b. Patricia Ellen Chappell, 24 Feb 1945, Islip, NY, USA. Delivered with hook visible impairment, as a little child Wicks shown an acute feeling of hearing. Her house supplied a musical environment, with age three she startled family by playing the piano, duplicating, note for take note, a Xmas carol …

Shaped in 2011 in Rosemount, Region Westmeath, Ireland, the Gloaming was a supergroup made up of six-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champ Martin Hayes, folk-rock guitarist Dennis Cahill, Hardanger fiddle player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, producer-pianist Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman), and sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, perhaps most widely known for his use …