ケルト・ミュージック界のトップ・デュオ。
彼らの演奏は最初からスピードをあげて観客を無理に煽り立てるということは一切ない。
美しいボウイングによって奏でられる流麗なフィドルと、
点描のように描かれるギターによって静かに静かにスタートし、
またたく間に観客を興奮と感動の渦の中に巻き込んでしまう。。。
それは「聴く」というよりは「体験している」とい説明した方が良い、
まったく新しい伝統音楽の形なのだ。
最近では映画やドキュメンタリーの音楽を手掛けたりビル・フリーゼルとの共演など、
二人の活動は国際的にも高く評価され、世界中の幅広い音楽ファンの評判を呼んでいる。

Born in Ireland and now residing in Seattle, Martin Hayes plays in the slow, lyrical style of his native East County Clare. He grew up playing traditional music with his father, P.J. Hayes, leader of the famed Tulla Ceili Band. The younger fiddler has a great reverence for the old players, whose music contains the longing and essence that moves you at the level of your soul. Martin brings that same depth to his own playing, rendering it unique with passion and intimacy.

Dennis Cahill is a master guitarist, versed as well in classical, blues and rock as he is in traditional music. A native of Chicago born to parents from County Kerry, Ireland, he studied at the city’s prestigious Music College before becoming an active member of the local music scene. Cahill’s innovative accompaniment is acknowledged as being a major breakthrough for guitar in the Irish tradition.

Martin met Dennis in Chicago when he first moved to the States in the 1980s. The formed a jazz/rock/fusion band called Midnight Court, in which they experimented with a variety of new music styles. Eventually, though, they both turned back to their traditional roots, and after recording two acclaimed solo albums, Hayes began a new musical relationship with Cahill. The news of their riveting, galvanizing performances spread like wildfire on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1997 they released The Lonesome Touch (Green Linnet), a recording that has helped take Irish music beyond the world music realm by exposing its inner meaning in an accessible way to listeners of classical, jazz and modern music.