Led by Irish button accordion virtuoso David Munnelly, who’s toured and recorded with the Chieftains and DeDanann, the award-winning David Munnelly Band is one of the hottest new bands on the traditional Celtic music scene. Based in County Mayo, Ireland, the exciting sextet combines button accordion, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, bodhrán and flute for a high-spirited instrumental sound colored with a bit of jazz and ragtime, topped with the singing of All-Ireland champion Shauna Mullen and the extraordinary percussive dancing of Nic Gareiss, a brilliant young dancer from Michigan. “The Irish band to see” (Irish Voice) has won special acclaim for incorporating the sound and feel of the Irish-American dance halls of the 1920s and 1930s and such bands from that era as the Flanagan Brothers with its traditional Mayo roots. In addition to Munnelly’s recordings, Swing and By Heck, the band has an album slated for release this year.