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Jackie
Moran (Bodhran, Percussion,
Banjo, Vocals)
E-Mail:
jackie@buamusic.com
The foundation of Irish traditional music is the pulse of its drum, the Bodhrán. And no other percussionist tills that ground better than Jackie Moran.
Born in Tipperary, the son of an accordion player, ten-year-old Jackie and his family immigrated to Chicago where he quickly began drumming with the best players in the Irish music scene. The young boy became the man who is preeminent in Chicago Irish music. No less than famed fiddler, Liz Carroll says that’s true.
“I just think he's the best of the best in our area of the country - and all over. I don't want to give him a swelled head but he's a really terrific drummer.”
Liz Carroll
A founding and driving force of such influential bands as The Drovers, Wilding, Comas, Bua, and The Otters, Jackie is a fixture in the studio and in concert settings, sympathetically accompanying such great artists as Daire Bracken, Kevin Burke, Dennis Cahill, Liz Carroll, John Doyle, Alain Genty, Martin Hayes, Paddy Keenan, Philip Masure, David Munnelly, Aidan Burke, Daithi Rua, and Jimmy Keane.
Jackie’s talents have also led him to appear on stage with “Riverdance,” and to help form and perform with the Trinity Irish Dance Company. And when Hollywood needs a musician to play the part, and look it as well, you’ll see Jackie. “Backdraft” (1991), “Blink” (1993), “Traveler” (1997) and “The Road to Perdition” (2002) all saw fit to feature Jackie and his Bodhrán.
Most recently, Jackie has been a member of Ensemble Galilei, which specializes in Celtic traditional music, early music, and original music. In addition to their recordings, the group tours extensively with a multi-media show, which often features Neal Conan of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.”
Living just outside of Chicago with his wife, Amy, and their daughters, Caroline and Sophie, Jackie also teaches the Bodhrán – and makes them, too!
Jackie's
Discography
The
Drovers, World of Monsters,
Tantrum Records, 1992
The
Drovers, Kill Mice Elf,
Tantrum Records, 1993
The
Lupins, Slob, Tantrum
Records, 1993
Kiltartan
Road, In the Deep Hearts Core,
Classic Digital Records, 1995
Lawrence
Nugent, Lawrence Nugent,
Shanachie Records, 1996
Lawrence
Nugent, Two for Two,
Shanachie Records, 1998
Michael
Mason, Angels of Fire,
Southport Records, 1999
Kim
Robertson, The Spiral Gate,
Narada Records, 1999
Kathleen
Keane, Kathleen Keane,
1999
Liz
Carroll, Lost in the Loop,
Green Linnet Records, 2000
Irish
Music in Chicago (compilation), Big Chicago Records, 2000
Lawrence
Nugent, The Windy Gap,
Shanachie Records, 2000
Kim
Robertson, Dance to Your
Shadow, Narada Records, 2001
Anish,
Anish, 2001
Robbie
Fulks, Couples in Trouble,
Boondoggie Records, 2001
Liz
Carroll, Lake Effect,
Green Linnet Records, 2002
James
Conway, Mouth Box, 2002
The
Drovers, The Drovers,
Tantrum Records, 2002
Kieran
O'Hare & John Skelton, Double Barrelled, 2003
Gan
Bua, Gan Bua, 2003
Helen
Flaherty, Oft Times I’ve
Been Cheery, Alea Records, 2003
Aidan
Burke, Feel the Bow, 2004
Comas,
Comas, Frea Records, 2005
Gan
Bua, Live at Martyrs', 2006
Floes,
Belovodia, Homerecords, 2006
Ensemble
Galilei, From the Edge of the World, 2007
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