Artist description A wooden flute player, playing Irish trad Music in New Zealand. My style is a mixture a a few different elements as I have only been able to learn form CD's and there is no particuar style prevelant in New Zealand. Now that I am studing flute at the Irish world music centre at the University of Limerick I am propeling my style towards a driving, rhythmic, breathy type of playing.

Music Style Traditional Irish music

Musical Influences Planxty, The bothy Band, Dervish, Danu, Paul McGratten, Conal O'Grada, Harry Bradley, Declan Folan and Darren Hurkey

Similar Artists Kevin Crawford, Conal O'Grada, Paul McGratten

Artist History I grew up In Dunedin, New Zealand and have been playing the whistle for 8 years and the flute for 5 years. I was a member of Dunedin bands Blackthorn and Marannan. With marannan I performed and taught at several festivals. Since the demise of those bands i have completed musical projects with two bouzouki players, Bob McNeill for Dunedin, with whom I toured New Zealand in August 2002 and Mike consiodine with whom I recored the Album Mountain Air, released in September 2002.

Instruments Wooden Flute, Tin Whistle

Albums Mountain Air

Press Reviews "Brendyn is a Celtic musician of some standing, ..... playing the tin whistle and the incomparable wooden flute" (NZ Musician, December / January 2001)

Location Castle Hill Village, Canterbury - New Zealand

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