The Irish “pied piper” helped bring folk music to the forefront of the world.
Paddy Moloney, the founder of the popular Irish folk band the Chieftains, has died at 83.
No cause of death was given.
Paddy Moloney in 2012.Steve Thorne/Redferns via Getty Images
His death was announced by theIrish Traditional Music Archive.
Moloney founded the Chieftains in 1962 alongside Sean Potts and Michael Tubridy, playing the uilleann pipes and bodhran.
The Chieftains also collaborated on film soundtracks such as Stanley Kubrick’sBarry LyndonandMartin Scorsese’sGangs of New York.
Paddy Moloney in 1973.Susan Wood/Getty Images
Outside of performing, Moloney also worked as a producer and managing director for the label Claddagh Records.
By 8 he learned the uilleann pipes, which he would help popularize in Ireland and around the world.
His legacy will remain with us in the music which he created and brought to the world."
