Josephine Marsh Band

The Josephine Marsh Band is a four piece band and is led by accordion player, Josephine Marsh from Broadford, Co. Clare. The other members of the band are Paul O'Driscoll (double bass), Declan Corey (mandolin) and Tommy Carew (guitar and vocals).

They launched their CD "I can hear you smiling" at the Ennis Trad Festival 2001.


"Over the last three years Josephine Marsh and her band have established themselves as one of the most exciting traditional ensembles around. As a performing unit they play Irish traditional music with great passion, purity of style and stunning virtuosity. As far as I'm concerned this is truly a band with future and it's only a matter of time before their praises will be sung wherever good traditional, world or acoustic music is played and appreciated."…P. J. Curtis record producer/author and RTE 1, Lyric FM radio presenter.

"Josephine Marsh is a musician with a highly personalized and distinctive style. Her debut solo recording reveals remarkable insight and sensitivity towards the core of the tradition. She looks for the deepest feelings in music and has a way of bringing about a mood of great happiness and uplift. Even though she plays in a style that is both personal and at the same time distilled from the musical influences of East Clare, she refuses to be constrained or defined by anything other than her own eclectic musical tastes. All the musicians here are masters on their respective instruments. On this recording they have pooled their resources to create a singular musical vision which makes this both a great recording and a great band"…Martin Hayes.