During his long career the band Birkin Tree has played more than a thousand concerts in Italy and in Europe and is the only Italian band of this kind – and one of the few in the world – who regularly plays in Ireland (three tours, various festival partecipations, recording and broadcasting of their live acts by RTE, Irish National Radio Television).
In the last few years the band has accompanied during their Italian tours the piper Liam
O'Flynn, the duo formed by fiddle player Martin Hayes and guitar player Dennis Cahill, singers Niamh Parsons and Cyril O’Donoghue, accordion players Murty Ryan and Derek Hickey and concertina player Tony O’Connell.
Birkin Tree has played live in tv and radio programs for Rai 1, Rai 3, Rai Radio1, Rai Radio 2, TELE + 3, TMC, RTS Switzerland, Radio Popolare, and in Ireland for RTE, Radio Kerry and Clare FM.
His music has been broadcasted in various occasions by radios from Germany, France, Norway, Italy, Ireland, Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Switzerland.
The band has recorded three cds –Continental
Reel (1996), A Cheap Present (1999), 3(three) (2003) – and various compilations.
All recording have received outstanding reviews and important awards from European and American folk/world music press:
- Continental Reel: best recording 1995/1996 for Folk Bullettin, the most important Italian folk music magazine.
- A Cheap Present: ***** review from Musica di Repubblica (the weekly music magazine attached to the most read Italian daily newspaper)
- 3(three): “BRAVO!” award from French folk music magazine
Trad Magasin
- 3(three): place n° 6 in the 2003 Top Ten music recordings drawn by German web magazine “Folkworld.de”
- **** review from Musica di Repubblica (the weekly music magazine attached to the most read Italian daily newspaper)
Birkin Tree has also been for 4 years testimonial for Jameson’s Whiskey Italia and Guinnes Italia.
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