"stripping old reels and jigs to their essence, leaving space between the notes for harmonics and whispered blue notes," resulting in "a Celtic complement to Steve Reich's quartets or Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain. " Hayes and Cahill have released three recordings on the Green Linnet label: The Lonesome Touch (1997), Live in Seattle (1999), and Welcome Here Again (2008). Hayes and Cahill, along with singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, fiddler Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and pianist Doveman, are the members of The Gloaming, an Irish-American supergroup whose first album was released in 2014, winning the Meteor Choice Music Prize for Irish album of the year. Hayes performs and records with Peadar Ó Riada and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh as the group "Tríur". Hayes is a member of the newly formed Martin Hayes Quartet, with Dennis Cahill, Liz Knowles, and Doug Wieselman. He has also appeared on a number of recordings with other musicians from east Clare including Christy McNamara's CD The House I was Reared In, Mary MacNamara's CD Traditional Music from East Clare and the Compilation CD Reeling Through the Years celebrating 20 years of music from the Feakle Festival. Hayes plays regularly with The Tulla Céilí Band, of which his late father was a founding member. Since 2003 Hayes has been the musical director of the Masters of Tradition festival, held in Bantry House (Bantry, County Cork) every summer. Honours Hayes won the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2000 award for Instrumentalist of the Year. In 2008 he was awarded the TG4 Gradam Ceoil (Traditional musician of the year award). In November 2019 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by NUI Galway. Discography With P. J. Hayes The Shores of Lough Graney (1990, Ice Nine Productions ICE 003 Cassette; re-released in 2011 on Quillan Records CD 001) Martin Hayes Quartet The Blue Room (2017) Martin Hayes albums Martin Hayes (1992, Green Linnet #1127) Under the Moon (1995, Green Linnet #1155) Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill albums The Lonesome Touch (1997, Green Linnet #1127) Live in Seattle (1999, Green Linnet #1195) Welcome Here Again (2008, Green Linnet #1233) As a member of the Tulla Céilí Band A Celebration of 50 Years (1996, Green Linnet) 60th Anniversary Celebration (2007) With The Gloaming The Gloaming (2014, Brassland Records / Real World Records) 2 (2016) Live at the NCH (2018) 3 (2019) Other My Love is in America The Boston College Fiddle Festival (1991,