Richard Naiff plays keyboards with The Waterboys in Antwerp, 2003.

Richard Naiff is a pianist and flautist from London, England 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 norefsend -->.}

^{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 of 2000[2 norefsend -->. Along with Mike Scott and Steve Wickham, Naiff makes up the core of the post-2000 Waterboys band.}

^{Former Waterboy Ian McNabb described Naiff as Scott's "find of the century"[3 norefsend -->. 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 norefsend -->.}

^Notes

1. ^{^  Universal Hall, Findhorn, Scotland, January 2002. Gig Reviews on Cluas.com. Retrieved on October 30, 2005.}
2. ^{^  a  Weary Land Who's Who. mikescottwaterboys.com. Retrieved on October 30, 2005.}
3. ^{^  Karma to Burn reports. mikescottwaterboys. Retrieved on November 3, 2005.}

^{External links}

• ^{Soulsec biography}