Linda is a great lover of all types of music and has a great interest in people with stories to tell of the older days of singing and music. Linda was brought up in a very musical household with sessions on a regular basis. Local musicians would gather for an all-night song and dance affair. "I love all the fleadhs and festivals and enjoy mixing with fellow musicians"she says. Linda's Grandfather, Paddy Doorhy played with the first Ballinakill Ceili Band and he also played fiddle with the first Leitrim Ceili Band, he was known far and wide throughout Ireland and won many awards at fleadhs and festivals. He also wrote a few tunes, one of which is widely known throughout Ireland and is called the Leitrim Jig. Linda's Dad, also Paddy, came from Loughrea and he played drums with accordion player Joe Burke for many years, Her mum Kathleen, who also has a musical background, met her dad by following the group to different venues. She was brought up in the Irish language and came from Carraroe, Co. Galway. "Dad is totally my inspiration and hero"she says. "He taught me drums from knee high in pub gigs where I would sit on his knee and drum for him". Linda wrote a song for him which is on this CD and is called Dear Dad. She also composed a Hornpipe called Paddy Doorhy's and a Jig Port Cáit dan named after her mother.In all this new Album called "A Story To Tell"consists of 12 original tracks written and composed by Linda herself. When asked about what is in the future for her she said "I have a lot of goals in the music business and I write a lot of songs, songs that are sentimental to me...love songs especially. When I feel down and out I write what I’m feeling". Linda likes all types of music "I like Glen Miller and especially Pat Boone. I like the songs he sings and I love to dance.".Linda was brought up set dancing and loves when she gets the chance of going to the ceili venues. Linda started out playing drums in a ceili band. and did a bit of drumming with the Leitrim Ramblers and the Shamrock Trio and now Linda plays keyboards with Peggy Higgins in her own band, Cois Tine Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.