Cormac Begley live at the Embassy of Ireland in Berlin

Cormac is concertina player from west Kerry and he plays 13 concertinas that range from bass to piccolo register. His debut solo album received critical acclaim accumulating nine 5-star reviews. The music on his debut album and his latest solo album, entitled "B" are central to the award winning show Mám (directed by Micheal Keegan Dolan) and to Pat Collin's film, 'The Dance'. He plays in a number of projects with musicians Liam O Connor, Caoimhín O Raghallaigh, Martin Hayes and Liam Ó Maonlaí, Rushad Eggleston (cello), Lisa O Neill and Ye Vagabonds. He has recorded with artists including Lankum, Stephen James Smith, Ré, Jack Talty, Ye Vagabonds and Lisa O'Neill. He is the founder of Airt, a residential school in West-Kerry, and the award winning Tunes in the Church live concert series in Galway, and more recently, a new outdoor concert series from his campervan, the ‘Beauty’.

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