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  Davy Spillane - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Davy was born in Dublin in 1959 and was brought up to speak Irish as his first language.
Davy then gathered together a new set of musicians, including Rory Gallagher and Kevin Glackin to record "Shadow Hunter", an album of various rock and folk styles.
In 1992 Spillane had performed music for Peter Kosminsky's film "Wuthering Heights" and in 1995 reached a larger audience with the film "Rob Roy".
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /davy_spillane.htm   (567 words)

  
 The Thistle & Shamrock interview with Davy Spillane
One of Ireland's most talented uilleann pipes and low whistle players, Davy Spillane was born in Dublin in 1959.
Davy won a Grammy award in 2000 for his collaboration with Paul Winter on the album Celtic Solstice.
Davy spoke with Fiona in Dublin in 1991.
www.npr.org /programs/thistle/features/spillane_int.html   (381 words)

  
 Davy Spillane -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Davy Spillane is a player of (Click link for more info and facts about uilleann pipes) uilleann pipes.
Davy was born in (Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State) Dublin in 1959 and was brought up to speak (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish as his first language.
Davy then gathered together a new set of musicians, including (Click link for more info and facts about Rory Gallagher) Rory Gallagher and Kevin Glackin to record "Shadow Hunter", an album of various rock and folk styles.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Da/Davy_Spillane.htm   (790 words)

  
 Rambles: Davy Spillane, A Place Among the Stones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Davy Spillane is, in a word, a musician.
Spillane manages to make his pipes take on the particular color of a saxophone in places, adding to the jazz club ambience.
I don't think Davy Spillane is in any danger here: this is an absorbing album filled with delightful surprises that don't seem to lose their magic.
www.rambles.net /spillane_place94.html   (329 words)

  
 Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin
Davy Spillane is a well known uilleann piper from his time with The Moving Hearts, Riverdance and his own band.
Davy Spillane seems to be trying to avoid using slides and bends, but he doesn't appear to have much to replace them, unlike contemporaries such as Robbie Hannan or Mick O'Brien.
This is a good choice for Spillane as it fits his style, relying on simple ornamentation and a good command of the chanter although once or twice his variations drift into the "mood music" feel of some of his own compositions.
www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/spillane.htm   (850 words)

  
 Profile - Davy Spillane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Davy was a founder member of Moving Hearts and can be heard on all of their albums.
Davy launched his own record label "Burrenstone Records" in the year 2000 and looks forward to many releases in the years to come.
Davy was a soloist in Riverdance, and Bryan Adams MTV unplugged amongst many others.
www34.brinkster.com /thebadwebsite/frames/daveyspillane.html   (472 words)

  
 CMT.com : Davy Spillane : Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Spillane had a lead role as a piper in a gypsy band in the 1974 film, Traveller.
Spillane has subsequently recorded two additional solo albums -- Shadow Hunter and Pipedreams -- and one album, Out of the Air, with the Davy Spillane Band.
Spillane's first release on a major record label, Place Among the Stars, released in 1998, featured guest vocals by Marie Brennan of Clannad and Steve Winwood.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/spillane_davy/bio.jhtml   (347 words)

  
 IRELAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
Spillane's unique uilleann pipes playing is ubiquitous throughout the music and film score world and he credits his longtime use of Eventide effects for making his signature sound possible.
Spillane is now enhancing his sound and production capabilities with the addition of the Eventide DSP 7000 Ultra-Harmonizer to his Burrenstone Studio and touring show.
Burrenstone Studio is Spillane's personal creation, a studio set deep in the beauty of the west of Ireland overlooking the cliffs on the Atlantic Ocean.
www.eventide.com /pressrel/2005/davy_spillane.htm   (552 words)

  
 Davy Spillane -Biography
Davy Spillane was born in Dublin in 1959, were he completed his entire education in the Irish language, and while at school learnt the tin whistle and uilleann pipes.
Although there is no tradition of playing Irish music in his family, Davy was constantly exposed to music and as a piper he was both influenced and inspired by masters of uilleann piping Seamus Ennis, Leo Rowsome and Johnny Doran.
Davy also feels that his music was shaped by both the Keenan and Furey families and by his playing with musicians like Liam Weldon, Tommy Peoples and Johnny Keenan.
www.taramusic.com /biogs/davysbg.htm   (690 words)

  
 Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane is not only one of the world's leading uilleann pipers but he's also a master of the low whistle.
Davy Spillane was the first one to venture where other pipers have feared to tread.
Davy Spillane's been working for more than 3 years with Kevin Glackin, one of the best fiddle players in Ireland.
www.musicprom.com /e_spillane.html   (422 words)

