Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne

Niamh’s recording career began with The Loose Connections, a band of top-notch Belfast musicians she formed with songwriter and bass-player Dee Moore. When The Loose Connections parted ways, Niamh embarked on a solo career, and called on the talents of her friend Graham Dunne. 

Since 1999, Niamh and Graham have been performing as a duet, and in the words of one reviewer… “in the expression of the fathomlessly deep musical and yes, spiritual bond between Niamh and Graham which draws out the essence of the songs.“ - David Kidman for Netrhythms.com.  “Graham Dunne remains her guitarist and musical foil” - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide.

Altogether with 9 albums, this is a body of work that has proven Niamh Parsons to be one of the premier vocalists of her time, and certainly a keeper of the flame in Irish traditional song.

Throughout her career, Niamh has performed with a wide variety of artists, and has appeared at nearly every prestigious folk festival on either side of the Atlantic. As a member of the traditional Irish band Arcady (led by De Dannan’s Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh), she sang on their Shanachie recording Many Happy Returns. She appeared before President Clinton and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern in Capitol Hill, Washington, joined Grammy Award winner Paul Winter for an album and a summer concert in New York, and performed on ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ when the show broadcast live from Dublin.

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