Steve Cooney
- Musician
- composer
- producer
Stephen Cooney is an Australian-Irish[1] musician.
Early life
Cooney was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where he learned to play the didgeridoo, and from the age of seventeen he played in a number of rock bands. He is of Irish ancestry.[1]
Career
Cooney moved to Ireland in the early 1980s, and since then he played, noticeably the guitar, over 60 albums with Irish artists, such as the Irish band Altan, The Chieftains, Clannad and Andy Irvine. He also composes his own material and is a producer/arranger of traditional music.[2]
In 2019, he recorded and published at Claddagh Records the album Ceol Ársa Cláirsí:Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar.[3]
Personal life
Cooney was married to Sinéad O'Connor from 2010 to 2011.[4]
Selected discography
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References
- ^ a b Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "Van Morrison, Tolü Makay to celebrate President Michael D. Higgins' 80th birthday with TG4 special". Hotpress.
- ^ Long, Harry (2005). The Waltons Guide to Irish Music. p. 96.
- ^ "Steve Cooney - Ceol Ársa Cláirsí:Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar". claddaghrecords.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Sinead O'Connor's third marriage breaks up". IrishCentral.com. 14 April 2011.
External links
- The Irish Tune Composers' Pages biography
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- The Lion and the Cobra
- I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
- Am I Not Your Girl?
- Universal Mother
- Faith and Courage
- Sean-Nós Nua
- Throw Down Your Arms
- Theology
- How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?
- I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss
- So Far... The Best Of
- She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty
- Collaborations
- Gospel Oak
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- "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
- "Mother"
- "You Do Something to Me"
- "Sacrifice"
- "My Man's Gone Now"
- "You Make Me Feel So Free"
- "S/He Moved Through the Fair"
- "Foggy Dew"
- "Ode to Billie Joe"
- "Mná na hÉireann"
- "Óró sé do bheatha abhaile"
- "On Raglan Road"
- "Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace"
- "The Butcher Boy"
- "Someone to Watch Over Me"
- "Skibbereen"
- "Danny Boy"
- "Factory Girl"
- "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls"
- "Regina Caeli"
- "O come, O come, Emmanuel"
- "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew"
- "I'm Every Woman"
- "Song to the Siren"
- "When a Child Is Born"
- "Once in Royal David's City"
- "Black Is the Colour"
- "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"
- "I Would Die 4 U"
- "Death of Samantha"
- Rememberings (2021)
- Saturday Night Live performance
- John Reynolds (first husband)
- Steve Cooney (third husband)
- Joseph O'Connor (brother)