Chris Corbett

Chris Corbett grew up in Draperstown (Ballinascreen), Co. Derry. His father's side of the family were very musical and his grandfather played the fiddle in a little ensemble providing music for the silent movies at the local cinema in Kanturk, Co. Cork. Chris began to play the harmonica at the age of seven when he found one abandoned in a drawer at home. Unfortunately, he discovered just too late that an earwig had taken up residence in it!

Undaunted, he persevered with the harmonica and later took up the tin whistle, guitar and mandolin, before settling on the flute as his preferred instrument.

Chris moved to London in the mid-seventies where a strong vibrant Irish music scene was already well established. His interest in traditional music was nurtured by listening to the likes of Bobby Casey, Tommy McCarthy, Danny Meehan, Mick O'Connor, Roger Sherlock, Paddy Taylor, P. J. Crotty, Raymond Roland, John Bowe and John Whelan.

Chris began to compose his own tunes in 1981 and occasionally plays one or two of them at sessions. Encouraged by the favourable reaction of other musicians, he has decided to release some of these tunes on his first album.