Tom Dahill and Ginny McShane Johnson
"Tom Dahill is one of the best entertainers playing Irish Music. He'll have you singing the party peice you practiced since you were a kid or dancing an Irish jig for the first time in your life. Tom is a well rounded performer and very easy to work with"
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show is spontaneous and flows with the mood of the audience. From quite
ballads
to the roudy and comical, and on the political, songs woven together with rich
Irish stories that lead you through the culture and robust life of
the Irish." "Considered
by many to be the finest vocalist of Irish music n the United States" |
Irish Dance Music, Ballads & Humor on Fiddle, Accordion, Uilleann Pipes and Gutair Tom Dahill and Ginny McShane Johnson: Tom Dahill (vocals, guitar, accordion, and fiddle, Uilleann Pipes) Ginny McShane Johnson (tin whistle, guitar). Tom is a superb entertainer with a great collection of old favorites you might not hear from anyone else. He has command many instruments and is working on more. Ginny came to Irish music through her interest in Irish dancing. She is a former member of The Mooncoin Ceili Dancers and is a current member of Greenfire and Scoil na dTri. Tom's collection of tunes is impressive, growing from a lifetime of playing at sessions as well as performing on stage. He puts on a great show for all ages and always gets his audience involved. Ginny is a high voltage tin whistle player and plays guitar to accompany Tom Dahill on the Uilleann Pipes or fiddle. Ginny is a fine step dancer and can hop up and add steps to a jig, reel or hornpipe to an evenings entertainment. Ginny has been playing and dancing with Tom Dahill and the Chancers for over two years Tom and Ginny have been working as a duo since a few of the Chancers retuned to collage. You can catch them on the web at www.tomdahill.com but don’t ever miss the chance to catch him live. | ||
Tom
is a superb entertainer with a great collection of old favorites you might not
hear from anyone else. He has command many instruments and is always working on
more. Tom's collection of tunes is impressive, growing from a lifetime of playing
at sessions as well as performing on stage. He puts on a great show for all ages
and always gets his audience involved. |
Some of Tom's preforming credits include The A.O.H. Irish Festival of Southeastern Pennsylvania, The Vancouver Folk Festival, St, Paul's The Dubliner Pub, The University of Notre Dame, Kieran's Irish Pub in Minneapolis, Indiana University Northwest and NACA, Irish Fair Minnesota, as well as many National and regional showcases. | Tom
can put on anything from a full formal concert to a great night in a pub.
He pulls
his songs and tunes from a personal collection of more than 1000 old ballads
and tunes. Tom has made more than eleven recordings with his most recent
being "The
Blackthorn Stick". If you have the chance to see Tom Live make a point to
take it. |
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