Ye Vagabonds

Ye Vagabonds

Thursday, 9 June 2022, 8.00pm

Brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn grew up playing music together around their hometown of Carlow, a small town in the southeast of Ireland. After moving to Dublin in 2012, they quickly became a staple of the live music and session scene in Ireland, playing their own original songs as well as folk songs from Ireland, Scotland, England and America.

Since then, they have been busy touring Ireland, the UK and Europe, opening for acts such as Villagers, Roy Harper and Lisa Hannigan (whose band they played in for her Irish tour, June 2016). They have played sold out headline shows in Ireland, France, Switzerland and the UK.

In October 2017 they launched their debut, self-titled album to great acclaim. “Ye Vagabonds” comprises of harmony rich folk music, influenced by Irish traditional music, Appalachian singing, and the 1960's folk revival.

Their third album 'Nine Waves' was released in May via Rough Trade’s River Lea label. 'Nine Waves' was recorded in the Dublin Mountains at Hellfire Studios and produced by John 'Spud' Murphy (whose previous work includes records by black midi, Lankum and caroline)

In 2019 Ye Vagabonds won the BBC Radio Two Folk Award for Best Traditional Track, and they swept the boards at the RTÉ Radio One Folk Awards where they won Best Traditional Track, Best Group, and Best Album for the brothers for the first time.

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Published by The Journal of Music on 7 June 2022

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