Phil Cunningham (folk musician)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Phil Cunningham

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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Origin = Edinburgh, Scotland
Instrument = Accordion
Genre = Folk, Traditional Scottish
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = ????-present
Associated_acts= Silly Wizard

Phil Cunningham, MBE (born 1960) in Edinburgh, Scotland is a Scottish folk musician and composer.

Biography

Phil played accordion and violin from a very young age. At the age of 16, he joined his older brother Johnny in the folk group Silly Wizard, where he played accordion, tin whistle, harmonium, guitar, synthesizer, and he sang. He also wrote many of the group's songs. After the breakup of Silly Wizard, Phil and Johnny recorded two albums and toured with Irish siblings Mícheál Ó Domhnaill and Triona Ni Domhnaill as the quartet Relativity. Phil has since had a successful solo career, releasing the albums "Airs & Graces" and "The Palomino Waltz", and several collaborations with Scottish folk musician Aly Bain. He has produced several albums with American folk singer Connie Dover. In recent years, Phil has also composed classical music and music for theater and television, with 1997 seeing the premiere of his "Highlands and Islands Suite" at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. In 2002, Phil was awarded the MBE for services to Scottish music. He was awared an honorary Doctor of Letters at Glasgow Caledonian University's graduation ceremony on the 27th November 2007 [ [http://www.gcal.ac.uk/news/news/graduation/slide3.html Graduation Honorary Awards : News Headlines : Glasgow Caledonian University ] ] .

Discography

Solo albums

*"Airs & Graces" (1984)
*"Palomino Waltz" (1989)

Silly Wizard

*"Caledonia's Hardy Sons" (1978)
*"So Many Partings" (1980)
*"Wild and Beautiful" (1981)
*"Kiss the Tears Away" (1983)
*"A Glint of Silver" (1986)
*"Live Wizardry" (1988)

Relativity

*"Relativity" (1986)
*"Gathering Pace" (1987)

With Johnny Cunningham

*"Against the Storm" (1980)

With Aly Bain

*"The Pearl" (1995)
*"The Ruby" (1997)
*"Another Gem" (2000)
*"Best of Aly and Phil" (2004)
*"Spring The Summer Long" (2003)
*"Roads Not Travelled" (2006)

With Connie Dover

*"Somebody" (1991)
*"The Wishing Well" (1994)
*"If Ever I Return" (1997)
*"The Border of Heaven" (2000)

References

External links

* [http://www.philcunningham.com Official web site]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/tv/ BBC Scotland TV series website]
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