Karan Casey Trio

The event will take place in a private area of The Parrs Wood pub, Didsbury. There will be tables and chairs for you to choose from and some standing room, creating an intimate and relaxed concert, similar to that of a house session. Please note the seating is not in rows and can not be reserved.

Entry to the private area will be open from 7:30pm with the concert starting at 8:15pm.

After the concert, we invite you to join the musicians from Onóra Irish Music and special guest host Michael McGoldrick for a traditional session in the main bar from 10pm.

Irish singer-songwriter Karan Casey has been blazing a trail for more than 30 years. A lover of ballads, love songs and searing versions of social justice songs, fond of a good yarn, she has toured the world making deep connections with her audience via Ireland’s past while crucially repositioning women and songs in a universal and a modern setting. She has released twelve albums and collaborated with diverse musicians such as Maura O’Connell, James Taylor, Bela Fleck, Boston Pops Orchestra, Kate Ellis, Niall Vallely, Pauline Scanlon, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, Peggy Seeger, Karen Matheson, Mick Flannery, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Tim O’Brien and Solas.

Niall Vallely has established himself as one of Ireland’s most significant musicians and composers. His performance career, has brought him all over the world playing with the likes of Nomos, Buille, Karan Casey, Paddy Keenan, Tim O’Brien and Jazz legend Cassandra Wilson. His tune compositions have been recorded on more than 80 albums, some going on to become ‘standards’ in sessions throughout the world.

Niwel Tsumbu is a virtuosic Congolese-born, Ireland-based guitarist. He has created a unique and exhilarating style drawing on influences as diverse as jazz, classical, rock, folk and rumba. At times Tsumbu’s music is a deep emotional well, drawing joy and sadness from universal human waters.

"Karan Casey’s latest album is revelatory. She’s always been a singer of songs that tell a story and show their muscle…This is a strikingly three-dimensional work that stands the test of intensive and repeated listening with ease. A vivid and dazzling snapshot of Casey invincible, at the height of her powers.”

SIOBHÁN LONG, IRISH TIMES

"Casey is, of course, one of the great singers in Irish music and this new album is filled with utterly gorgeous original songs that show she is an artist still at the top of the game. “Nine Apples of Gold” is a hard hitting, take no prisoners sort of album. The music is gorgeous and it speaks directly and supportively on a range of issues that I think will resonate very strongly with many. “Nine Apples” is made of gutsy stuff and I dig it. You will too."

IRISH ECHO

“Casey’s voice is among the loveliest in folk music and she’s a wonderful interpreter of both contemporary and traditional material.”

BOSTON GLOBE

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