Raised on an eclectic musical diet of traditional Irish music, language and song Fiachna Ó Braonáin’s teenage years brought him into the wild waters of blues guitar and rock 'n roll. Having had his mind blown by traditional music sessions in the Dún an Óir hotel in West Kerry, in the Geantraí of the Cultúrlann and in the halls and passageways of his Dublin school, Coláiste Eoin, he witnessed Alexis Corner talking about Muddy Waters, john Lee Hooker and early Rolling Stones on the BBC. He saw Bob Dylan live in Paris at the age of 13 and something clicked… his mothers Spanish guitar became the focus of his existence. From then on, jumping between jigs and reels and sean nós to stripping paint off the walls with electric guitar solos became the order of the day... and above all, the night. 
 Fiachna has gone on to work with African gospel singers, Moroccan tribesmen, Texan swingers and Irish balladeers as well as performing with his own band Hothouse Flowers for over thirty years. Paris was home for Fiachna between 2006 and 2011 recording his first solo album Bougainvillea in his one bedroom apartment which is out now