The Chieftains
The Chieftains is an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. In 1975, the group won an Academy Award for "Women of Ireland" from Stanley Kubrick's movie Barry Lyndon.They have won six Grammy Awards and have been nominated eighteen times. While the band's members have changed numerous times in the band's history, the following musicians comprise the core membership:
- Derek Bell (Irish harp, keyboard instruments, oboe)
- Kevin Conneff (bodhrÃÂán, vocals)
- Martin Fay (fiddle, bones)
- SeÃÂán Keane (fiddle, tin whistle)
- Peadar Mercier (bodhrÃÂán, bones)
- Matt Molloy (flute, tin whistle)
- Paddy Moloney (uilleann pipes, tin whistle, button accordion, bodhrÃÂán)
- SeÃÂán Potts (tin whistle, bones, bodhrÃÂán)
- Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, and tin whistle);