He is also featured on the CD, My Love is in America, recorded at the Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival, and on the documentary, Shore to Shore, which highlights traditional Irish music in New York. In July of 2002, Brian released his debut solo CD, First Through the Gate, on the Smithsonian-Folkways label, which was subsequently chosen as Album of the Year by The Irish Echo. In 1979, Brian recorded a duet album, The Apple in Winter, with fellow New York fiddler Tony DeMarco.

Later, Brian met and befriended the great Andy McGann of New York, a direct student of Michael Coleman, who further shaped his precision and skill on the instrument, and he remains faithful to the rich tradition handed down to him. However, it was the legendary fiddler and composer Martin Wynne who taught him the nuances of the County Sligo style. Tyrone, and with Limerick-born teacher/fiddler Martin Mulvihill. The winner of two All-Ireland junior titles in 19, and the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1986, Brian first studied fiddle with his father, Jim, of Plumbridge, Co. Brian Conway | New York-born fiddler Brian Conway is a leading exponent of the highly-ornamented Sligo fiddling style made famous by the late Michael Coleman.

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