Davy Spillane (b 1959)
Irish uilleann pipes player. Plays in a wide variety of styles, including
rock, jazzy ballads, East European and traditional Irish.
(Davy has also recorded with Moving Hearts, Afro Celt Sound System, Paul Winter,
Baaba Maal, Buddy Greene and Savourna Stevenson)
(Davy's only traditional album is "Forgotten Days")
(He founded the record label Burrenstone to release jazz-flavoured music)
(He has written a training book "Davy Spillane's Uillean Pipe Tutor")
Albums.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Atlantic Bridge | 1986 |
Tara/ Cooking Vinyl | COOK009
|
| Shadow hunter | 1990 | Tara | TARACD3023
|
| Pipe Dreams |
1991 | Tara | TARACD3026 |
| The Sea Of Dreams | 1999 |
Covert | 1676
|
| The Deep Blue Sea | 2004 |
? | ? |
Albums - Davy Spillane Band.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Out Of The Air (*) | 1988 |
Tara | 2017 |
(*) Live album featuring many tracks from "Atlantic Bridge".
Collaboration - Andy Irvine and Davy Spillane.
| Title. | year. | Label.
| number |
|---|
| East Wind | 1994 |
Tara
|
3027 |
Collaboration - Paul Brady, Sinead O'Connor, Kate Bush, Christy Moore, Davy
Spillane et al.
| Title. | Year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Common Ground - Celtic Voice |
1996 | EMI |
|
Collaboration - Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin.
| Title. | year. | Label.
| number |
|---|
| Forgotten Days | 2000 |
Burrenstone Music |
001 |
Collaborations - various artists.
| Title. | year. | Label.
|
|---|
| The Seville Suite (*) | 1992 |
|
| Riverdance (*) | 1995 |
|
| Roots of Riverdance | 1997 |
|
| Riverdance on Broadway | 2000 |
|
(*) Bill Whelan.
Soundtrack Albums.
| Title. | year. | Label. | number.
|
|---|
| Wuthering Heights | 1992 | |
|
| Rob Roy(*) | 1995 |
Virgin |
|
| Michael Collins (**) | 1996 |
Warner |
|
| The Disappearance of Finbar |
1999 | Reef | |
(*) Main themes by Carter Burwell. Karen Matheson (vocals), Angus Grant (fiddle),
Davy Spillane (uilleann pipes, low whistle), Maire Breatnach (fiddle), Tommy
Hayes (bodhran), Ronan Brown (penny whistle).
(**) Main themes by Eliot Goldenthal.
Best albums(*).
| Title. | year. |
| Forgotten Days | 2000 |
(*) Based on critical opinion.
Anthology.
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| The Piper's Rock (*) | 1978 | |
|
(*) Various Irish uilleann pipe players.
Anthology - Clannad, Frances Black, The Chieftains, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin,
Nollaig Casey and Arty McGlynn, Davy Spillane, Begley & Cooney, Ronnie Drew
et al.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| number.
|
| L'Imaginaire Irlandais (*)
| 1996
| Keltia Musique
| KMCD63
|
(* one track only - "Lucy's Tune/ Indiana Drones" from "Shadow
Hunter".)
Anthology - Various artists including Davy Spillane
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| no
|
| Brining It All Back Home - The Influence of Irish Music |
2000 | | |
Singles.
| Title.
| year.
| Label.
| Number |
| Indiana Drones/ Watching the Clock
| 1990 | Cooking Vinyl
| FRY016 |
DVDs.
| Title
| year.
| Label.
|
| Best of Riverdance (*)
| 2006
|
|
(* includes Davy Spillane and Eileen Ivers.)
DVD - Collaboration: Aly Bain, Jay Ungar, Iris Dement, Mary Black, Karen
Matheson, Anna McGarrigle, Donal Lunny, Dick Gaughan, John Martyn, Emmylou
Harris, Davy Spillane, Rod Patterson, etc etc.
| Title | year. | Label.
|
|---|
| The Original Transtatlantic Sessions (recorded c 1999) | 2009 |
|
Davy Spillane as producer
| Title. | year. | Label. | No.
|
|---|
| Maire Brennan: "Misty Eyed Adventures" (*) |
1994 | BMG/ RCA | 7432 123355
2 |
(*) one track only: "A Place Among The Stones".
Website:
http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004119/Davy-Spillane.html
Last updated on 08/02/2011