Michael McGoldrick

Michael McGoldrick, from Manchester, England, is also a multi-instrumentalist and composer. His versatility induces wooden flute, low whistles and uilleann pipes to sound just right in a wide variety of settings, making him a go-to contributor for many artists including Mark Knopfler Vicente Amigo, Lunasa, Xosé Manuel Budiño, Zac Brown, Ushers Island , Julie Fowlis, Darrell Scott, Flook, Kate Rusby, Tim OʼBrien, Dirk Powell and Capercaillie Mike has played with Mark Knopfler since 2009 and with the Transatlantic Sessions since 2007. Steeped in Irish traditional music he has from his ground-breaking 2000 solo album Fused onwards, assimilated a wide range of other musical styles - jazz, funk, African and Indian rhythms - into his work. In 2018 Mike released ARC, his fifth solo album, The Wishing Tree with John Doyle and John McCusker, and Dog in the Fog with Dezi Donnelly.