Zoé Basha & Aina Tuiler
A new collaboration of traditional Appalachian and Occitan songs and tunes
Following an artist residency on Arranmore in early 2024, Leitrim-based Zoé Basha and French musician Aina Tulier will be touring Ireland with works they have been developing, exploring links between Occitan and Appalachian traditional singing and music, passing through Ireland. With bold vocal harmonies, fiddles, and nyckelharpa, the two Francophone multi-instrumentalists are sure to give a performance with a refreshing blend of multiple traditional styles that will leave the audience dancing in their seats and craving more.
Zoé Basha is a musician and composer, and a Music Network RESONATE Residency recipient of 2023. Mixing traditional ballads with contemporary arrangements and original pieces blending traditional singing, jazz and blues music, Zoé is currently working on her debut album, to be released in early 2025.
Aina Tulier is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist (nyckelharpa, fiddle, Gascon bagpipes) specialising in a variety of traditional music styles. She teaches nyckelharpa and traditional Occitan singing, and plays with a multitude of ensembles and bal folk bands. While living in Ireland in 2015, she taught French trad dancing in Dublin, and is looking forward to this return to Ireland.
