Patsy O'Briens 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 on Celtic/World Music diva Eileen Iver’s last European tour, and frequently treading the boards and collaborating with many giants of the Celtic/World music scene (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”. It’s a trait that caught the attention of NPR, who featured his arrangement of the well loved traditional song Star…