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Irish Born & Bred, the brothers Nigel, Allan & <a href="spotify:artist:7LMBEhpfNHv3KbvIvTvpG5" data-name="Gav Healy">Gav Healy</a> brought their passion for Irish & folk music to Australia in 1998, where they now reside & have spent many years perfecting their song writing, sound & performance creating a truly authentic but more modern version of what is deemed to be a folk band.
The band have performed with and supported many Australian & Irish greats such as <a href="spotify:artist:0afemm9P2Bb2LL99xHY32n" data-name="Bernard Fanning">Bernard Fanning</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:11PYyk3kBXjDIFHiCc0psS" data-name="Paul Dempsey">Paul Dempsey</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7MdthKITrvbzo6v1PG80Te" data-name="Andrew Strong">Andrew Strong</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6aEWBk5VXRr712Jzc4snj9" data-name="Paul McDermott">Paul McDermott</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4xZbU7XXrgG0U2e3MIEXmS" data-name="Brian Kennedy">Brian Kennedy</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5YIlRo3qv10N4YjLl4s3Io" data-name="Nick Sheppard">Nick Sheppard</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1MuRcEsmTkLsTJZVAxLPqO" data-name="The Riptide Movement">The Riptide Movement</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4ffShaM6djxpd5LiJX2MW4" data-name="Hermitage Green">Hermitage Green</a>, Alex Gow, <a href="spotify:artist:6KQB3IGzLHCLEGNqqazbTa" data-name="Jae Laffer">Jae Laffer</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2RP4Y5cqTrpIf0MpUyBnlY" data-name="Glenn Richards">Glenn Richards</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:78yXDNBYzL3P9b1V0LP30Y" data-name="Sally Seltmann">Sally Seltmann</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7DZDByO8dEuOb1V5JcJPfI" data-name="Brian Cadd">Brian Cadd</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4t52ndk0OkAxtb4vMDLPhe" data-name="Daryl Braithwaite">Daryl Braithwaite</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:23U4BazsWheaHKYgKGnnkl" data-name="Normie Rowe">Normie Rowe</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4aFR0fLa70IWrzOkBLmgQo" data-name="Nathan Carter">Nathan Carter</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0CliOhi161ZCRIVw60prp0" data-name="Luke Steele">Luke Steele</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4Pcdd2LCnRXqfhH1Zs2OmB" data-name="Katy Steele">Katy Steele</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7lxVIpvgoBurD7zesbvfOv" data-name="Kav Temperley">Kav Temperley</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7MVIWM1HQ4AJ9MdWWwwK1z" data-name="Matt Taylor">Matt Taylor</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6qGv85JlIu536BngDpbI5X" data-name="Dave Hole">Dave Hole</a>, & the eldest Healy brother Nigel also performed and recorded with Irish legends <a href="spotify:artist:25W55yzID8F5bRKG8Zg2IA" data-name="Mary Black">Mary Black</a> & <a href="spotify:artist:64wt8mWN95IlFYslRqIlMD" data-name="Daniel O'Donnell">Daniel O'Donnell</a> in his teenage years.
More recently the band were a part of ‘The Vast Project’, an initiative that saw a group of Australia’s finest artists come together in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to create an album, a documentary/movie and many physical art works. The band collaborated in recordings with Nick Sheppard (The Clash), Paul McDermott (Doug Anthony All-Stars), Jae Laffer (The Panics) & Rowena Wise (Ro).
The Vast Project concert then saw The Healys perform the role of house band for the event and also performed their own song ‘<a href="spotify:track:2sldPF47cXJCTQ1J3gW8Ec" data-name="Tradition">Tradition</a>’ which features on ‘The Vast Project’ album & movie due for release late 2018.
The band have performed with and supported many Australian & Irish greats such as <a href="spotify:artist:0afemm9P2Bb2LL99xHY32n" data-name="Bernard Fanning">Bernard Fanning</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:11PYyk3kBXjDIFHiCc0psS" data-name="Paul Dempsey">Paul Dempsey</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7MdthKITrvbzo6v1PG80Te" data-name="Andrew Strong">Andrew Strong</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6aEWBk5VXRr712Jzc4snj9" data-name="Paul McDermott">Paul McDermott</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4xZbU7XXrgG0U2e3MIEXmS" data-name="Brian Kennedy">Brian Kennedy</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5YIlRo3qv10N4YjLl4s3Io" data-name="Nick Sheppard">Nick Sheppard</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1MuRcEsmTkLsTJZVAxLPqO" data-name="The Riptide Movement">The Riptide Movement</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4ffShaM6djxpd5LiJX2MW4" data-name="Hermitage Green">Hermitage Green</a>, Alex Gow, <a href="spotify:artist:6KQB3IGzLHCLEGNqqazbTa" data-name="Jae Laffer">Jae Laffer</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2RP4Y5cqTrpIf0MpUyBnlY" data-name="Glenn Richards">Glenn Richards</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:78yXDNBYzL3P9b1V0LP30Y" data-name="Sally Seltmann">Sally Seltmann</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7DZDByO8dEuOb1V5JcJPfI" data-name="Brian Cadd">Brian Cadd</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4t52ndk0OkAxtb4vMDLPhe" data-name="Daryl Braithwaite">Daryl Braithwaite</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:23U4BazsWheaHKYgKGnnkl" data-name="Normie Rowe">Normie Rowe</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4aFR0fLa70IWrzOkBLmgQo" data-name="Nathan Carter">Nathan Carter</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0CliOhi161ZCRIVw60prp0" data-name="Luke Steele">Luke Steele</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4Pcdd2LCnRXqfhH1Zs2OmB" data-name="Katy Steele">Katy Steele</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7lxVIpvgoBurD7zesbvfOv" data-name="Kav Temperley">Kav Temperley</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7MVIWM1HQ4AJ9MdWWwwK1z" data-name="Matt Taylor">Matt Taylor</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6qGv85JlIu536BngDpbI5X" data-name="Dave Hole">Dave Hole</a>, & the eldest Healy brother Nigel also performed and recorded with Irish legends <a href="spotify:artist:25W55yzID8F5bRKG8Zg2IA" data-name="Mary Black">Mary Black</a> & <a href="spotify:artist:64wt8mWN95IlFYslRqIlMD" data-name="Daniel O'Donnell">Daniel O'Donnell</a> in his teenage years.
More recently the band were a part of ‘The Vast Project’, an initiative that saw a group of Australia’s finest artists come together in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to create an album, a documentary/movie and many physical art works. The band collaborated in recordings with Nick Sheppard (The Clash), Paul McDermott (Doug Anthony All-Stars), Jae Laffer (The Panics) & Rowena Wise (Ro).
The Vast Project concert then saw The Healys perform the role of house band for the event and also performed their own song ‘<a href="spotify:track:2sldPF47cXJCTQ1J3gW8Ec" data-name="Tradition">Tradition</a>’ which features on ‘The Vast Project’ album & movie due for release late 2018.