Singing Session with special guest Ian Lynch (Lankum)

Singing Session with special guest Ian Lynch (Lankum)

Saturday, 4 July 2020, 8.30pm

Special guest Ian Lynch features in our next online traditional singing session, hosted on Zoom and streamed live online.

Ian Lynch is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from the Northside of Dublin. Up until the lockdown he was busy performing with the band Lankum. Since March he has been keeping himself busy working on his monthly radio show ‘Fire Draw Near’ as well as a Youtube series called ‘Songs from the Craic Pipe’.

Our host is Macdara Yeates, a traditional singer, composer and producer from Dublin. Macdara has toured internationally both as a solo artist and with folk ensemble Skipper’s Alley, collaborated with award-winning theatre companies THEATREclub and Mouth on Fire, and produced work in association with Aiken Promotions, The St. Patrick's Festival, The Dublin Port Company and more. Macdara is a founding member of The Night Before Larry Got Stretched, a collective of traditional singers running regular events, with a particular emphasis on the dissemination of traditional song among young people.

To take part, you will need either a mobile phone with a camera or a computer with a webcam. You will also need to create a free account with Zoom and/or download the Zoom app. Please visit zoom.us/signup to set up and download the relevant software.

For those wishing to view the session, the live stream will be viewable on our YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/theseamusennisartscentre

And our Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/TSEAC

For those wishing to sing and take part, please register your details FREE at the 'Buy Tickets' link above and we will forward you all relevant details in time for the session. Please note that time is limited in each session and it may not be possible to get to everyone.

If you have any queries, please contact us on [email protected]

In the meantime, stock up on your beverage of choice, dust off your songs and we will see you then.

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Published by Séamus Ennis Arts Centre on 29 June 2020

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