{{for|the scholar of William Shakespeare|Kevin Crawford (scholar)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kevin Crawford | image = Kevin Crawford.jpg | alt = | caption = Kevin Crawford | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Birmingham, England | origin = | genre = Irish traditional music, Celtic music | occupation = Musician | instrument = Flute, tin whistle, low whistle, bodhran | years_active = | label = Green Linnet, BallyO | website = }} '''Kevin Crawford''' (born 6 December 1967 in Birmingham, England) is an Irish flute,<ref name="Inc1999">{{cite book|title=Fodor's Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vq8MAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=D. McKay|isbn=978-0-679-00359-5|page=321}}</ref> tin whistle, low whistle and bodhrán player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mountainx.com/arts/art-news/1018leaf-php/|title=No green beer served here – Mountain Xpress|accessdate=15 March 2026}}</ref> He was born in England to Irish parents from Milltown Malbay, County Clare. He later moved to West Clare to improve his music and become more exposed to traditional Irish music.
==Bands== He started in the late 1980s with English band Long Acre working with artists such as Mick Conneely, Brendan Boyle, Bernadette Davis, Joe Molloy and Ivan Miletitch. After recording and co-producing what he described as his most "traditional" CD with "Grianán," a group including Siobhán and Tommy Peoples, Niamh de Búrca, P.J. King, Martin Murray, Paul McSherry, John Maloney, and Pat Marsh (released in 1993), Crawford joined Moving Cloud in 1993, with whom he recorded two albums.
He joined one of Ireland's top traditional bands, Lúnasa, in 1997, replacing Michael McGoldrick. Crawford became the frontman for Lúnasa during their live performances. With the band he has recorded a number of albums, while he has also recorded solo albums and albums with other musicians.<ref name="lun">{{cite web |url=http://www.lunasa.ie/the-band/kevin-crawford-flutes-and-whistles/ | title=Kevin Crawford | publisher=Lúnasa | date=8 October 2012 | accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref>
He also tours with Martin Hayes and John Doyle as The Teetotallers.<ref name="dd">{{cite web |url=http://www.johndoylemusic.com/about | title=John Doyle | publisher=John Doyle | date=2013 | accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref>
According to the liner notes in ''Carrying the Tune'', he plays "Mike Grinter flutes and whistles and Susato, Generation and Jonathan Sindt whistles."
==Discography==
=== Solo === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Album |- |1995 |''<nowiki/>'D' Flute Album'' |- |2001 |''In Good Company'' |- |2007 |''A Breath of Fresh Air'' |- |2012 |''Carrying the Tune'' |}
=== As a member of === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Album !Band/Artist(s) |- |1993 |''The Maid of Eirin'' |Grianán |- |1995 |''Raise The Rafters'' |Raise The Rafters |- |1995 |''Moving Cloud'' |Moving Cloud |- |1998 |''Foxglove'' |Moving Cloud |- |1999 |''Otherworld'' |Lunasa |- |2001 |''The Merry Sisters of Fate'' |Lunasa |- |2003 |''Redwood'' |Lunasa |- |2004 |''The Kinnitty Sessions'' |Lunasa |- |2006 |''Sé'' |Lunasa |- |2008 |''The Story So Far ...'' |Lunasa |- |2009 |''The Leitrim Equation'' |Lúnasa and other Irish musicians |- |2010 |''Lá Nua'' |Lunasa |- |2018 |''CAS'' |Lunasa |- |2009 |''On Common Ground'' |Cillian Vallely |- |2017 |''The Drunken Gaugers'' |The Drunken Gaugers |- |2019 |''Music and Mischief'' |Colin Farrell & Patrick Doocey |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Kevin Crawford}} * [http://compassrecords.com/artist/kevin-crawford/ Kevin Crawford's page at Compass Records] *[https://www.lunasamusic.com Lúnasa website] {{Lúnasa (band)}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Kevin}} Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Bodhrán players Category:British flautists Category:British male flautists Category:English people of Irish descent Category:Green Linnet Records artists Category:Lúnasa (band) members Category:People from Birmingham, West Midlands Category:English tin whistle players