Martin Hayes and Kyle Sanna (World Music/Irish Fiddle & Guitar)

Praised by the Irish Times as a musician with an “insatiable appetite for adventure,” Martin Hayes is regarded as one of the most significant talents to emerge in the world of traditional Irish music. He is the founder of the musical supergroup The Gloaming, The Common Ground Ensemble and the Martin Hayes Quartet. He is the artistic director of Masters of Tradition, an annual festival in Cork, Ireland, and a co-curator for the Marble Sessions at the Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland.
Kyle Sanna is a Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer whose musical work spans four divergent disciplines: contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, the traditional music of Ireland, and music technology and production.