Brendan Power

Brendan Power Born In Kenya Power's Family Moved To New Zealand In 1965 Is An Acclaimed Harmonica Player Folk Musician Composer And Inventor Living In Britain. As Well As His Solo Recordings He Has Recorded As Power & Kilkelly Prosser Power & Randall Tim Edey & Brendan Power Awarded Best Duo At The 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Brendan Power & Tim Edey And Brendan Power & Michael Lempelius. In Addition Power Has Recorded With Many Well-Known Irish Artists Including Altan Arcady Mary Black Paul Brady Dónal Lunny And Arty McGlynn. Power Is Especially Well Known For His Extraordinary Technical Playing Ability On The Harmonica. He Has Created Several New Harmonica Tunings And Introduced Several New Harmonica Types. Power Invented The Concept Of 'Half-Valving' In 1980 And Was A Co-Inventor With Will Scarlett Of The 'extra-Reed' Concept For Achieving Greater Pitch-Bending Ability In Harmonicas. In Demand As A Musician And Composer Power Recorded Harmonica On Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales 1993 On Andy Irvine's Way Out Yonder 2000 On Kate Bush's Director's Cut 2011 And Has Recorded Music For Several Movie Soundtracks Including The Oscar-Winning Soundtrack For Atonement 2007 And Shanghai Noon 2000 . read less