‘The missing link between sea shanties and John


Lennon’s Working Class Hero’. Belfast Telegraph


‘Gutsy and passionate collection that purrs with


a proud resilience and artistic purity.’ fRoots magazine


THE


IRISH SEA SESSIONS


2013 featuring


Declan O’Rourke (Galileo, Sarah), Emily Portman (BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner 2013 Best Contemporary Song) Robert Vincent (Life In Easy Steps), Pauline Scanlon (one half of the duo Lumiere) Alan Burke (Rambling Boys of Pleasure, Afterhours, Tulsk) The Coyne Brothers, Sean Regan, Gino Lupari (Four Men and a Dog), David Munnelly, Neil Campbell, led by musical director Bernard O’Neill


Witness the shared music and the special bonds between leading contemporary singer-songwriters, traditional musicians and multi-instrumentalists.


Inspired by the format of the Transatlantic Sessions, but focussing on musicians from England, Ireland and the Irish diaspora this two- hour show that has all the atmosphere of the finest pub session, with all the quality of a major concert hall setting.


'The sessions format rides ―on the seat of its pants…There are no rules, apart from the audience enjoying itself.’ Bernard O’Neill, music director, double bass, piano.


Liverpool, Liverpool Philharmonic Friday 18 October www.liverpoolphil.com | 0151 709 3789


London, Southbank Centre Monday 21 October www.southbankcentre.co.uk | 0844 875 0073


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