Jan Hrubý

Despite the fact that he was born and still lives in the Czech Republic, Jan Hruby has become one of the important European Celtic violinists. He has released a string of albums, solo and with his group Kukulin, since the early '90s, all exploring a personal, East-Europeanized version of Irish and Celtic folk. Hruby has ties with the United Kingdom, where he tours regularly and organizes reciprocal tours in his home country, where he has played with Hoover the Dog and the Frames. Hruby's career started in rock & roll. From 1976 to 1987 he performed in Vladimír Misík's Etc.......