Leo O'Kelly

Leo O'Kelly (born 27 November 1949, Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He is mainly known as a member of the Irish folk duet Tír na nÓg. After the band broke up, he produced albums on Polydor and EMI labels for other Irish artists like Restless Nights in 1975 by Ray Dolan who wrote "Hey Friend" on the first Tír na nÓg LP. In 2000, Leo released his first solo album called Glare, then Proto in 2003 which consists in a collection of songs that he recorded between 1975 and 2001 whose one is a cover with Mark Gilligan of Nick Drake's "Northern Sky" and another is a vocal improvisation by his son, Aaron O'Kelly, at the age of 1. His third album, Will, was released in February 2011 and features the poems of John McKenna set to music.

Leo O'Kelly
Leo O'Kelly in concert with Tír na nÓg, performing his song "Daisy Lady" at the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh, Ireland on 21 August 2009.
Background information
Born	(1949-11-27) 27 November 1949 Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland
Genres	folk, progressive folk, folk rock, psychedelic rock, rock, techno, electro, New Beat
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter, producer
Instruments	Guitar, violin, vocals, bass guitar, tin whistle, dulcimer, synthesizer, bongos
Years active	1964–present
Labels	Chrysalis, Polydor, EMI, Atco, Decca, Rykodisc, Radio Activ, Clarinda & 1st, Life & Living Records
Associated acts	The Word The Tropical Showband Emmet Spiceland Tír na nÓg Naima Carrier Frequency Garvan Gallagher The Food Zebras
Website	www.leookelly.ie

Discography

With Tír na nÓg

• Tír na nÓg (1971)
• A Tear and a Smile (1972)
• Strong in the Sun (1973)
• In the Morning (1999)
• Hibernian (2000)
• Spotlight (2001)
• Live at Sirius (2010)

Solo

• "Portsmouth" from 10 Years On by various artists (1977)
• "Love Go Round" from Snakes & Ladders by various artists (1996)
• Glare (2001)
• Proto (2003)
• Will (2011)

With Carrier Frequency

• "Telecaster Man" (1989) 12" single

As producer

• Loudest Whisper – The Children of Lir (1974)[1][2]
• Ray Dolan – Restless Night (1975)
• Gemma Hasson – Looking for the Morning (1975)
• Crubeen – Eagles Whistle (1976)
• The Sands Family – After the Morning (1976)[3]
• Aileach – Ard Rí (1977)[4]
• Various Artists – 10 Years On (1977)
• Various Artists – The Best of Irish Folk (1977)[5]
• Azure Days – "Blew My Clouds Away"/"My Mexican" 7" single (1987)[6][7]

External links

• Official Web Site

References

1. "Welcome 2". Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
2. "reissues of psych folk / folkrock, page 5". Psychedelicfolk.homestead.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
3. Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. Nick Guida. "The Best Irish Folk: Festival and Anthology recordings at theBalladeers". Nick-kelly.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
6. "Re: Happy (belated) Birthday!". Archived from the original on 23 January 2004. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
7. https://archive.is/20080908080640/http://irishrock.org/ipnw/bands/azuredays.html. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)