Patsy O'Brien returns to the Coaldale Schoolhouse!

Hailing from Cork in the south of Ireland, award-winning songwriter and much sought-after guitarist Patsy O’Brien is renowned for his ability to meld songwriting and guitar styles seamlessly. As well as supplying the driving guitar rhythms for Celtic/World giants Eileen Ivers, Paddy Keenan, Kevin Burke and Cathie Ryan to name just a few, Patsy’s songwriting reflects a strong interest in roots americana as well as Jazz influences. Veteran Irish music critic Paul Dromey declares Patsy “Ireland’s best-kept musical secret”, after attending his opening performance for Kinky Friedman some years back and the New Haven Advocate calls him “An Irish Robbie Robertson…who falls in the void between Bob Dylan, Van Morrison and Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson”. His arrangement of the well loved traditional song Star Of The County Down, caught the attention of NPR on their All Songs Considered program, listen here. 

For the past couple of decades Patsy has become known as an excellent…