We Banjo 3

We Banjo 3 is a band from Galway, Ireland that plays a blend of traditional Irish, Celtic and Bluegrass music, which they dubbed “Celtgrass.”  The band is made up of two sets of brothers – Enda and Fergal Scahill and Martin and David Howley.

Their 2012 debut album Roots of the Banjo Tree was named “Traditional Music Album of the Year” by The Irish Times, and was followed by the 2014 album “Gather the Good.”  Another album was released, and in 2016, the band released their fourth album, String Theory, which launched at Number One on the Billboard Charts.

In 2016, the band was chosen to play for President Barack Obama and Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the annual “Friends of Ireland” luncheon in Washington, D.C., where President Obama praised the band and show as being “great music, and an incredible performance”.