Andrew Kennedy 'Andy' Irvine is an Irish folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of bands [a1360467] and [a718073]. He is an accomplished player of the mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, guitar-bodied bouzouki, harmonica and hurdy gurdy.Andy Irvine was born in St John's Wood, north-west London on 14 June 1942 to an Irish mother from Lisburn, County Antrim, and a Scottish father from Glasgow.