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Australian musician

Steve Cooney
Birth nameStephen Cooney
BornMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresIrish music, classical music
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
  • producer
Instrument(s)Guitar, bass guitar, didgeridoo, keyboards
Years active1969–present
Musical artist

Stephen Cooney is an Australian-Irish musician.

Early life

Cooney was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where he learned to play the didgeridoo, and from the age of seventeen he played in a number of rock bands. He is of Irish ancestry.

Career

Cooney moved to Ireland in the early 1980s, and since then he played, noticeably the guitar, over 60 albums with Irish artists, such as the Irish band Altan, The Chieftains, Clannad and Andy Irvine. He also composes his own material and is a producer/arranger of traditional music.

In 2019, he recorded and published at Claddagh Records the album Ceol Ársa Cláirsí:Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar.

Personal life

Cooney was married to Sinéad O'Connor from 2010 to 2011.

Selected discography

With Franciscus Henri
With Mándu
  • To the Shores of His Heaven (1974)
With Little River Band
With Captain Rock
  • Buried Treasure (1975)
With Seona McDowell
  • Down Country Roads on Gossamer Wings (1978)
With Sixto Rodriguez
  • Rodriguez Alive (1981)
With Jake Walton
  • Sunlight and Shade (1983)
  • Songs from the Gurdy Man - Collection (1990)
With Redgum
With Judy Small
  • Ladies and Gems (1984)
With Antonio Breschi
  • Ode to Ireland (1982)
  • Tierras, Mares y Memorias (1986)
With Dermot Morgan
  • Special Moments (1987)
With Geraldine MacGowan and Anne Conroy
  • Winds of Change (1987)
With The Chieftains
With Sean Maguire
  • Portraid (1990)
With Gerry O'Connor
  • Time to Time (1991)
  • Myriad (1998)
With Áine Uí Cheallaigh
  • Idir Dha Chomhairle - In Two Minds (1992)
With Tommy Sands
  • Beyond the Shadows (1992)
  • The Heart's a Wonder (1995)
With Sharon Shannon
  • Sharon Shannon (1993)
With Altan
With Liam O'Flynn
With Déanta
  • Déanta (1993)
With Máirtín O'Connor
  • Chatterbox (1993)
With Martin Hayes
  • Under the Moon (1995)
With Dermot Byrne
  • Dermot Byrne (1995)
With Matt Molloy
  • Shadows on Stone (1996)
With Dordán
  • Christmas Capers (1996)
  • Celtic Aire (1999)
With Alan Kelly
  • Out of the Blue (1996)
With Various Artists
  • The Twentieth Anniversary Collection (1996)
  • Sult - Spirit of the Music (1996)
  • Celtic Christmas III (1997)
  • Magic Irish Romances (1998)
  • Celtic Christmas - Silver Anniversary Edition (2001)
  • Beginner's Guide to Ireland (2005)
With Séamus Begley
  • Meitheal (1996)
With The Cassidys
  • Singing from Memory (1998)
With Kíla
  • Lemonade & Buns (2000)
With Andy Irvine
With Tim O'Brien
  • Two Journeys (2001)
With Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin
With Secret Garden
With Sliabh Notes
  • Sliabh Notes (1995)
  • Gleanntán (1999)
  • Along Blackwater's Banks (2002)
With Danny Doyle
  • Spirit of the Gael (2002)
With Patrick Street
With Virgin Prunes
With Noel Hill
  • The Irish Concertina Two: Teacht Aniar (2005)
With Sinéad O'Connor
With Luka Bloom
  • Sunny Sailor Boy / You Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time (2011)
  • This New Morning (2012)
With Clannad

References

  1. ^ Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "Van Morrison, Tolü Makay to celebrate President Michael D. Higgins' 80th birthday with TG4 special". Hotpress.
  2. Long, Harry (2005). The Waltons Guide to Irish Music. p. 96.
  3. "Steve Cooney - Ceol Ársa Cláirsí:Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar". claddaghrecords.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "Sinead O'Connor's third marriage breaks up". IrishCentral.com. 14 April 2011.

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