Richard Wood

Named by MacLean’s Magazine as one of the Top 100 Canadians to watch in the 21st Century, five-time ECMA, multi-Music PEI Award-winning Richard Wood has blown away sold-out audiences around the globe with his traditional-born, fiery-brand of Celtic music. Richard has played for prime ministers, governor generals, Queen Elizabeth II, princes, princesses, King Charles III, and the Emperor of Japan, but he is most proud to have entertained Canada’s Armed Forces in the North Pole, Bosnia, and twice in Afghanistan. 

Richard Wood’s lucrative 30-year career includes highlights such as touring with musical heavyweights like Shania Twain And The Chieftains, and performing around the world at places like the Lincoln Centre, the Kennedy Centre, and the prestigious Carnegie Hall.

Wood has appeared on special televised events and programs such as The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, and treasured Canadian programs of days-gone-by like Up Home Tonight and The Rita MacNeil Show.