Mairead Brady provides Rip the Calico’s driving melodies and gorgeous harmonies on the fiddle. Mairead hails from central North Carolina, where she grew up listening to Martin Hayes, Marc O’Conner, and Kenny Baker. She was classically trained but made the conversion to Irish fiddle styles and hasn’t looked back.

Mairead’s Instrument

• Fiddle, replica of a Dalla Costa made of French barnwood.