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2018 TOUR

Galway Guy
Pale Moonshine

SOLO WORK

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HOWL

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MONKEY'S WEDDING

COLLABORATIONS

BOHINTA
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SESSIONS

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WISHES

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST

​Screaming Orphans 
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BALLADS RULE OK

marys lane
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THE FUREY SESSION

​Don Baker
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MY SONGS MY FRIENDS

MOUTH MUSIC
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SEAFARING MAN

UNITE
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A GATHERING OF STRANGERS

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Martin is the eldest son of Ireland’s ‘Prince of Pipers’ Finbar Furey, and is a highly talented musician in his own right.  A masterful guitarist and a Uilleann pipes player of amazing ability, he has taken his style of music to delighted audiences all over the world for over three decades.  Along with his emotive voice, Martin puts all his talents to good use both on his self-penned songs and on the traditional Irish music his family is so steeped in.  He brings it all home by highlighting songs in their purest form with the resonance and ornamentation of the 19th century, yet the melodies and instrumentation that are timely and refreshing.

Martin has a unique brand of contemporary singer/songwriter folk music, which takes traditional rhythms and instruments, and adds an oblique twist to produce an exhilarating sound that has been wowing audiences for decades.
 
In addition to his vocal abilities, Martin is also a master of:
 
Uilleann Pipes/ Whistles
Martin was in his own words “forcibly inducted into the pipes fraternity aged 7” with his father, Finbar being a three time All Ireland champion, it was almost inevitable that the pipes would come to play a major role in Martin’s life and music.
 
Guitar / Banjo / Bouzouki
Many of Martins fingerpicking and chord styles were passed on by his father and through both grandparents, Ted and Nora Furey, who came from an ancient line of travelling or gypsy musicians and music, indigenous to Ireland.

With a professional career spanning over 30 years, some recent highlights include:

Performing at London’s Trafalgar Square St. Patrick’s Celebration to an estimated 15,000 people in 2012.

Martin was honoured above all else to be asked to play at Áras an Uachtaráin, twice at The White House itself by President Obama and also, The Pentagon in 2015 by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E Dempsey (ret.), who asked specifically for Martin to be present.
 
In 2016, Martin performed at RTÉ’s Centenary Concert to mark the 100-year anniversary of Ireland’s Easter Rising.

Martin has worked tirelessly to re-establish a traditional style of Irish singing, and through pure effort, skill and passion, he has successfully managed to repopulate an impressive amount of airwaves and venues with his unique take on both well-known and long forgotten songs. 



​JAN
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26th
AKRON, OH @ THE RIALTO THEATRE 8:00 P.M.​

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27th
AKRON, OH @ THE RIALTO THEATRE 8:00 P.M.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd
ST PAUL, MN @ THE TURF CLUB 7:00 P.M.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
SYRACUSE, NY @ KITTY HOYNES

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30th
MORRISVILLE, NC @ TRALI IRISH PUB

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st
HARPERS FERRY, WV @ THE BARN

IN STUDIO

with Martin Furey
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Howl (2003) (Skitteesh)
​Although Martin Furey is best known for his work in the fairly traditional Celtic folk groups Bohinta and Mouth Music, his solo album Howl is something else entirely, a skeletal singer/songwriter album in the Richard Thompson/John Martyn tradition, with the hushed intimacy of the former and the jazz and blues explorations of the latter to go along with the songs' roots in Irish folk. Though Furey is primarily a guitarist, most of the songs on Howl are based on his organ and electric piano playing, giving the album a low-key, mellow feel that fits the largely minor-key ballads perfectly, even though it also means that the few more up-tempo tunes bear a certain resemblance to Gerry Rafferty's work circa "Baker Street." Not necessarily a bad thing, but it may make some Celtic purists nervous. Which is a shame, because then they'd miss stunners like the Nick Drake-like spooky ballad "Strange Bird."
THE ORDER OF THINGS - MOUTH MUSIC
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The Order of Things (2005) (Skitteesh)
Mouth Music's sixth album was released in 2005 in both CD and download format. For this album the band formally consisted of a trio of Martin Swan, Martin Furey and a returning Michaela Rowan. 

Order Of Things contains six original songs by Swan, a version of "Roisin Dubh" and a version of the song "The Dae Doers", which is the oldest known written Scottish music extant. The album was another predominantly acoustic recording, but with "moments of high distorted drama". 
THE SCRAPE - MOUTH MUSIC
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The Scrape (2003) (Skitteesh)
​Mouth Music's fifth album was released in 2003. At this point the group was predominantly instrumental and consisted of Martin Swan, James Mackintosh,, Alison Crawford and second percussionist Lamin Jassey. The album focussed heavily on fiddle playing and drew on source material from Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, legendary Bulgarian singer Georgi Chilingirov and Irish-American fiddler Liz Carroll.
UNRELEASED SESSIONS
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​COLLABORATION


sam harlet
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1991 Demo
BOHINTA
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WISHES
UNITE

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A GATHERING OF STRANGERS

SOLO WORK


MONKEYS WEDDING
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Monkey's Wedding
HOWL
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HOWL
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​Martin Furey performs live with Cerys Matthews on BBC Radio 6.
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