Enda Scahill

Enda Scahill
Scahill with a fan in Cincinnati
Scahill with a fan in Cincinnati
Background information
BornCorofin, County Galway, Ireland
GenresIrish traditional, bluegrass
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Banjo
  • mandolin
  • tenor guitar
LabelsCompass
Websiteendascahill.com

Enda Scahill is an Irish banjo player from Corofin, County Galway. He is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys, Frankie Gavin and The Chieftains.[1] He is an ex-member of The Brock McGuire Band. In 2006, he released the album Humdinger with Paul Brock which was awarded Irish Music Album of the Year by The Irish Times and was released by Compass Records in Nashville, Tennessee.

Scahill is the founder of the band We Banjo 3 whose members include Martin Howley, David Howley and his brother Fergal Scahill. Earle Hitchner, music writer for The Wall Street Journal, describes We Banjo 3's playing as a "freshness and finesse bordering on the magical"[2] and LiveIreland proclaiming them "the hottest group in Irish music."[3]

Discography

L to R, Martin, Enda, Fergal and David backstage at the House of Blues, Chicago
  • Humdinger(2006)
  • Brock McGuire Band
  • Pick It Up(2000)
  • Roots of the Banjo Tree (2012)
  • Gather the Good (2014)
  • Live in Galway (2015)
  • String Theory (2016)

References

  1. ^ "We Banjo 3 - Music Network". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.musicnetwork.ie/events/details/we_banjo_3_international_concerts/ [dead link‍]
  3. ^ "We Banjo 3 "String Theory"". LiveIreland. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.