Enda Scahill | |
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 Scahill with a fan in Cincinnati | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Corofin, County Galway, Ireland |
| Genres | Irish traditional, bluegrass |
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| Instruments |
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| Labels | Compass |
| Member of | Gadan |
| Formerly of | The Brock McGuire Band We Banjo 3 |
| Awards | Steve Martin Banjo Award |
| Website | endascahill.com |
Enda Scahill is an Irish banjo player from Corofin, County Galway. He is a four-time All-Ireland Champion and has performed with The Fureys, Frankie Gavin and The Chieftains.[1] He is an ex-member of The Brock McGuire Band. In 2006, he released the album Humdinger with Paul Brock which was awarded Irish Music Album of the Year by The Irish Times and was released by Compass Records in Nashville, Tennessee.
Scahill is the founder of the band We Banjo 3 whose members include Martin Howley, David Howley and his brother Fergal Scahill. Earle Hitchner, music writer for The Wall Street Journal, describes We Banjo 3's playing as a "freshness and finesse bordering on the magical"[2] and LiveIreland proclaiming them "the hottest group in Irish music."[3]
In 2024, Scahill joined the Italian-American band Gadan, with whom he performed across several major Irish festivals in the United States, including the Milwaukee Irish Fest and the Dublin Irish Festival.[4][5] He also recorded on the band's 2025 album May the Divil Tune Your Banjo, which was reviewed in the December 2025 issue of Irish Music Magazine.[6] Earlier that year, Scahill was interviewed in the August 2025 issue of the magazine, where he discussed the upcoming release and U.S. summer tour with Gadan.[7]
Discography
- Humdinger(2006)
- Brock McGuire Band
- Pick It Up(2000)
- Roots of the Banjo Tree (2012)
- Gather the Good (2014)
- Live in Galway (2015)
- String Theory (2016)
- The Dark Well (2025)
- May The Divil Tune Your Banjo (2025)
References
- ^ "We Banjo 3 - Music Network". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "We Banjo 3 "String Theory"". LiveIreland. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "Band – Gadan", Gadan official website. Retrieved November 2025.
- ^ "Gadan ft. Enda Scahill and special guest Hillary Klug", Irish Fest Milwaukee 2024. Retrieved November 2025.
- ^ Seán Laffey, "Gadan – May the Divil Tune Your Banjo", Irish Music Magazine, Issue 319, December 2025 (print edition, published November 1 2025), p. 18.
- ^ Irish Music Magazine, Issue 315, August 2025 (print edition), pp. 10–12.
External links
- Official Website
- We Banjo 3 (official website)
- Galway Arts Festival Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- The Irish Music Magazine Charts
- The Irish Music Review of "Humdinger"
- Irish Times Review of "Roots of The Banjo Tree"
