MENDOCINO Co., 2/20/22 – In addition to our wonderful group of regular performers, this week fans of singer-songwriters or guitar-driven instrumentalists will find a plethora of concerts across Mendocino County. If you’re an enthusiast of Irish folk music or fiddling, you won’t want to miss Kevin Burke at the Abalone Room at the Little River Inn on Sunday, February 26. Burke is one of the most famous and respected Irish fiddlers in the world.
Born in London to Irish parents from County Sligo, Burke learned how to play the fiddle at age eight. By thirteen, he was playing in Irish music groups throughout the United Kingdom. Burke tours the world performing Irish music, including headlining Celtic festivals and performing with the Bothy Band, Patrick Street, and the Celtic Fiddle Festival. In 2002, he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest recognition of folk and traditional arts in the United States.
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