Andrew Finn Magill Trio

North Carolina-native violinist/fiddler Andrew Finn Magill is a Fulbright Fellow, North Carolina Arts Council Fellow, All-Ireland fiddle finalist, and 2024 Seifert Jazz violin finalist in Poland. Magill has been featured on PBS, TEDx and multiple times on NPR. His 2016 album, “Roots” debuted at number #46 on the folk DJ charts and he has released seven albums since. Magill grew up studying traditional Irish music, old-time, bluegrass and swing every summer with the best fiddlers in the world at the Swannanoa Gathering. BBC Folk Musician of the year Martin Hayes calls Magill a “leading fiddler in a new generation of musicians.”

Andrew Finn Magill will be joined by Isaac Alderson and Alan Murray.

Isaac Alderson
Isaac Alderson has toured and recorded as a member of several well-known bands and ensembles including Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul, Comas, Ensemble Galilei, and Runa, among others, and is a founding member of critically acclaimed band, The Yanks. Isaac has worked on two Broadway musicals to date, namely Sting’s The Last Ship, and Come From Away, which he performed both on Broadway and on tour as the full-time chair holder for the entire life of the show’s first North American touring production. In 2014-2015 he played in the iconic show Riverdance on its 20th anniversary three-month tour of China.

Alan Murray
Alan Murray hails from Glasgow, Scotland, where he grew up playing the whistle and later guitar and bouzouki. Eventually moving to the United States, he has established himself as an in-demand performer and teacher on the traditional music scene. He has recorded and performed around the world with many of the finest traditional musicians and acts today, including Lunasa, Solas, Eileen Ivers, Battlefield Band, We Banjo 3, and many more.

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