Declan Sinnott (born 29 July 1950) is an Irish musician and record producer.
Declan Sinnott (born 29 July 1950) is an Irish musician and record producer.
Originally from Wexford town, where his father was an optician and jeweller on Main Street, he came to Dublin in the late 1960s.
Around 1970, he was a member of the poetry-and-music group Tara Telephone, in which he composed, sang, and played guitar. He and poet/percussionist Eamon Carr left Tara Telephone to form the Celtic Rock band Horslips, which Sinnott left in 1972, before the recording of Horslips' first album in 1973.
In the 1980s, he was a member of Moving Hearts. He then devoted himself to production work with both Mary Black and her sister Frances Black. During a 13-year and six-album association, he toured all over the world with Mary Black.
He has been working with Christy Moore for over 30 years, and appeared on Moore's Ride On album in 1984. He continues to play and tour with Moore. At concerts, Sinnott has performed "Corrina, Corrina" as well as "St. Louis Blues" and "Lord Franklin". He played to a full house in Wexford's Arts Centre on his homecoming gig in July 2012, one night after his sell out show with Christy Moore in Galway. This was his last gig prior to the release of his first solo album of original works.
He recorded primarily original songs with Owen O'Brien, I Love The Noise It Makes, released on 7 September 2012 in Ireland, and on 10 and 11 September in the UK and US respectively. The first single was "Sunshine In". This was followed up in 2015 with the album, Window On The World.
I Love The Noise It Makes and Window On The World have received a favourable reception in both Ireland [1] and abroad. [2]
Sinnott married Kathy Sinnott (née Kelly) when he was twenty two. They had nine children together, but later separated. [3] One of their children, Kevin Sinnott, accidentally drowned while swimming at university in Georgia, US on 21 September 2009. [4]
Planxty were an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972, consisting initially of Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, and Liam O'Flynn. They transformed and popularized Irish folk music, touring and recording to great acclaim.
Horslips are an Irish Celtic rock band that compose, arrange and perform songs frequently inspired by traditional Irish airs, jigs and reels. The group are regarded as 'founding fathers of Celtic rock' for their fusion of traditional Irish music with rock music and went on to inspire many local and international acts. They formed in 1970 and 'retired' in 1980 for an extended period. The name originated from a spoonerism on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse which became "The Four Poxmen of The Horslypse".
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his significant success as an individual, he is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, Paddyon the Road was recorded with Dominic Behan in 1969. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards.
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Live at the Point (2006) is the fourth live album from Irish singer-songwriter Christy Moore. This two-CD set contains music from concerts at the Point Depot in Dublin on 29 December 2005, 30 December 2005, 5 January 2006, and 6 January 2006. The album features Declan Sinnott on guitar. There is a DVD, Christy Moore Live in Dublin 2006, containing the songs from the first CD.
James MacCarthy is an Irish singer-songwriter.
Listen is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in Ireland on 17 April 2009 by Columbia Records. Recorded with long-time accompanist Declan Sinnott, it is his first studio album since 2005's Burning Times. The album debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart.
Whatever Tickles Your Fancy is the third solo album by Irish folk musician Christy Moore, released in 1975.
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H Block is an album recorded by various Irish folk artists, and produced by Christy Moore in 1978.
Live at Vicar Street is a live album released by Irish folk singer/songwriter Christy Moore in 2002.
Moving Hearts is the debut studio album recorded by Irish Celtic rock band Moving Hearts. The album features folk singer Christy Moore on vocals.
Declan Masterson is an Irish uilleann piper, traditional musician, composer and arranger. In addition to pursuing a solo career and playing with Moving Hearts and Patrick Street, Masterson was one of the Riverdance musicians.
Live in Dublin is the second live album by Irish folk rock band Moving Hearts, recorded in 2007 at the Vicar Street venue in Dublin by Tim Martin. Noel Eccles and Keith Donald were executive producers, and the album was mixed by Andrew Boland and mastered by Martin Giles at Alchemy, in London.
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