Diarmuid De Guide & Carol Rice

This week we caught up with another regular guest to the program and that was the wonderful ballader Diarmuid De Guide. We were also joined in studio by the fantastic  Carol Rice who manages Diarmuid De Guideas well as other top acts in the music scene.  Diarmuid hails from Blarney in County Cork. He is quite the acclaimed musician with the ability to play Guitar, Harmonica, Banjo, Whistles, Mandolin, Accordion, Bodhran, the list is endless. His musical influences ranges from Christy Moore, The Clancy Brother, Dubliners, Wolfe Tones to The Fureys and Davey Arthur. Diarmuid has a natural ability to play by ear and he soon realised this at the very young age of 7 when he began to play the Tin Whistle in School and picked it up instantly.

He claims that music is in his blood because even though his brothers and sisters tried their hand at it, they unfortunately don’t have a note between them and he is the only musician in his family but he was inspired by his uncle who played the banjo and this is where his love of the banjo comes from. One of his biggest musical influences would have to be Finbar Furey who also plays the banjo.

It wasn’t until he was 15 years old that he started playing the Guitar, with the mandolin to follow, then the harmonica which was quickly followed by the banjo. Diarmuid has travelled all around the world with his music and played all over Europe in Scotland, England, Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, Jersey Island, Gran Canaries, Lanazarote before moving onto Asia and Canada.

He firmly believes that by travelling away tightens up a musicians’ performance especially for young people who are learning the trade and working hard as a solo act in these countries it gave him confidence and an appreciation of the work involved with playing solo or with a band. At present Diarmuid is working on his new album and is hoping to put pen to paper and start working on his own material

Shane Supple interviews Diarmuid De guide and Carol Rice by Shane Supple on Mixcloud