Richard Naiff

Richard Naiff
Naiff playing keyboards in 2003
Naiff playing keyboards in 2003
Background information
Birth nameRichard Naiff
BornLondon, England
GenresRock, folk, folk rock, blues
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboards, flute

Richard Naiff is a British pianist and flautist from London who has performed with the bands Soulsec, The Catacoustics, The Waterboys and The Icicle Works. Naiff is a classically trained musician, having joined the Guildhall School of Music at age ten. The Irish music website Cluas.com describes Naiff as "phenomenally talented".[1]

Naiff was invited to participate on The Waterboys' album A Rock in the Weary Land after the group's leader Mike Scott heard his piano work in a studio next to one where the recording sessions for A Rock in the Weary Land were taking place. Naiff joined the band officially in June 2000.[2] Along with Mike Scott and Steve Wickham, Naiff made up the core of the post-2000 Waterboys band.[3]

Former Waterboy Ian McNabb described Naiff as Scott's "find of the century".[4] Not coincidentally, while keeping his membership in the Waterboys, Naiff also joined McNabb's touring band in 2004, and became a member of a revived version of McNabb's old band The Icicle Works in 2006.

Naiff's rock and roll influences include The Damned.[2]

Naiff left The Waterboys in 2009 to spend more time with his family.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland, January 2002". Gig Reviews on Cluas.com. Retrieved 30 October 2005.
  2. ^ a b "Weary Land Who's Who". mikescottwaterboys.com. Retrieved 30 October 2005.
  3. ^ Sweeting, Adam (17 June 2003). "The Waterboys". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Karma to Burn reports". mikescottwaterboys. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2005.
  5. ^ "Waterboys news updates". mikescottwaterboys. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.


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