About Caimin Gilmore

Caimin Gilmore is a member of Irish new music group Crash Ensemble. He has recorded or shared the stage with:

Zach Condon, Squarepusher, Bernard Butler, Shahzad Ismaily, The Staves, Justin Vernon, Aaron and Bryce Dessner, Thomas Bartlett, Anais Mitchell, Phoebe Bridgers, Dirty Projectors, Kate Stables, Tom Fleming, Alabaster de Plume, Sam Amidon, Greg Saunier, Dionne Warwick, s t a r g a z e & Irish acts Gavin James, Dermot Kennedy, Colm Mac Iomaire, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Dempsey, Kodaline, Loah, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds, John Francis Flynn, Jessy Buckley, Cormac Begley, John Sheahan, Tolü Makay, Niamh Regan, David Kitt, Anna Mieke, Rachel Lavelle, Saint Sister, Ships, Stephen James Smith, Participant, Lemoncello, Niamh Bury & Hard Rain Ensemble. He performs regularly with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland & celebrated Irish Dance Company Teac Damsa.

He has recorded on numerous releases including the opening track of Leonard Cohen’s posthumous grammy nominated album, ‘Thanks for the Dance’ & with Damon Albarn on ‘The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows’ in 2020. See his discography here.

Broadcast highlights include multiple performances at Other Voices Festival on RTÉ, The Late Late Show with James Cordon CBS, Glastonbury Festival on BBC, NPR Music New York.

He releases BlackGate, a work for double bass, cello, harp & DX7 on August 1st through NewAmsterdam Records (US) & Ten Spot Records (IRL).

“Discovering this EP is like discovering you actually breathe. You simply can’t live without it.” Folk Radio UK

“Fabulous playing by Caimin Gilmore” Journal of Music

“Caimin Gilmore’s upright bass-playing was reminiscent of Danny Thompson’s work, fluid and sunlit.” The Spectator

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