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Séamus Egan
Person · male · United States · born 1969
Irish musician
Also known as 谢马斯·埃甘
Timeline
1960s
Biography
Biography
Seamus Egan (b. 1 July 1969) is an Irish-American musician.
Later work
In 1992 he joined Susan McKeown's band The Chanting House and appeared on a live album with them. Eileen Ivers was also a member of the band. In 1994 he founded Solas and has been on every one of their albums. In 1995 he recorded music for the quirky low-budget film The Brothers McMullen, directed by Edward Burns. He also co-wrote the hit "I Will Remember You" with Dave Merenda and Sarah McLachlan.
Solo albums
Traditional Music Of Ireland (1985)
A Week In January (1990)
When Juniper Sleeps (1996)
Early Bright (2020)
As session musician
The Brothers McMullen (Soundtrack) (1995)
Richard Shindell, Blue Divide (1995)
Eileen Ivers, Wild Blue (1996)
Celtic Tapestry (1999)
With Solas
Solas (1996)
Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers (1997)
The Words That Remain (1998)
The Hour Before Dawn (2000)
The Edge of Silence (2002)
Another Day (2003)
Waiting for an Echo (2005)
Reunion-A Decade of Solas (CD/DVD) (2006)
For Love and Laughter (2008)
The Turning Tide (2010)
Shamrock City (2013)
All These Years (2016)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Séamus Egan head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solas(band) | 1996 | 19 March 2017 | banjo,flute,guitar,original |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A9amus_Egan.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3509904genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3509904seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Eganbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Egan
Why this artist is in the database
- List of folk musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: James Krall, San Juan Photo Arts · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3509904 · MusicBrainz: c736201c-546d-469f-8475-4415db60aad0
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