Finbar Magee

Finbar Magee is a singer-songwriter from Co Armagh. He covers many topics from love to satire, social issues to the historical - including My Belfast Love, TK Maxx, Take Me back to Fiddlers Green.

He has recorded two albums - Strawberry Winters in 2006 and The Ships of Fools in 2011 - and has many more recent songs soon to uploaded

His songs have been covered by Sean Keane, Goitse, Joe McKeague, Sinead Willox and others.

For a taste of Finbar's albums start the music player at the bottom of the screen.
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Or browse some of the videos below to hear some other recordings.

IMA

This song was a commissioned piece, written for the Anamchairde Kindred Spirits project which celebrated the link between the Choctaw and Irish which was forged as a result of the incredible generosity of the Choctaw people to the Irish Famine relief. Despite having been driven from their homelands on the 'Trail of Tears' where they lost over half their population, they still had the compassion to raise $170 to help the starving Irish in 1847.

Stepping Stones

In January 2020 Sinead Willox recorded 'Stepping Stones' a song I'd written 20 years previously but had never recorded. I was delighted to play on the recording along with Sinead, Larry Harte, Conor Mallon, Damien Cullen and Aisling McCourt. This was recorded by Joseph & Donna Murray at Sessions in the House in Castledawson. I enjoyed the recording experience there so much I returned to Sessions in the House a few weeks later to record 'Take me back to Fiddlers Green'.

Take me back to Fiddler's Green

In February 2020 just a few weeks before lockdown we visited Sessions in the House to record this song. This was co-written with Aidan Lester who is originally from Warrenpoint but now lives in San Francisco. I was joined once again by Breige and Conor who played on 'Stepping Stones'.