Harp Sessions at The Sugar Club

Harper Tríona Marshall, singer Ályth McCormack & multi-instrumentalist Graham Henderson bring harp, voice and keyboards to The Sugar Club.
About this Event

Acclaimed Irish harpist Tríona Marshall will perform with Scottish singer Ályth McCormack. Alyth is a highly respected interpreter of song and a long-standing featured singer with The Chieftains. Joining them is multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Graham Henderson. This performance showcases an exceptional trio of artists each of whom is renowned for their deep musicality and innovation.

Ályth and Tríona have shared a deep and enduring artistic connection. The late Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains described their album Red & Gold as “From the heartland of Ireland to the shores of the Island of Lewis, Tríona Marshall and Ályth McCormack have created a beautiful blend of harp music and song — showing how closely related our music and songs are.”
That musical relationship has now evolved with the addition of Graham Henderson, who is producing their remarkable new album, Time to Leave the Darkness. Henderson has enjoyed a distinguished career collaborating with icons like Sinéad O’Connor, Dónal Lunny, and Iarla Ó Lionáird. His unique perspective adds a rich new layer to Ályth and Tríona’s already distinctive sound creating new textures that define their new album and will be brought vividly to life in this concert.
Ályth and Graham's creative partnership has flourished over recent years, unearthing deeply personal songs that resonate with the universal themes of love, loss, empathy and understanding. The process has been profoundly cathartic, resulting in music that speaks with honesty and depth and in a shared desire to bring that experience to audiences too.
Similarly, Tríona and Graham are united by a deep love of sound, texture and musical colour. This fascination pushes them to trace the edges of their instruments’ expressive possibilities. Combined with the remarkable clarity of Ályth’s voice, the trio has developed a distinctive musical language that is new whilst also rooted in the traditions that have shaped them.