Super Secret Concert - Murray & Magill: Contemporary Irish Duo

SHHHHH! Don't tell anyone! Another Super Secret Concert at the Screw Factory!

Directions to Super Secret Concert - It can be difficult to find!

1. Park near the smokestack on the west side of the building
2. Enter through the Man door to the left of the ‘Chocktaw’ garage door behind the Smoke stack
3. Walk through the man door to the right of the freight elevator or wait for someone to meet you to take you up the freight elevator stairs are a problem.
4. Go up to the third floor door.
5. Turn right and make a right into 303 – C.

Show Description:

"Magill and Murray have the kind of strong rapport that comes from having played together for years" - Dan Neely, The Irish Echo

Fiddler Andrew Finn Magill is a North Carolina Arts Council Fellow and has been featured on MTV, PBS and NPR. Alan Murray is currently the guitarist for Irish supergroup Solas and has toured with Lúnasa, The Four Winds, and many more. Together they form one of the most exciting duos in contemporary Irish music.

Biographies:

Andrew Finn Magill is a Fulbright fellow, North Carolina Arts Council Fellow, and 2024 Seifert Jazz violin finalist. He has been featured on MTV, TEDx, Avianca in-flight entertainment and multiple times on NPR's The Thistle & Shamrock. His 2016 album Roots (featuring Cillian Vallely of Lúnasa and John Doyle) debuted at number #46 on the folk DJ charts and since then, he has toured internationally and headlined several Irish festivals.

Scottish guitar & bouzouki-player Alan Murray is one of the most in-demand accompanists in Irish music and has performed at Denmark’s Tønder Festival, Milwaukee Irish Fest and Celtic Connections. Alan has shared the stage with such artists as Karan Casey, Niall and Cillian Vallely, Eileen Ivers and Scotland’s Battlefield Band. Alan currently plays guitar in Irish supergroup Solas. In 2020, the two musicians released their album Murray & Magill.

“Finn Magill displays a love and authenticity that can fool you into thinking he is from Brazil.” - (Miles Davis, Weather Report, Chick Corea)

"Magill’s fresh, clear tones call to mind Stéphane Grappelli...” -

"Effortless Virtuosity" - Grammy-winning jazz violinist ()

"An Extraordinary violin virtuoso" - , Artistic Director American Roots Music Program

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