Iarla Ó’Lionáird will be playing three Ireland dates as part of The Contemporaries Concert Series along with Steve Cooney and Graham Henderson.

The dates are as follows:

Friday 27th November - Droichead Arts Centre - Drogheda (Tickets €15/12, bookings 041 9875140)
Saturday 28th November - Triskel at Cork School of Music - Cork (Tickets €18/16, bookings 021 427 2022)
Sunday 29th November - St Audeons - Dublin (Tickets on sale Friday, €20 including booking fee available from www.tickets.ie)

Iarla Ó’Lionáird will be joined by guitarist Steve Cooney and pianist Graham Henderson for a concert that moves from traditional music to Ó’Lionáird's much lauded solo work from his albums Seven Steps to Mercy and Invisible Fields. Special guest Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh will be a part of the Dublin show as well.

Iarla O'Lionáird grew up and learned his craft in the musical heartland of Cúil Aodha in the West Cork Gaeltacht. His acclaimed solo work acclaimed work fuses the traditions of sean-nós with modern electronic music and soundscapes. His latest solo project and album Invisible Fields melds the ancient echoes of sean-nós with the future sounds of today’s sonic explorers. He is best known as singer with multi-million-selling and twice Grammy-nominated group Afro-Celt Soundsystem.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Steve Cooney started his professional musical career at the age of 17, playing for a while in the US before returning home, where he was in a number of rock and folk/rock bands. In 1981 he bought a one-way ticket to Ireland, from where his ancestors had come, where he busked and worked odd jobs for a few months, before joining Stockton's Wing as bassist. Since then he has popped up all over the place, with a major contribution to Sharon Shannon's first album, and performances and recordings with Dermot Byrne, Altan, Martin Hayes and others.

Multi-instrumentalist Graham Henderson is one of the most sought-after musicians at work in Ireland today. He has recorded and performed live with Moving Hearts, Donal Lunny, Sinead O'Connor, Paul Brady and Altan.

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