About the Event
The Smurfit-Stone Corporation Endowed Professorship in Irish Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis is wrapping up the semester with an afternoon of music from two incredibly talented musicians - we hope you'll join us!
St. Louis native Kevin Buckley is a critically acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and producer. Raised playing Irish traditional fiddle music, Buckley toured and competed nationally and internationally, earning many winning titles and establishing himself as a key proponent of Irish and acoustic folk music in America. He has also produced a large body of original work via the more electrified band, Grace Basement, gaining international notice for his songwriting and record production. More recently, Buckley performed Country and Western Swing with the award winning STAGES St. Louis production of Always…Patsy Cline. When not touring and performing as a session musician, Buckley can be found in his recording studio, Avonmore, producing a wide range of artists ranging from Irish Traditional music to dirty rock and roll.
Dan Lowery is originally from Dallas, Texas and has been playing Irish music for over twenty years. After learning on the tinwhistle at a young age, he began playing the wooden flute and became heavily involved in the Dallas Irish music scene, joining local bands Idle Road, the Lone Star Ceili Band and the Trinity Hall Session Players. He soon went on to play and compete around Ireland and the U.S., leading him to win first place at the 2001 Midwest Fleadh Cheoil. A subsequent tour with Surreel, a band of up-and-coming American Irish musicians, prompted him to move to New York City in 2002, where he played professionally for over a decade. He eventually left New York to tour the U.S. and abroad with Derek Warfield of the Wolfetones, in addition to playing numerous residencies with house bands at famed Irish music bars John D. McGurk’s and Raglan Road. He now lives in St. Louis, Missouri and plays regularly around the country with the Colin Farrell Band, Warbelow Range, the Bronx Boys and Pappy with a Hatchet, and as a guest musician for the award-winning Broadway musical Come From Away.
This event is sponsored by the Smurfit-Stone Corporation Professorship of Irish Studies, UMSL Global, and the Departments of History and English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
