An eclectic evening of new music featuring MiMu, Paddy McKeown and Ben Flavelle-Cobain (w/Caolan Hutchinson).

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Paddy McKeown is a Belfast based guitarist and multi-instrumentalist musician. He works at the intersection of traditional, folk, improvisatory and experimental musics.
Paddy released his first solo album, The Good Step, in 2020, and its follow up is currently in development. He is now releasing new material with Córas Trio.
He is an active session musician with past projects having seen him play festivals such as EFG London Jazz, Celtic Connections, and Birmingham TradFest.
Paddy has received multiple awards including from Arts Council NI and Freelands Foundation, and his various projects have received airplay on KEXP, BBC and NTS radio.

MIMU, is the moniker chosen by Irish saxophonist and composer Micheal Murray for his solo project of saxophone and electronics. This project is a represenation of all of his influences musically and in life, crafting a sound and approach that is beautiful and deeply personal.
Currently based in Amsterdam, he is fast becoming in demand amongst his peers, noted for his “beautiful compositions and form and a beautiful saxophone sound" - Keep an Eye Records.
As MIMU, he has begun playing in high demand in the underground scene of Amsterdam, and is set to record his debut album later this year.
Ben Flavelle-Cobain released his debut EP "electric//emotion" (co-produced by Brién) in 2022 and follow-up instrumental single “belquaria” in ‘23, bringing his voice as a songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist to listening ears. Since then both releases have been given airplay on BBC Radio, BBC Sounds and RTE2XM. Featured by Phil Taggart (House Party), Kwame Daniels (Inna Rhythm), Peter Curtin (Groovers Corner), and Siobhan Brown (Soul Show).
Raised in a musical family on a diet of jazz, rhythm and blues, folk music, soul, RnB, hip hop and popular songs, Ben started gigging as a drummer with his grandfather Jackie Flavelle (Bass, Chris Barber, Paul McCartney, Don Ewell, Ottlie Patterson, Rod Stewart) when he was a child.
The artist has been an active session musician for some time. Ben likes to be busy and is grateful to have worked with with artists including Joshua Burnside, Célia Tiab, Brién, Kojaque, Yenkee, Meilana Gillard (Christian McBride Big Band), Eamon Ferris (Van Morrison/The Waterboys), Matt Benson (George Ezra), Chris Taplin Blues Band, Amy Montgomery, NI Soul Troop, Donal Scullion, Jozef Dani and Caolan Hutchinson, making appearances at Glastonbury, Other Voices, Brilliant Corners Jazz Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival.
Moved by songwriting and the sounds of artists including Stevie Wonder, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Frisell, Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, Charlie Parker, Erykah Badu, Knower and Joni Mitchell, Ben is an eclectic musician with a need to create.