  
 Davy Spillane - Biography
Davy is also a featured soloist and band leader for Bill Whelan's hit production Riverdance.
For Sony Classical, Davy Spillane appears on a new release, Illumination, a series of works by contemporary composer Richard Souther, combining chant melodies written by Hildegard von Bingen with modern arrangements.
Davy's home in Ireland is in the Burren region from whence Davy draws his inspiration and energy.
www.sonyclassical.com /artists/spillane/bio.html   (273 words)

  
 TARA3026 - Davy Spillane : Pipedreams
Pipedreams is the culmination of a musical journey that Davy started with his 'Out Of The Air' album in 1988 and later progressed with his 'Atlantic Bridge' and 'Shadow Hunter' albums.
With this album Davy Spillane has proved yet again that the richness of the native tradition is as strong as ever it was perceived, and its potential for development is quite a ways from being exhausted.
Spillane's piping is more fluid than ever, although one can't help pondering the fact that although the disc's cover picture shows Spillane nursing a fully plumbed-up set of uilleann pipes, drones and regulators glittering purposefully, you only really hear the chanter on these recordings.
www.taramusic.com /press/pr3026.htm   (739 words)

  
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World renowned piper from Dublin, now living in County Clare, Spillane was a member of Moving Hearts before embarking on a hugely successful solo career.
Produced by PJ Curtis, this 1988 release fuses Spillane’s open-style piping with elements of rock and bluegrass/country.
Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin combine to produce an excellent album of traditional music on fiddle and pipes.
mad.elive.net /artist.htm?cart=10924830881411574&aid=8966   (83 words)

  
 Biography
Davy Spillane began his career with the Irish group MOVING HEARTS, helping to mix his traditional influences with the rock style of the band.
Besides the contributions of Davy Spillane "The BMC Band" is complemented by the tight rhythm tandem of Sean Maguire (bass) and David Snel (drums).
After helping RIVERDANCE become the most successful extravaganza ever, DAVY SPILLANE has turned his hand to Rock by collaborating with THE BMC BAND on their new CD called "The Peace Within." "Oh Well" is the perfect example of this interesting new sound that could best be described as CELTIC BLUES.
home.wanadoo.nl /bmc/biograph.htm   (2908 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Davy Spillane
Moving Hearts was an Irish folk-rock band, formed in about 1980 by seven established musicians.
Bill Whelan is the Irish composer who was asked to compose a piece for the interval of the Eurovision song contest.
She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of nine.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Davy-Spillane   (1386 words)

  
 Chiff & Fipple Dating Katie Holmes
And Spillane is known to own a big-hole Overton low D. On the chiffboard meantime, the Davy Spillane low D took on mythical status and reports of it were treated as apocryphal.
The Spillane low D that finally surfaced is a "Howard" style low D (aluminum tube with plastic head) not an "Overton" style low D (all aluminum).
I shouldn't wonder that Spillane hasn't in the past had a whistle pushed on him, only to hear the maker then claim that "Spillane plays XYZ whistles." Even if that wasn't the case, as Davy Spillane I'd be careful and generally shy about confirming rumors that I play this or that instrument.
www.chiffandfipple.com /cfJune2005   (4424 words)

  
 Chiff & Fipple's  U n s o l v e d   M y s t e r i e s
In the Spring of 2004, a musician who I knew to have had some direct contact with Davy let it be known that Davy was in the late stages of producing his own line of low whistles for real this time.
I have corresponded with Davy about this but his language, in my opinion, leaves some doubt about precisely what he means when he says he plays "his own" whistles.
At this point, my belief (which I have recently shared with Davy and so I'm not talking about him behind his back) is that he started with a whistle made by someone else, most likely Bernard Overton, and did some degree of modifications on it.
www.chiffandfipple.com /mysteries/mysteries.htm   (1531 words)

  
 Interview: Piping hot - interview with Irish musician Davy Spillane - Interview
Davy told me the track was about the death of his father, and as I wrote the lyrics, it became a conversation where his father is talking to him: "Child, I can't be gone / See, I'm in your soul and in your song / The calling of your heart has brought me on."
Davy's very funny, which you wouldn't think from his music.
DAVY SPILLANE: At about twelve or thirteen, when I started playing the tin whistle.
www.findarticles.com /m1285/n10_v28/21222163/p1/article.jhtml   (1218 words)

  
 Celtic MP3s - Davy Spillane - Irish Music
In the 70's Davy served an apprenticeship with Dan Dowd and Johnny Burke as a pipemaker.
Davy Spillane still resides in Liscannor Co. Clare, and continues to create Celtic masterpieces with the haunting, yet absolutely beautiful sounds of low whistles and Uilleann pipes.
Davy Spillane is known for his unique sounding instrumentation, and "A Place Among the Stones" is definitely a prime example.
www.celticmp3s.com /bands/davy_spillane   (474 words)

