Sweetwood is the name of the area in Co. Leitrim where his father hails from, and Sweetwcod is the name of Dervish flute-plijyer Liam Kelly’s debut album.

Celebrating his twentieth year with Dervish, one of Ireland’s most successful traditional-music group.s, which Liam co-founded in 1989, Sweetwood is a culmination of thirty years of

flute and whistle playing and of his experiences in travelling the world, meeting people and playing music.

He cites Matt Molloy, Seamus Tansey and Mary Bergin as major influences.

Sweetwood includes a lament written by Liam entitled ‘Sweetwood’.

Liam is performing at the flute concert at the Willie Clancy Summer School on July 7th and this summer is performing with Dervish in Stuttgart, New York and California.

Sweetwood will be launched on July 24th in The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim.

Sweetwood is Dervish flute-player Liam Kelly’s debut album. Celebrating his twentieth year with Dervish, one of Ireland’s most successful traditional-music groups, which Liam co-founded in 1989, Sweetwood is a culmination of thirty years of flute and whistle playing and of his experiences in travelling the world, meeting people and playing music. Sweetwood includes a lament written by Liam entitled ‘Sweetwood’ and a tune co-written with Dervish bouzouki player Michael Holmes, ‘Bethnal Green’, which recalls their time in London.