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Randal Bays - biography"A commanding presence on the fiddle." - The Irish Times “His playing has power and passion... simply a joy to listen to.” - Dirty Linen Magazine
Randal Bays is also famed as a fingerstyle guitarist, having recorded two seminal albums with Irish fiddler Martin Hayes, also with contributions to the “Masters of the Irish Guitar” CD on Shanachie Records. Randal recently released his first album of solo guitar work, “Oyster Light”. Randal has performed all over the US, Europe and Canada, and is in great demand as a teacher of Irish fiddle. He co-founded and served for ten years as Artistic Director of the Friday Harbor Irish Music Week, and is now Program Director of the Cascadia Irish Music Week on Whidey Island, Washington.
Catskills Irish Arts Week – East Durham, NY San Francisco Celtic Music and Arts Festival – San Francisco, CA Willie Clancy Festival and Summer School – Co. Clare, Ireland Festival des Musiques-Vivantes – Ris-Orangis, France Chicago Celtic Festival – Chicago, IL Gaelic Roots Festival – Boston, MA Lotus Fest World Music Festival – Bloomington, IN Augusta Heritage Week – Elkins, WV Winnipeg Irish Festival – Winnipeg, MB Austin Celtic Fest – Austin TX Chicago Celtic Heritage Festival – Chicago IL Milwaukee Irish Fest – Milwaukee WI Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp – Colorado Young Irish Musicians Weekend – St. Paul MN O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat – Dallas TX Zoukfest Music Festival – Taos NM Friday Harbor Irish Music Week – Friday Harbor WA |