Leo O'Kelly Musical artist

Leo O'Kelly (born 27 November 1949, Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He is mainly known as a member of the Irish folk duet Tír na nÓg.After the band broke up, he produced albums on Polydor and EMI labels for other Irish artists like Restless Night (Ray Dolan album) in 1975 by Ray Dolan who wrote "Hey Friend" on the first Tír na nÓg LP. In 2000, Leo released his first solo album called Glare, then Proto in 2003 which consists in a collection of songs that he recorded between 1975 and 2001 whose one is a cover with Mark Gilligan of Nick Drake's "Northern Sky" and another is a vocal improvisation by his son, Aaron O'Kelly, at the age of 1. His third album, Will, was released in February 2011 and features the poems of John McKenna set to music.

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Leo O'Kelly
Birth dateNovember 27, 1949
Birth place
Republic of Ireland , Carlow , County Carlow

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Career started1964
associated musical artist
Emmet Spiceland
Tír na nÓg (band)
Garvan Gallagher
The Tropical Showband
The Word (Irish band)
Carrier Frequency
Naima (band)
The Food Zebras
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Folk music
Psychedelic rock
Rock music
Electro (music)
Folk rock
Progressive folk music
Techno
New Beat
instrument
Bass guitar
Guitar
Hammered dulcimer
Bongo drum
Tin whistle
Violin
Singing
Synthesizer
record label
Atco Records
Chrysalis Records
Decca Records
EMI
Polydor Records
Rykodisc

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