Kieran McManus is a multi-instrumentalist based in Portland, Maine. His music is based around the lively soulful American music that sang out from many a beat-up guitar, cellos, fiddles, frailing banjos, and honky tonk pianos around the Appalachian mountains in the first half of the century.

Kieran plays guitar, cello, and piano. He first began with classical piano at age 6, and switched to guitar when he was 12. Cello came about in the past few years.

While working for the Smithsonian Folkways Music archive in 1997, Kieran developed a great appreciation for the rich music traditions of this country. A few years later, while living in Jackson Hole Wyoming, Kieran participated in the weekly Hootenanny for 50 consecutive weeks, where he became inspired by all the great traditional musicians who performed a diverse array of bluegrass, folk, cowboy music, and oldtime.

Yellow Moon Over Portland - New Album!

Kieran recently participated in a nationwide challenge, called the RPM Challenge. In a nutshell, the objective was to write/record a full album of original material during the month of February. Yellow Moon Over Portland is the result. Click here for more info.