St. Patrick's Day Tour 26.02-24.03 2002
Italy,Switzerland, France, Germany, Slovakia.

Tour-plan

ErrisLannan has been playing together as a group since early 1993. They have toured in Scandinavia, Germany, Holland, Austria, Switzerland and the USA playing clubs, festivals, concert halls, school concerts (in Denmark & Germany) and on one occasion the lads were invited over to play for the Queen of Denmark! Together they play lively dance music in the Galway style with a strong, steady rhythm and great energy.
A concert with ErrisLannan is a warm, humorous and very entertaining experience. The lads are committed to giving you their best every time, so prepare yourselves for some rollicking reels, jigs and hornpipes in the true spirit of the Traditional Dance Music of Ireland.
The name 'ErrisLannan' (Iorras Fhlannin) comes from Mick Conneely's fathers' birthplace in Connemara, Ireland. ErrisLannan has recorded two albums: "Live" (CDMC, CS-PU02) and in 1998 they recorded "All about [:TIME]" (RR13198) for the German label Raumer Records in Berlin.
Mick Conneely started to play the fiddle at the age of eleven under tuition of Co. Clareman Brendan Mulkere. His father and grandfather both play the fiddle.
In addition to his work with ErrisLannan, Mick is well known in Scandinavia from previous tours with tinwhistle player Mary Bergin and Brendan Boyle. Conneely and Bergin have played together on Danish Radio and RTE over the past few years. Mick has also appeared on RTE 1's 'The Pure Drop' a couple of times, once with his father and sister, once with Tommy Peoples. Master fiddler Frankie Gavin from De Dannan says of Mick "I admire his way of playing. I learn a lot every time I hear him play." This is why Mick has replaced Frankie on De Dannan tours and concerts in the USA, Austria, England and Ireland. Mick has also toured Germany with accordion player Tony McMahon and flute/whistle player, the late, great Micho Russell of Doolin, Co. Clare. Mick has now recorded his first solo-album on the Connemara-label Cló Iar Chonnachta. The title of the album is "Selkie" and Mick is accompanied by bouzoukiplayer Niall O'Callanain and is also playing a couple of fiddle-duets with his father. Mick Snr. The album will be launched in July 2001. Recently Mick has also recorded with Lunasá-flautist Kevin Crawford.
Brendan Boyle has been playing the accordion since childhood. He comes from a very musical family, his mother is a fiddle player and his father plays accordion also. Brendan and Mick have played together for several years and were part of the recognized group 'Long Acre' along with flute virtuoso Kevin Crawford. In more recent years Brendan has also toured with De Dannan. Brendan's style of playing is very traditional. He is capable of producing highly tech- nical ornamentation to perfection without compromising the old style. He is one of the finest box players playing Irish music today. Conneely and Boyle bring out the best in each other. Together they produce music of the highest quality and both show a lyrical sense when accompanying songs and playing slow airs.
As a young lad Svend Sønderlund Kjeldsen started playing the fiddle. He got tuition from his father and other fiddle players and learned Danish traditional music and classical music. For years he was a member of bands playing Danish traditional music and he also played as solo-fiddler for dancers. As a teenager Svend became deeply interested in Irish traditional music and discovered the bodhrán which is now his first instrument. In 2000 he achieved the degree "Master of Arts in Irish Traditional Music Performance" (First Class Honours Degree) from the Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland, where he studied under professor Mícheal Ó Suilleabháin. Svend is known for his work with the spectacular danceshow "Riverdance". He is a founding member of the original Moving Cloud with whom he recently has recorded a new album in cooperation with master producer Donal Lunny.
Svend is also recognized for his work with the interScandinavian group The Humdingers with whom he recorded the album "Humdingers - Live in Oslo" (INTCD025). Lately Svend has been recording on female pop-singer Jette Torp's new album on which also Nollaig Casey plays fiddle and Tommy Keane plays uelliann pipes. He is in great demand as a bodhrán teacher and teaches regularly at the South Sligo Summer School in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
Séamus Cahill originally comes from Cork in Ireland but has settled in Denmark. He has been playing Irish traditional music since the early seventies. Séamus has played in numerous bands, among them "Ash Plant" with whom he recorded two albums in the late eighties. He has frequently lent his considerable skills as an accompanist to Irish musicians visiting Scandinavia, among them Frankie Gavin, Paddy Keenan and Mary Bergin. Together with Svend he also played in the interScandinavian- based "Humdingers", who released their first CD in 1995. Since 1998 Seamus has been a member of the Danish quintet ULC who plays a fusion of jazz and Danish traditional music from the island Fanø. In '98 they recorded the recognized album "Sik & Sejs". ULC is probably the most popular Danish traditional band today and achieved three Grammy's at the Danish Music Awards in March 2001.

ErrisLannan are:

Mick Conneely:	Fiddle
Brendan Boyle:	Button Accordion (Briggs)
Svend Kjeldsen:	Bodhrán, Percussion
Séamus Cahill:	Vocals,guitar and Irish bouzouki