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Patrick Clifford is an Irish-American musician, songwriter, and producer.
His repertoire confidently straddles the Atlantic, broadening the Irish-traditional conversation— through both songs and arrangements— to include musical cousins from America.
He performs and records Irish traditional standards; skillfully crafted original songs and compositions; and discerning covers of contemporary Irish and American songwriters such as Pete St. John, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen.
Origins
He was born to Irish immigrant parents in New York City in 1966 and lived in Washington Heights, in upper Manhattan, until the age of 13. As a child, he received his first formal music instruction, on the piano accordion, from renowned and influential Irish musician Martin Mulvihill, who was also an early mentor to fiddler Eileen Ivers.
As a teen, Clifford taught himself to play the guitar. Over the next few years, he played rhythm guitar in various high-school and college rock bands.
After receiving a degree in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in Massachusetts in 1988, he arrived back in New York. For the next few years, he honed his skills in musicianship, songwriting, and production. He also began playing bass guitar; recorded and performed with a number of alternative-rock bands; and produced his first commercial release, Sky in My Hand, by fellow singer-songwriter Liz Dacey.
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His repertoire confidently straddles the Atlantic, broadening the Irish-traditional conversation— through both songs and arrangements— to include musical cousins from America.
He performs and records Irish traditional standards; skillfully crafted original songs and compositions; and discerning covers of contemporary Irish and American songwriters such as Pete St. John, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen.
Origins
He was born to Irish immigrant parents in New York City in 1966 and lived in Washington Heights, in upper Manhattan, until the age of 13. As a child, he received his first formal music instruction, on the piano accordion, from renowned and influential Irish musician Martin Mulvihill, who was also an early mentor to fiddler Eileen Ivers.
As a teen, Clifford taught himself to play the guitar. Over the next few years, he played rhythm guitar in various high-school and college rock bands.
After receiving a degree in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in Massachusetts in 1988, he arrived back in New York. For the next few years, he honed his skills in musicianship, songwriting, and production. He also began playing bass guitar; recorded and performed with a number of alternative-rock bands; and produced his first commercial release, Sky in My Hand, by fellow singer-songwriter Liz Dacey.
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Anaryawe I love the lyrics. The slightly naive production of Sea-Fever reminds me of the sixties-seventies Finnish folk-pop that my father used to play to me, and it feels so nostalgic.
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Plan ahead:
30 Nov 2011 | from patrickclifford.com
Irish Music Seisiun (#irishsession) Lambertville NJ; Wed.
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- Patrick Clifford posted a news item ‘Plan ahead:’. November 2011
- Patrick Clifford posted a news item ‘An Nuacht: November 2011 (Part 2)’. November 2011
- Patrick Clifford posted a news item ‘Plan ahead:’. November 2011
- Patrick Clifford posted a news item ‘Always looking for new songs, Irish or not.’. November 2011
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