Johnny Cunningham (August 27, 1957–December 15, 2003) was a
ScottishScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
folk musicianCeltic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Western Europe...
. He was a founding member of
Silly WizardSilly Wizard were a highly acclaimed Scottish Folk band, forming around a nucleus of musicians in 1971 in Edinburgh. The founder members were two like minded students - Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas who were later joined by a rather youthful Johnny Cunningham still...
, as well as a member of
RelativityRelativity were a Scottish traditional and celtic music group formed by brothers Phil and Johnny Cunningham. The additional musicians to form the quartet were Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Triona Ni Domhnaill. They released two albums: Relativity and Gathering Pace ....
,
The RaindogsThe Raindogs were a band formed in Boston, United States around 1985 after several members had disbanded the rock band The Schemers. They combined Celtic and American music to form their own hybrid of rock and roll...
, and
NightnoiseNightnoise was a music ensemble active during the 1980s and 1990s. Their original blend of Celtic, jazz, and classical chamber music inspired a generation of Irish musicians...
. Throughout his career, Cunningham was also a
fiddlerA fiddler is a person who plays a fiddle or violin.Fiddler may also refer to:*Fabrangen Fiddlers, an American musical group founded in 1971*Tupolev Tu-28 "Fiddler", a fighter aircraft*Fiddler , a DC Comics villain...
, composer and producer. His younger brother,
Phil CunninghamPhil Cunningham, MBE in Edinburgh, Scotland is a Scottish folk musician and composer.- Silly Wizard :*Caledonia's Hardy Sons *So Many Partings *Wild and Beautiful *Kiss the Tears Away...
, is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his blazing piano-accordion and whistle playing. He is also a former member of Silly Wizard and was involved in promoting a greater awareness of Scottish Traditional Music and its performers through the medium of television, doing interviews interwoven with music.
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Johnny Cunningham (August 27, 1957–December 15, 2003) was a
ScottishScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
folk musicianCeltic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic peoples of Western Europe...
. He was a founding member of
Silly WizardSilly Wizard were a highly acclaimed Scottish Folk band, forming around a nucleus of musicians in 1971 in Edinburgh. The founder members were two like minded students - Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas who were later joined by a rather youthful Johnny Cunningham still...
, as well as a member of
RelativityRelativity were a Scottish traditional and celtic music group formed by brothers Phil and Johnny Cunningham. The additional musicians to form the quartet were Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Triona Ni Domhnaill. They released two albums: Relativity and Gathering Pace ....
,
The RaindogsThe Raindogs were a band formed in Boston, United States around 1985 after several members had disbanded the rock band The Schemers. They combined Celtic and American music to form their own hybrid of rock and roll...
, and
NightnoiseNightnoise was a music ensemble active during the 1980s and 1990s. Their original blend of Celtic, jazz, and classical chamber music inspired a generation of Irish musicians...
. Throughout his career, Cunningham was also a
fiddlerA fiddler is a person who plays a fiddle or violin.Fiddler may also refer to:*Fabrangen Fiddlers, an American musical group founded in 1971*Tupolev Tu-28 "Fiddler", a fighter aircraft*Fiddler , a DC Comics villain...
, composer and producer. His younger brother,
Phil CunninghamPhil Cunningham, MBE in Edinburgh, Scotland is a Scottish folk musician and composer.- Silly Wizard :*Caledonia's Hardy Sons *So Many Partings *Wild and Beautiful *Kiss the Tears Away...
, is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his blazing piano-accordion and whistle playing. He is also a former member of Silly Wizard and was involved in promoting a greater awareness of Scottish Traditional Music and its performers through the medium of television, doing interviews interwoven with music.
Cunningham was born on August 27, 1957 in
PortobelloPortobello is a beach resort located three miles to the east of the city centre of Edinburgh, along the coast of the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. It is now a suburb of Edinburgh, with a promenade fronting on to the wide sand beach...
,
EdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the second largest Scottish city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas....
, and died at the age of 46 on December 15, 2003 in
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
With Silly WizardSilly Wizard were a highly acclaimed Scottish Folk band, forming around a nucleus of musicians in 1971 in Edinburgh. The founder members were two like minded students - Gordon Jones and Bob Thomas who were later joined by a rather youthful Johnny Cunningham still...
- Silly Wizard (1976)
- Caledonia's Hardy Sons (1978)
- So Many Partings (1979)
- Live In America (1985)
- Golden Golden (1985)
- A Glint Of Silver (1986)
- Live Wizardry (1993)
With Celtic Fiddle Festival
- Celtic Fiddle Festival (1993)
- Celtic Fiddle Festival: Encore (1998)
- Rendezvous (2001)
With Susan McKeownSusan McKeown is an Irish songwriter and folk singer.-Early years:Susan McKeown was born on February 6, 1967 to John Ryan and Jane Ann McKeown in Terenure, Dublin, Ireland. She was greatly influenced by her mother, an organist and composer who died in 1982...
- Peter & Wendy (1997), also with Seamus Egan
-Early days:Seamus Egan was born in Hatboro, Pennsylvania to Irish émigrés Jack and Ann Egan. At the age of three his parents moved the family back home to County Mayo, Ireland....
, Karen Kandel and Jamshied SharifiJamshied Sharifi was born October 17, 1960 in Topeka, Kansas to an Iranian father and an American mother. At an early age, Sharifi was exposed to Jazz and Middle Eastern music by his father and to European classical and church music by his mother. He began to study classical piano at age five and...
- A Winter Talisman (2001)
Other
- Relativity, with Relativity
Relativity were a Scottish traditional and celtic music group formed by brothers Phil and Johnny Cunningham. The additional musicians to form the quartet were Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Triona Ni Domhnaill. They released two albums: Relativity and Gathering Pace ....
(1986)
- Gathering Pace, with Relativity
Relativity were a Scottish traditional and celtic music group formed by brothers Phil and Johnny Cunningham. The additional musicians to form the quartet were Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Triona Ni Domhnaill. They released two albums: Relativity and Gathering Pace ....
(1987)
- Lost Souls, with Raindogs (1990)
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