Folkmoot LIVE! is thrilled to present Pure Drop Traditional Irish Music featuring Andrew Finn Magill, an award-winning multi-genre fiddler/violinist. He is a Fulbright fellow, North Carolina Arts Council Fellow and an award-winning composer. Finn has been featured on PBS, 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. He has toured internationally and headlined several Irish festivals. Read about David below.

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 7 PM, Doors at 6 PM

Listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJXYF3cLgH4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvmXkpwodKQ

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Award winning musician and singer, David McKindley-Ward has made a name for himself as a recording and touring multi-instrumentalist in the folk, roots and traditional music scenes across the US, Ireland and the UK. He is a regular performer and instructor at Irish music teaching festivals including O’Flaherty’s Irish Retreat, Atlanta Irish Fest, Baltimore Tradfest, Celtic Fest Mississippi, the Ashokan Center, The Philadelphia Céilí Group Traditional Irish music and Dance Weekend, the Augusta Irish Retreat and the Catskills Irish Arts Week. In the fall of 2024 he released a double album with longtime friend, collaborator and songwriter Letitia VanSant called The Eye of the Storm.

Folkmoot LIVE! Pure Drop Traditional Irish Music

Andrew Finn Magill & David McKindley-Ward