Raised on the outskirts of Glasgow with roots in the West of Ireland, Stiofán Ó Treabhair - “Stefawn O’Trower” - is a fusion vocalist, guitarist and bouzoukist reinterpreting Celtic folk traditions. He is a paternal descendent of the Mac an Bháird (Ward) clan of Donegal, relatives of the Watersons.

Having studied with fingerstyle master Tony McManus in recent years, his fluid guitar arrangements are imbued with dynamics & flourishes drawn from the wells of Paul Brady, Dick Gaughan and Dougie MacLean. The honesty and intimacy of his distinctive tenor has drawn comparisons to shades of Jeff Buckley and Mike Scott. His indebtedness to Irish bouzouki pioneers Alec Finn and Andy Irvine is hard to miss.

Emerging from the fertile Yorkshire folk scene that has launched the careers of Chris Brain, Owen Spafford and Katie Spencer, his debut single with acclaimed producers & engineers Tom Orrell and Tim Hay - an arrangement of the W. B. Yeats ballad ‘The Song of Wandering Aengus’ - was released this summer. It has been broadcast on radio across the UK, Europe & North America and received acclaim from BBC Radio 3's Night Tracks hosts Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Hannah Peel amongst others. His second single - an arrangement of Mickey MacConnell’s ‘Only Our Rivers Run Free’ featuring Belfast raised multi-instrumentalist Conor MacMahon - will be released in Spring 2026.

Outside of his solo project, Stiofán plays bass with Leeds based klezmer fusion band Kibitz. He is also a cross genre DJ, specialising in reggae, dub, dancehall, soul, R&B, hiphop, funk, folk and jazz.