THE KINNIGANS from CELTIC COMPPANY

8400 Atlanta Newnan Road,Chattahoochee Hills GA 30268

19 March, 2022

Description

As leader of The Buddy O'Reilly Band, John Maschinot brought traditional music and dance to stages across the before Celtic music was cool New Orleans based duo Mickey Nelligan and Sasha Hsuczyk join forces with Atlanta favorites John Maschinot and Evan Kinney for foot-stomping, roof raising Irish music goodness! The Kinnegans’ comfy stage presentation belies their mastery of the music. The powerful combination of fiddle, pipes, flute, melodian, guitar and vocals offers the classic traditional Irish sound best experienced live to appreciate! The Kinnegans are... John Maschinot plays uilleann pipes and Irish flute - and has been for the past 4 decades. John has performed and toured with several notable bands including The Buddy O’Reilly Band, Ah Surely and Celtic Fire. Evan Kinney plays guitar and fiddle and sings. Evan’s a multi-instrumentalist as well as a multi-genre musician, crossing over from Irish to “old-time” music with ease. Evan’s performed with The Griddle Lickers and Ah Surely, and extensively with his brother Mickey Nelligan. Mickey Nelligan plays melodeon (button accordion), banjo and fiddle. Mickey hails from a musical family (including his brother Evan Kinney) and performs with his new Orleans based band The Sisters Street Aces. Sasha Hsuczyk plays fiddle and sings. Sasha specializes in the fiddling style of the Sliabh Luachra region of Ireland and particularly sites the legendary fiddler Julia Clifford as one of her main influences. Sasha also performs with her New Orleans based band The Sister Street Aces.