Artist:Martin Hayes
Song:Crooked Road/The Foxhunter's Reel
Album:Under the Moon
Martin Hayes is a fiddler who plays traditional Irish music. For the most part, he is usually part of a band. But he occasionally records solo. He was born July 4, 1962 in County Clare, Ireland. His father P.J. Hayes was a noted fiddler and a founder of the Tulla Ceili Band in 1946. He led them until his 2001 death. He taught Martin to play fiddle and at age 13 he won the first of six All-Ireland Fiddle Competitions. Hayes was in the Tulla Ceili Band for seven years. He moved to Chicago in 1985 to play with the rock band Midnight Court. They never got anywhere so Hayes started playing in clubs on the local music scene. One frequent collaborator was Chicago native Liz Knowles who plays Irish fiddle. He also led the band Celtic Aires. Hayes moved to Seatlle in 1993 and signed with Green Linnet Records which is based in Nashville but specializes in Irish music. Crooked Road/The Foxhunter's Reel is from Hayes' 1995 album Under the Moon. It was his second album. It's traditional Irish music produced and arranged by Hayes and recorded in Ireland. Steve Cooney plays guitar on this track and several others. Randal Bays plays guitar on half of the album. Hayes' dad plays on one song. Hayes formed a duo with Midnight Court guitarist Dennis Cahill and they recorded three albums. Since then Hayes has been a member of The Gloaming and he just released an album as part of the Common Ground Ensemble. Irish music fans will want to check out Hayes. Here's Martin Hayes with Steve Cooney performing The Maghera Mountain/Crooked Reel/The Foxhunter's Reel at the 2018 Doolin Folk Festival in the Irish TV network TG4.
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