Ado came to Irish traditional music as a young player captured by the thriving Irish music scenes of Canberra and Melbourne in the heady 1990s. From the early days, as the pull of the session drew him ever deeper into the tunes, Ado’s style was shaped by local players and hand-me-down recordings, and later it was in Ennis, Co Clare that he found full immersion in the music. As a performer, Ado is best known as a member of seminal Aus-Irish trad band Trouble in the Kitchen and more recently trad trio The Freewheeler. As a teacher, he’s been sought-after for workshops at festivals and camps far and wide, including the National Folk Festival’s Easter School, the Boxwood weekend and Stringmania. Connection with other players has always been at the heart of Ado’s music, and that ethos of exchange similarly underlies his approach to teaching and sharing the tunes.
