The McCain Family Band in concert in Oxford, Mississippi, October 2009

The McCains on stage

The McCains

The McCains are an Old Time and Celtic trad group based in Oxford, Mississippi.

The group is composed of members of the McCain family and friends. They are available for your party, barbecue, céilí, wedding, or any event where music is wanted. They have performed in the Mid South, in Ireland and the UK. The McCain family left Ireland in 1718 and found their way to Mississippi in the 1830s. The McCains settled in Carroll County and Choctaw County Mississippi. Generation after generation of the McCains have been musicians and they are a living continuum of Scots-Irish music and culture.

The band is also one of the musical projects of singer songwriter Donovan McCain and is a relaxed and down home way for him to remain in touch with his own musical roots and the music that sustained him early in his career. Donovan's website is located at: www.donovanmccain.com


left, Donovan McCain on stage in Oxford, Mississippi

They have kept up their kin folk in Ireland and have been over for visits to their cousins in Ballybofey and up and down the Finn Valley in County, Donegal. Their first album, Traveller's Way was recorded in part in the Glens in County, Antrim.

Their music includes standards from Southern Old Time music, and Irish and Scottish traditional music. There are songs sung in Gaelic, beautiful old Irish harp tunes, songs by Robbie Burns, reels and jigs, Southern traditional favourites, played on a variety of acoustic instruments, including guitar, mandolin, bass, bodhrán, and tin whistle.

The players:

Donovan McCain
Conar McCain
Barry R McCain
and Friends

Conar McCain on bass guitar and vocals












Live Music MAKES an event happen, people will enjoy themselves when there is a good band providing the mood.

The McCains are ready to make your event Very Special, send them an email or give them a call. Their fees are reasonable, they will entertain you and your guests for hours.