Matt Cranitch
Matt Cranitch is an Irish fiddle player. Cranitch is a founding member of Na Fili. He is a graduate in electrical engineering and music from University College Cork, lectures at the Cork Institute of Technology on subjects of electronic engineering and music technology. He has a particular involvement in the music of Sliabh Luachra, on the Cork/Kerry border, and is engaged in on-going research on the fiddling style of this region at the Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick. He has written extensively on Irish traditional music. He has also been a member of the band Sliabh Notes. He currently lives in County Cork.
Discography
Solo albumsThe Irish Fiddle Book Take a Bow Give it Shtick Éistigh SealWith Na FilíAn Ghaoth Aniar Farewell to Connacht Na Filí 3 A Kindly Welcome Folklore aus Ireland Chanter’s Tune One Day for Recreation
With Dave Hennessy & Mick DalyAny Old Time Phoenix Crossing
With Dónal Murphy & Tommy O’SullivanSliabh Notes Gleanntán Along Blackwater’s Banks
With Jackie DalyThe Living Stream Rolling On
CompilationsThe Mountain Road: The Traditional Music of Cork and Kerry - featuring various artists The County Bounds: Music and Song from the Cork-Kerry Border - featuring various artists, selected recordings from ‘The 1998 Seán Ó Riada International Conference’
See also Na Fili Discography.