Seán Corcoran

Seán Corcoran has had a long career as a solo singer before founding Cran with Desi, and is internationally renowned as a skilful interpretor of songs from the Irish tradition, both in English and Gaelic.

From the port town of Drogheda, on the banks of the river Boyne in Co.Louth, he was surrounded by music from his childhood.

He has been at the heart of the traditional and folk-music scenes in Ireland for many years and has played with all the well-known performers in the field – Paul Brady, Donal Lunney, Christy Moore, Mick Moloney and Kevin Coneff of the Chieftains. A collector and innovator, his name constantly appears in the credits of many a best-selling Irish folk album (check out The Chieftains’ Kevin Coneff’s solo offering and also the recent C.D. from Maighréad Ní Dhómhnaill). He has performed all over Europe and in Japan and North America (including the Smithsonian Festival) He has been a performer, broadcaster, folk-music collector and documentary-maker. He is currently series editor of a comprehensive collection of field-recordings of Irish music, published by the Arts Council, under the title Harvest Home.