OCEAN WEST – The Irish Traditional Band

Ocean west is a Dublin based Traditional Irish band with an International flavour. The line up boasts some of Ireland’s most renowned traditional and contemporary musicians and singers, steeped in tradition and highly regarded .This working unit comes in 3 formats …

1. The 4 piece band featuring 2 female singers and 2 multi instrumentalists .Ideal for Parties, private sessions, Weddings, Club gigs and welcoming events.
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2. The 5 piece band (an additional instrumentalist).
This Format is ideal for corporate events, large weddings, Festivals and recording sessions.

3. The 7 piece band, the addition of a World percussionist, and keyboards/technology. This format is geared towards, concerts, Festivals and Large Corporate events.
Ocean West, with their high energy performance and wonderful musicianship bring style and professionalism to your event .A well crafted balance between old and new traditions sexy, cool and hip with a tip of the cap to Ireland’s musical traditions…

Meet the Musicians

Wayne Sheehy
Writer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, drummer extraordinaire, composer, teacher, facilitator, collaborator”, these are all titles that have described and portrayed the highly creative, tireless professionalism and huge productivity of Wayne Sheehy.
Wayne owns his own studio “Ocean West Recording”; he is a prolific writer and producer and continues to tour with his own band DDAAKKUU with Tania Nassibian in Australia and numerous other acts including Ron Wood and Damien Dempsey, when schedules permit.
Wayne presents song writing and composition workshops countrywide, also drum collective drumming workshops worldwide around his touring schedules.

Sean Regan
Fiddle / Mandola
Sean comes highly regarded, securing his title as one of the finest fiddle players in the music business today.
Sean now living in Co Galway in the west of Ireland is instantly identifiable for his versatile sweet sweet fiddle playing,
not only is he at home in the world of his native Irish reels and jigs, but he is also a player with fantastic improvisational skills
and is in high demand for session and live performance in all areas of folk through to rock music,
Sean has been playing fiddle for over twenty five years and has toured all over the world
recording and playing on stage with many different Artists including Sharon Shannon, Damien Dempsey, Andrea Corr and most recently recording on ( Inish Turk Beg Sessions ) along side Moya Brennan of Clannad,