John Dunford, who has died aged 68, was an influential music manager, sound engineer and co-producer who worked with many Irish musicians and set up the Hummingbird label.
It wasn’t actually planned that way, but last month in the space of a week, Boston College’s Gaelic Roots series hosted two of the most celebrated Irish fiddle players of the past five decades. On Nov. 2, Frankie Gavin and accompanist Catherine McHugh performed in BC’s Connolly House, and then on Nov. 9, Kevin Burke played solo in the very same place.Gavin’s appearance had
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