Seamus Egan

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Seamus Egan

FLUTE, TENOR BANJO, MANDOLIN, TIN WHISTLE, LOW WHISTLE, GUITARS, BODHRAN

Born in Hatboro, PA. and raised for a time in Foxford, Mayo, Seamus has released three acclaimed solo albums for Shanachie; 1985′s Traditional Music of Ireland; 1990′s A Week in January; and 1996′s When Juniper Sleeps.

He also performed on a soundtrack tied to the 1995 Oscar winning movie Dead Man Walking and more recently wrote a “crisply pulsative score,” said Billboard Editor-in-Chief Timothy White, for the Irish stage show Dancing on Dangerous Ground.