Obligatory Bio and Stuff
Known primarily for performing Irish and Scottish folk, native Pittsburgher Mike Gallagher has been a constant musical presence throughout the tri-state area. Mike also specializes in contemporary acoustic music and performs a number of original selections, backing his clear tenor voice with sensitivity and versatility on the 12-string guitar.
Mike comes from a musical background. His father was a professional singer on Pittsburgh radio during the depression. Mike started playing guitar at age 11. His seven brothers and sisters are also gifted musicians.Aside from being a mainstay at many local clubs, he has also performed at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, the Pittsburgh Irish Festival and various area colleges and universities. He has sung on radio stations such as KDKA-AM, WYEP-FM and on Diane Byrnes’ Echoes of Erin show on WEDO-AM.
His original works draw on the influences of
American roots music and Celtic traditions.
Master of the Irish ballad as well as haunting love
songs, Mike has established himself as an
entertainer who brings emotion, humor and spirit
to every performance.
Mike’s discography includes Allegheny…Home,
Tomorrow is a Road, St. Patrick’s Day, Dancin’
on the Earth, and the Michael Gallagher Collection.
His latest release Saints & Scholars, is a masterful
collection of original, contemporary and traditional
Irish tunes, which Mike co-produced with Al Snyder of Corbin-Hanner.
Upstairs at The Penn Cafe (c. 1990) with periodic partner in songwriting crime, Dennis Driscoll
2004 at The River City Inn.
