Guest Instructors

Kevin Burke

Irish Traditional Music

Kevin was born in London, England to Irish parents who came originally from Sligo, an area renowned for its traditional music, particularly that of the fiddle. He is well-known as a member of one of the most influential Irish groups of the 1970s, The Bothy Band, and has also made his presence felt as a member of both The Celtic Fiddle Festival, Open House, and Patrick Street. Kevin has a highly ornamented Sligo fiddle style that is both "in the tradition" and full of multi-cultural surprises. "My style is a definite composite," he says. "The old Sligo players provided the building blocks but I've borrowed bits and pieces from all sorts of musicians along the way."