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SUMMARY:Clare Sands
DESCRIPTION:Clare Sands is a sixth generation fiddle player and bilingual singer from Cork\, Ireland. Drawing deeply from the music of her ancestors\, she weaves traditional Irish roots with contemporary sounds and influences. Her songs are deeply connected to place\, and where folklore\, language\, and activism meet melody. Known for her raw and infectious energy\, she embodies a fearless warrior-like spirit that inspires and unites audiences around the world. \nHer innovative musical creations are matched by electrifying live performances – Clare brings her audiences on an exhilarating journey full of hope\, singing\, celebration\, and heart. \nWith a new album being released in Autumn 2026\, Clare is showing no signs of slowing down. She stands as a testament to the enduring power of music to unite and inspire – a troubadour for the modern age\, whose melodies resonate across generations and cultures alike. \nThursday\, 4 June\, 20:30\, Áras Éanna \nTickets €25/20 on Eventbrite
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SUMMARY:Síomha
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, 11 July\, 20:30\, Áras Éanna \nTickets €30/25 \nPhotograph by Zé Bateira \nIndependent Irish singer and guitarist Síomha (pronounced She-vah) dances the line between folk\, jazz and neo-soul effortlessly taking audiences on an unexpected and unforgettable journey with her soulful melodies. Her debut album ‘Infinite Space’\, described by The Irish Times as “a seriously accomplished and self-confident debut”\, is a collection of songs in both Irish and English. A kind of cosmic\, folk-informed\, jazz-tinged\, post-pop – it was produced by Grammy-nominated Tyler Duncan and features an all-star lineup of musicians including Joe Dart (Vulfpeck)\, Louis Cato (Bobby McFerrin/ Snarky Puppy)\, Martin Atkinson Borrull (Toucan) and violinist Jeremy Kittel (Bela Fleck/ Chris Thile). Síomha’s voice is full of raw heartfelt experience. When listening to her\, audiences are instantly moved to feel on the deepest level and come out more intimately connected to their own worlds. \nComing from a family steeped in music\, Síomha grew up on a diet of musical greats with the sounds of jazz\, trad\, folk and soul creeping in and leaving an indelible mark on her musical tastes and influences. She started playing the guitar at age 10 but it was later in her teens while attending high school in the south of France that she first took up jazz guitar after a chance encounter led to her learning from an Italian gypsy who taught her the manouche gypsy jazz style. The chords and sounds of jazz fascinated and inspired Síomha and she began to craft her own songs. \nThe next few years saw her travelling\, with music as her compass\, soaking up the sounds of each place she travelled and further honing her craft. In late 2016\, having traversed America\, Canada and Mexico\, she felt an innate draw to return to her home shores and a phenomenal few years have followed. Síomha has been a regular guest of folk legend Paul Brady and has performed at festivals such as Electric Picnic\, Celtic \nConnections\, Cambridge Folk Festival and Fête de la Musique at Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. In 2018\, she was invited to tour with the celebrated contemporary American-Irish group the olllam and instantly formed a bond with founding member Tyler Duncan. In 2019\, Síomha and her long-term creative collaborator Martin Atkinson Borrull began recording her debut album in Michigan\, USA with Tyler as producer. Síomha was selected as an Official Showcase Artist at Folk Alliance International 2023 in Kansas City\, MI and she was recently awarded The Music Network performance residency at Centre Culturel Irlandais\, Paris where she will spend a month working on new material. Síomha was recently invited to record some of her songs with The RTÉ Concert Orchestra\, arranged by Cormac McCarthy. These tracks will be released on a new EP titled ‘Infinite Space Reimagined’\, a follow up to her ambitious debut album. The EP will also feature a track with Metropole Orkest\, the world’s leading pop and jazz orchestra who have collaborated with Ella Fitzgerald\, Bono\, Snarky Puppy and Robbie Williams. \nSíomha is an artist full of heart and her music defies conventional genres. The influences of her musical background\, her travels and her musical explorations are audible in the music she creates. Always proud of her Irish heritage\, she performs her songs in English and Irish. The beautiful landscape and rugged nature of her native West of Ireland are a huge source of inspiration for this proud Co. Clare artist leading her to create a soulful and unique style of music that enthrals anyone who hears it.
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LOCATION:Áras Éanna
CATEGORIES:Ceolchoirm,Concert
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SUMMARY:Lisdoon-Nirvana
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, 16 July\, 20:30\, Áras Éanna \nLisdoon-Nirvana \nA one-man dramatic monologue by Frankie McCafferty. \nReview by Jackie Hayden – used with artists’ permission. \nThe last music festival at Lisdoonvarna in Co Clare took place in 1983 with a line-up that included Rory Gallagher\, Christy Moore\, Stockton’s Wing\, De Danann\, Van Morrison Moving Hearts and more. In case you didn’t get there\, or got there and missed it because there were “other things” to do\, Frankie McCafferty’s impressionistic monologue offers a fine re-enactment of the adventure. The central characters were the relatively innocent teenager Macker and his mates from Donegal\, including one self-identifying as a future rock star. Also along for the ride\, as it were\, came some lasses from Northern Ireland who were expected to bring the condoms that were still banned in the Catholic-oppressed south. \nMcCafferty\, who also wrote the script\, played some basic chords on an acoustic guitar while the audience took their seats. In the space of the busy 75 minutes that followed he managed to convey the uncertainties surrounding their trek into the deep south as he slipped effortlessly from one character to another\, often in mid-sentence and sometimes with a gesture or a flourish that conveyed their gender as well as their innocence. The compulsory stop the ladies had to make at the border was effectively conveyed\, especially the scene where one of them had to answer an urgent call of nature. \nThe anonymous music playing in the background evoked the atmosphere of the event itself while the lads dealt with such key issues as bad toilets\, an iffy tent and riots involving some Hells Angels that sealed the festival’s fate. They had been engaged “to bolster security” by people clearly unaware that a man had been killed under identical circumstances in the USA in 1969 at a Rolling Stones gig. \nDespite his innocence\, Macker managed to lose his virginity\, a segment that was convincingly enacted by McCafferty to complete the customary convergence of sex\, drugs and rock’n’roll. It was less than 40 years ago but that Ireland seemed like a different planet now. So\, much kudos to McCafferty and his powers of observation for taking us back there with a piece of theatre that was funny\, entertaining and educational.
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