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Andrew Kennedy "Andy" Irvine (born 14 June 1942) is an Irish folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of popular bands Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD and Usher's Island. He is an accomplished player of the mandolin, mandola, bouzouki and harmonica, and occasionally plays the hurdy-gurdy. He has been influential in folk music for over five decades, during which he collected and recorded a large repertoire of songs and tunes he meticulously researched and assembled from books, and old recordings rooted in the Irish, English, Scottish, Eastern European, Australian and American old-time and folk traditions. He often sets these traditional songs to new music, and also writes songs about his personal experiences or about the lives and struggles of his heroes: Michael Davitt, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, Douglas Mawson, Raoul Wallenberg, Emiliano Zapata, and many others. Imbued with a deep sense of social justice, Irvine often selects or writes songs that are presented from the victim's perspective,〔''Andy Irvine'', by Chris Hardwick in ''Folk Roots'' No.46, April 1987.〕 either as groups of people: the emigrants; the brutalized migrant workers; the exploited textile strikers or coalminers; or as single individuals: the destitute young man ostracized or murdered on the order of his sweetheart’s rich father; the down-on-his-luck farmer or the unemployed worker; the young man inveigled by the army's recruiting sergeant; the scapegoats; the woman seduced and betrayed by an unfaithful man or disowned by her father. Irvine also denounces worker deaths and industrial diseases, and laments the plight of hunted animals. His repertoire includes several very amusing songs but also sad ones of unrequited love; songs of lovers cruelly separated, or dramatically reunited; songs about men or women adopting a variety of disguises, about famous racehorses, about a fantastical fox preying on young maidens, and about the violent lives of outlaws. As a child actor, Irvine honed his performing talent from an early age and learned the classical guitar, a skill he later applied to playing the songs of Woody Guthrie, also adopting the latter’s other instruments: harmonica and mandolin. After extending Guthrie’s picking technique to the mandolin,〔''Andy Irvine – Celtic Roots... Dustbowl Inspiration'', by Joe Vanderford in ''Frets'' Issue No. 73, March 1985.〕 he further developed his playing of this instrument—and, later, of the mandola and the bouzouki—into a richly harmonic, decorative style and embraced the modes and rhythms of Bulgarian folk music. Along with Johnny Moynihan and Dónal Lunny, Irvine is one of the pioneers who adapted the Greek bouzouki—with a new tuning—into an Irish instrument, and has contributed to advancing the design of his instruments in cooperation with English luthier Stefan Sobell.〔(''About Andy – Andy's Instruments''. ) Page at Andy Irvine's website. Retrieved on 26 July 2013〕 He also plays a hurdy-gurdy made for him in 1972 by Peter Abnett, another English luthier. Although touring almost constantly as a soloist, Irvine has also enjoyed great success in pursuing collaborations through many projects that have influenced contemporary folk music, with notable performers such as (in alphabetical order): Paul Brady, Kevin Burke, Nollaig Casey, Steve Cooney, Jackie Daly, John Doyle, Maria Dunn, Rick Epping, Ged Foley, Dick Gaughan, Frankie Gavin, Paddy Glackin, Marianne Green, Mick Hanly, Noel Hill, Dolores Keane, James Kelly, Tony Linnane, Dónal Lunny, Declan Masterson, Arty McGlynn, Michael McGoldrick, Matt Molloy, Bruce Molsky, Christy Moore, Johnny Moynihan, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Lillebjørn Nilsen, Gerry O'Beirne, Máirtín O'Connor, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Liam O'Flynn, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Nikola Parov, Márta Sebestyén, Davy Spillane, Rens van der Zalm, and Bill Whelan, among others. He continues to tour and perform extensively in Ireland, Great Britain, Europe, North and South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand – as an indefatigable, modern-day minstrel.〔(''Calendar'' ) Page at Andy Irvine's website. Retrieved on 2 January 2014〕 ==Early life and acting career== Andy Irvine was born in St John's Wood, north-west London on 14 June 1942 to an Irish mother from Lisburn, County Antrim, and a Scottish father from Glasgow.〔 His mother, Felice Lascelles, had been a musical comedy actress and Irvine would later say that "she may have given up the stage, but she never stopped acting!".〔 As a child, he was offered opportunities to appear on stage and in films,〔(Andrew Irvine ) "Filmography" page at the ''BFI ~ Film Forever'' website. Retrieved on 6 May 2015〕〔(Andrew Irvine ) "Filmography" page at the IMDb (Internet Movie Database) website. Retrieved on 3 June 2015〕 and in the summer holidays of 1950, when he was eight, his first role was to play Jimmy in the film ''A Tale of Five Cities''.〔(''A Tale of Five Cities''. ) Page in IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Retrieved on 27 August 2013〕〔(''Andy's History'' – Chapter 1. ) Autobiography at Andy Irvine's website. Retrieved on 29 July 2013〕 At thirteen, he starred as "Nokie" (short for Pinocchio)〔 in the ITV children's series ''Round at the Redways''〔(''Round at the Redways''. ) Page in IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Retrieved on 14 December 2013〕 and joined a school for child actors.〔 He made his stage debut in the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton and, at fourteen, received rave reviews for his performance in the ''ITV Television Playhouse'' drama ''The Magpies'' (7 February 1957).〔〔(''The Magpies''. ) Listed in ''Season 2 (1956-57)'' at the ITV Television Playhouse website. Retrieved on 14 May 2015〕 The same year, he played the role of John Logie Baird as a boy in the film ''A Voice in Vision''.〔(''A Voice in Vision''. ) Page in IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Retrieved on 15 May 2015〕 At sixteen, he performed in ''Brouhaha'' with Peter Sellers,〔〔(''Brouhaha''. ) Page at the BBC ''GenomeFeedback'' website. Retrieved on 3 June 2015〕 and also had an acting part—which was cut from the final release—playing the role of Raymond opposite Laurence Harvey in ''Room at the Top''.〔〔(''Room at the Top''. ) Page in IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Retrieved on 27 August 2013〕 At eighteen, Irvine was offered a two-year contract with 'The Rep' (the BBC's Repertory company),〔(''The Radio Drama Company''. ) Homepage at the BBC website. Retrieved on 9 October 2013.〕 where he befriended the celebrated Belfast-born poet Louis MacNeice who worked there as a writer for over twenty years. As Irvine recalled much later: However, Irvine would give up acting in his early twenties, after moving to Dublin at the end of his time with the 'Rep'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Irvine (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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