Chris Knowles plays a variety of instruments; his two main instruments are celtic harp and Irish bouzouki.
An established solo celtic harper, with several recorded albums, Chris has worked as a freelance musician for over 21 years with celtic harp as his main instrument, specialising particularly in traditional celtic folk music including much Irish, Welsh, and Scottish material and also some Breton , Manx and Cornish tunes too. During this time, as well as his many solo performances, Chris has worked in a number of duos and bands in collaboration with some fine musicians, including uilleann piper Allan Moller, Welsh singer Heather Jones, fiddler Mike Lease, acoustic guitarist Anthony Griffiths, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Walker.
Both solo and in various combos, Chris has performed in widely varied venues including arts centres, concert halls, theatres, arts festivals, folk festivals, castles, hotels, museums, folk clubs, restaurants, on TV and radio programmes, at a huge number of ceilidhs and weddings, and at open air concerts, green fairs, and 2 Glastonbury festivals.
He was the official minstrel at Caernarfon Castle in North Wales for 9 years.Chris lives in North Wales. He presently plays mainly in a duo with Ben Walker, on celtic harp & bouzouki.
He also plays solo harp bookings, occasionally in a harp/guitar duo with Anthony Griffiths, and with local North Wales-based ceilidh band Mooncoin .
CONTACT:
For more info or bookings, please email chris
chrisknowles.org
- see Gigs page for info. on dates available.
Site last updated: 26th August 2008