club Cafe Calendar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Andy Irvine is Ireland’s Woody Guthrie, with a philosopher’s ear and a prophet’s passionate voice.  He is also a stunning singer and instrumentalist who weaves melody and texture, harmony and rhythm, into a rich tapestry of present and past.
Irvine occupies a unique place in the musical world, plying his trade as archetypal troubadour, with a solo show and traveling lifestyle that reflects his lifelong influence, Woody Guthrie.  Few others can equal his repertoire, Irish traditional songs, dexterous Balkan dance tunes, and a compelling canon of his own material that defies description.
Andy Irvine / Mark Dignam and Teddy Goldstein
www.clubcafelive.com /calendar.asp?id=5&year=2003&index=3   (715 words)

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