Keane news

Traditional musician Seán Keane, who has died at the age of 76, was a leading fiddle player and member of the world-famous Chieftains band. His younger brother James wrote on social media last ...

Seán Keane was working as a telegraph engineer for the Irish post office when the Chieftains were booked to headline at the Royal Albert Hall in London on St Patrick’s Day, 1975. The group had already ...

he was a member of traditional groups The Castle Céilí Band and later, Ceoltóiri Chualann, led by traditional composer, Seán Ó Riada. It included many of the founding members of The Chieftains, and in ...

THE album under the spotlight this week is from a band who have been in existence for a little over a year but whose members are all seasoned veterans of the Irish national rock scene for many years.

Long known as a member of The Chieftains, whom he joined in 1968, Keane had cut his musical teeth with Ceoltóirí Chualann and the Castle Céilí Band in the early 1960s. Never a man to seek out ...

An Irish fiddle player who is a member of Joe Biden's favorite band died just weeks after performing for the US president. The Chieftains' fiddle player Seán Keane died at the age of 76. He passed ...

Via the Irish Traditional Music Archive, watch a celebration of Sean Keane's life and work above, featuring some stunning performances from the man himself.

THE Chieftains star Sean Keane has sadly passed away aged 76 and tributes have flooded in. The fiddle player died “unexpectedly” in his home in Dublin according to a statement from his ...

Seán Keane, the fiddle player in the renowned Irish folk band The Chieftans, has died. His family said the 76-year-old died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday morning, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reports.

Seán Keane, the fiddle player in the renowned Irish folk band The Chieftans, has died. His family said the 76-year-old died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday morning, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reports.

Seán Keane, the fiddle player in the renowned Irish folk band The Chieftains, has died. His family said the 76-year-old died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday morning, Irish broadcaster RTÉ ...