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Alan Kelly Gang with Eddi Reader & John Douglas Wednesday 12th September 2018

12th September 2018 8:45 pm
Raheen House Hotel
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Event Phone: 0863389619

Alan Kelly – piano accordion
Steph Geremia – flute, vocals, sop sax & whistle
Ian Carr – guitar & harmony vocals
with
Eddi Reader – vocals & guitar
John Douglas – ukulele, guitar & harmony vocals

The Alan Kelly Gang team up with Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and mesmerizing songstress, Eddi Reader, of Fairground Attraction fame and Trashcan Sinatra’s guitarist and songwriter, John Douglas. The result is sheer musical synergy in its most natural form. Once a collaboration, now a band, their performances have been praised for leaving audiences spellbound; Scotland’s The Living Tradition magazine has described it as ‘an astonishing concert’.

Eddi Reader has effortlessly developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting performers, with an MBE, a number 1 single and 7 acclaimed solo albums behind her, what sets Eddi apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance; her ability not only to move the listener, but to connect her experience to that of her audience. Her rare blend of meltingly true vocals and towering romanticism combine with an astute and pragmatic nature to make her a unique and powerful figure in contemporary British music. From the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi extinguishes the preordained boundaries of genre, bringing joyous life to all forms of song.

Since 2005 Alan has toured the world as part of the Eddi Reader Band and recorded on her last four albums. His friendship with Eddi resulted in a beautiful collaboration on a song penned by John Douglas. The collaborative work ‘I Hung My Harp Upon The Willows’ appears on Alan’s 2009 album, After The Morning, which was named as one of the ‘top ten musical highs of 2009’ by the Irish Times who described it as a ‘humdinger of a collection’. In 2010 Alan, Eddi and the gang joined forces for three major Irish arts festivals, each a resounding success driving the collaboration to new heights. In 2011 the Alan Kelly Gang again teamed up with Eddi and John for the evocative, ‘Connemara‘, released on the Alan Kelly Gang’s album, Small Towns and Famous Nights. The song was playlisted on Ireland’s national radio station, RTE Radio 1 and followed by a sell out nationwide tour of Ireland. The project has since evolved into a global headlining act.

Special Guest on the Night will be a great young Uileann Piper from Ballymacarbary, Cian Smith. He won the All-Ireland piping competition at this years Fleadh Cheoil

 

 

“brilliantly talented, effortless and exuberant” – The Irish Times

http://www.alankellygang.ie

Doors 8 pm.

Special Guest Cian Smith onstage 8.45pm

Alan Kelly Gang/Eddi Reader Onstage 9.15 pm

  • Wednesday
     12th September 2018
     8:45 pm - 10:55 pm Band Onstage 9pm

Venue:  

Address:
10 Raheen Rd, Raheen, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland