John Faulkner

John spent his early years in London where he worked with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger who had a profound influence on him. Alongside touring as a musician he worked as a music director on several BBC documentary films.

He toured extensively and worked for many years with Dolores Keane for whom he composed the chart-topping song Lion in a Cage about Nelson Mandela.

He has lived in the west of Ireland for many years, performing and touring with De Dannan, the late Arty McGlynn, Jackie Daly, Dermot Byrne, Kevin Burke and many others.

He recently released Storm in My Heart, an album of original songs, two of which feature duets with Declan O’Rourke and the late John Prine. His memoir of the same name was described in a foreword by President Michael D Higgins as “A journey through the world of music, made with passion, showing a creativity that has a profound dedication to justice at its heart.”