Philip Martin Cunningham, MBE (born 27 January 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland)[1] is a Scottish folk musician and composer.

[2] Phil has also collaborated with numerous other great Celtic musicians; one prominent example of this is his partnership with Aly Bain.

[4] At the age of 16, he left school and joined his older brother Johnny in the group Silly Wizard,[5] where he sang and played accordion, tin whistle, harmonium, guitar, and synthesizer.

Phil has since had a successful solo career, releasing the solo albums Airs & Graces and The Palomino Waltz and producing albums with Aly Bain, Mark Knopfler, Dolores Keane, Altan, Connie Dover and Kris Drever.

He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters, at Glasgow Caledonian University's graduation ceremony on 27 November 2007.