Johnny Cunningham
Johnny Cunningham was a Scottish folk musician and composer, instrumental in spreading interest in traditional Celtic music.
Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh. He was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but later became inactive.
He was a founding member of Silly Wizard, as well as a member of Relativity, The Raindogs, and Nightnoise. Throughout his career, Cunningham was a fiddler, composer, and producer. His younger brother, Phil Cunningham, also a former member of Silly Wizard, is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his piano-accordion and whistle playing. Johnny Cunningham died of a heart attack on 15 December 2003 in New York City at the age of 46.
Discography
Solo- Thoughts from Another World
- Fair Warning
- Against the Storm
- Silly Wizard
- Caledonia's Hardy Sons
- So Many Partings
- Live in America
- Golden Golden
- A Glint of Silver
- Live Wizardry
- Relativity
- Gathering Pace
- Shadow of Time
- A Different Shore
- The White Horse Sessions
- Celtic Fiddle Festival
- Celtic Fiddle Festival: Encore
- Rendezvous
- Peter & Wendy, also with Seamus Egan, Karen Kandel and Jamshied Sharifi
- A Winter Talisman
- Sweet Liberty
- The Soul of Christmas, also with Seamus Egan, Kathy Mattea, Susan McKeown, Cathie Ryan and Jamshied Sharifi
- Lost Souls
- Border Drive-In Theatre
- To Warm the Winter's Night, with Áine Minogue
- ‘’Love and Loss’’, with Steve Payne
- Live on 11th Street, with Casey Neill Band
Composer