  
 Davy Spillane: HIGH ABOVE THE "SEA OF DREAMS"
Spillane is an in-demand musician who has played Uilleann pipes and/or low whistles on recordings by Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush, Bryan Adams, Sinead O'Connor and others.
Spillane has been an important part of Ireland's music scene since he was a founding member of the band Moving Hearts in the early '80s.
I've got this list of people I was involved with, and they create variety in my life, and some of the things are more to my personal taste than other things, but it's all part of my work, and they're not necessarily the things I'm proudest of.
mixonline.com /mag/audio_davy_spillane_high/index.html   (2967 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Sea Of Dreams: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-07-20)
O'Connor, who employed Spillane on her 1987 Gospel Oak EP, returns the favor here, singing "The Dreaming of the Bones" and "Danny Boy." That latter warhorse is particularly striking; say what you will about Sinead, she's always been a commanding interpreter.
Davy Spillane is outrageously talented and a master technician but I'm personally disappointed to see him move farther and farther afield with this....Irish meditation music.
Spillane has done well in influencing the musicians and artists he has worked with, for his music brings great wonder and inspiration to those who hear.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000ADFA?v=glance   (1050 words)

  
 MobyGames - Davy Spillane
Davy Spillane was credited on a game as early as 1998 and as recently as 2000.
Davy Spillane has been credited with the roles Sound.
Davy Spillane has been credited on games developed by the following companies: Square Co., Ltd..
www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId=46887   (151 words)

  
 Paul James' Music Review: Irish Folk Music
His style is more classically traditional than Davy Spillane (see later) and perhaps less flamboyant, but in his hands, the Pipes are brimming with Irish life.
At the end of the day, I suppose I prefer Davy Spillane's more passionate approach to the Uilleann Pipes, than Liam O' Flynn's more classical measured playing, but as an example of the latter, this is pretty much the best to be found in the world.
One must not overlook, of course, that Davy Spillane is also an accomplished player of the Low Whistle, which he has played on many pieces on his CDs.
music.pauljames.de /eire.html   (3595 words)

  
 CD Baby: BARRY MC CABE: The Peace Within
Davy has played with Van Morrison, Chris Rea, Bryan Adams and is the uilleann pipe player seen in RIVERDANCE.
Using their Irish heritage, and incorporating Barry's love of the blues, both he and Davy have managed to interweave Irish traditional music with the blues into a totally new and invigorating musical sound that could probably best be described as "CELTIC BLUES".
Davy Spillane is a pleasure to hear as always, and obviously knows what musicians are worth hanging out with.
cdbaby.com /cd/bmcband   (1732 words)

  
 Common Ground : Davy Spillane & Donal Lunny
While still in his teens Davy Spillane became a founder member of
It has been a pleasure to watch Davy's development since the early days.
Davy has played with a lot of important artists, and has dived into contexts that would be alien to many traditional musicians."
www.emirecords.co.uk /commonground/songs/spillane_lunny/spillane_lunny.html   (134 words)

  
 Common Ground : Davy Spillane
While still a teenager Davy Spillane became a founder member of
Davy was in great demand as a musician for a wide range of artists
London Beat wanted Davy Spillane on their records.
www.emirecords.co.uk /commonground/mi/spillane/spillane.html   (98 words)

  
 TARA3027 - Andy Irvine and Davy Spillane : East Wind
Davy Spillane - uilleann pipes and low whistle.
Thus, here we have Davy Spillane playing in his own superb style, Bill Whelan, who has done all the arranging, producing and just about everything else: Mairtin O'Connor, who came up from the west of Ireland and played accordion and John Sheahan of the Dubliners who came in and played fiddle.
Tony Molloy played bass and had a big hand in the early structure of the tunes; Paul Moran and Noel Eccles played a bewildering array of percussive instruments and Ken Edge and Carl Geraghty played Soprano Saxophones.
www.taramusic.com /sleevenotes/cd3027.htm   (749 words)

  
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I was equally excited that he should agree as I was a huge fan of Rory's, and was keen to hear the result of two such soulful players from different traditions coming together on record.
It was Davy and the band who were nervous at the prospect of playing with Rory.
He was relaxed, gentle and easy...he was most gracious with the others...shy even (totally different than his stage persona)...and once we all got talking guitars it was the same as if we had always been together.
www.4001.com /rory/rory_curtis.txt   (1553 words)

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