Steve Cooney


Stephen Cooney is an Australian musician. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where he learned to play the didgeridoo, and from the age of seventeen he played in a number of rock bands. He moved to Ireland in the early 1980s, and since then he played, noticeably the guitar, over 60 albums with Irish artists, such as the Irish band Altan, The Chieftains, Clannad and Andy Irvine. He also composed his own material and is one of the most sought-after producer/arrangers in traditional music.
In 2019 he recorded and published at Claddagh Records the album Ceol Ársa Cláirsí:Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar.

Selected discography

;With Franciscus Henri
;With Mándu
;With Little River Band
;With Captain Rock
;With Seona McDowell
;With Jake Walton
;With Redgum
;With Judy Small
;With Antonio Breschi
;With Dermot Morgan
;With Geraldine MacGowan and Anne Conroy
;With The Chieftains
;With Sean Maguire
;With Gerry O'Connor
;With Áine Uí Cheallaigh
;With Tommy Sands
;With Sharon Shannon
;With Altan
;With Liam O'Flynn
;With Déanta
;With Máirtín O'Connor
;With Martin Hayes
;With Dermot Byrne
;With Matt Molloy
;With Dordán
;With Alan Kelly
;With Various Artists
;With Séamus Begley
;With The Cassidys
;With Kíla
;With Andy Irvine
;With Tim O'Brien
;With Secret Garden
;With Sliabh Notes
;With Danny Doyle
;With Patrick Street
;With Virgin Prunes
;With Noel Hill
;With Sinéad O'Connor
;With Luka Bloom
;With Clannad