Pilgrim St Announce Nationwide Tour To Promote New EP

Pilgrim St, whose new single Giving It Up This Time and EP will be released on 22 September, have just announced nationwide tour dates that will take place from now until November.

Strongly influenced by Bluegrass, Old Time Country and Folk Music, fused with traditional folk songs from this side of the Atlantic, Pilgrim St have garnered a glowing word of mouth endorsement from venues around the country with their powerhouse live performances.

Drawing from fellow luminaries such as Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, The Pogues and Bruce Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions outfit, Pilgrim St are about to bring their infectious melodies, harmonies and songs to venues all around the country.

With a setlist made up of covers and their own original songs they have graced the stages of Electric Picnic and Vicar Street, plus toured all over the country.

On 22 September, the band are set to release Pilgrim St the EP and the slow moving ballad single Giving It Up This Time will be the second single pushed to radio.

The EP was produced by Oisin Leech (The Lost Brothers), recorded in Experimental Audio, Crumlin by Steve Shannon and mastered by Tim Martin.

Pilgrim St is comprised of Peadar Farrelly on guitar and vocals, singer-songwriter Eugene Donegan on banjo and vocals, Eoin McDonnell on mandolin and vocals, Francis McGinn on bass, Mark Lynch on dobro, Brendan Kelly on accordion and Vocals and and Cathal McQuaid on the fiddle.

Tour Dates:

September:

16th - Theatre Royal, Waterford

22nd- Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda

23rd – The Black Box, Belfast

October:

20th- Gorteen, Sligo

27th- Balor Arts Centre, Balybofey, Donegal

November:

23rd- Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone

24th- Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

December:

15th - The Stables, Tara Na Rí, Meath

January:

5th - The Ramor, Virginia, Cavan