Ye Vagabonds // Blas

Friday 8 February | Dé hAoine 8 Feabhra
An Croí, Cultúrlann Ui Chanáin
Doors/ Doirse: 19:30 | Start/ Am tosaithe: 20:00
₤10

Brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn - aka Ye Vagabonds - grew up playing music together around their hometown of Carlow, in the southeast of Ireland. Moving to Dublin in 2012, they quickly became a staple of the live music and session scene, playing their own original songs as well as folk songs from Ireland, Scotland, England and America. In October 2017 they launched their first, eponymous, album to great acclaim. Ye Vagabonds’ style comprises harmony-rich folk music, influenced by Irish traditional music, Appalachian singing and the 1960s revival.
“[They] make music that honours timeless sincerity with acoustic fireside storytelling that will sound as current a hundred years from now as it has a hundred generations past.” Myles O’Reilly

Blás is David Doocey, Stephen Doherty, Anne Brennan and Shane McGowan, who hail from the west of Ireland. Formed in 2015, the group has grown from strength to strength with sell-out concerts in Ireland, Germany and the UK. All-Ireland champions, Stephen Doherty and David Doocey perform traditional and self-composed tunes on flute, accordion and fiddle. Anne Brennan from Connemara, sings a mix of traditional, folk and contemporary songs. All accompanied by Sligo guitarist virtuoso, Shane McGowan. Their perfomance on Fleadh TV was viewed by over one million people and they performed in Croke park at last year’s All-Ireland football final to a crowd of over 80,000. Collectively they have toured and performed with a wide range of artists, including Sean Keane, Sharon Shannon, Paul Brady, Lunása and Tim O’Briens.