Lisa’s Heard A Long Gone Song Tour of Ireland begins this weekend! You can get tickets to gigs via the links at lisaoneill.ie/home/tour or check with your local venue (tickets are not available online in some instances). May 12 – It Takes A Village, Trabolgan, East Cork
May 17 – Cavan Arts Festival, Blessings Bar Cavan with Kú Kilian
May 18 – Waterford, Phil Grimes Pub with Kú Kilian
May 19 – Headford, Campbell’s Tavern with Kú Kilian
May 22 – Galway, The Black Gate with Kú Kilian SOLD OUT
May 23 – Limerick, Upstairs at Dolans with Cormac Begley
May 24 – Clonakilty, DeBarra’s Folk Club with John Francis Flynn
May 25 – Kilkenny, John Cleere’s Bar & Theatre with John Francis Flynn (Tickets can be purchased in Cleere’s over the phone on 0567762573, or at rollercoaster records 0567763669)
May 26 – Cork, Coughlan’s Bar with John Francis Flynn SOLD OUT
May 31 – Derry, Sardino’s Bar with John Francis Flynn
June 1 – Vantastival Festival
June 2 – Tipperary, Cloughjordan Community Amphitheatre with Cormac Begley
June 6 – Castlebar, Linenhall Arts Centre with John Francis Flynn
June 7 – Borris, Borris House Festival of Writing & Ideas
Kú Kilian is a folk singer and a songwriter from Dublin, Ireland. Having spent the past four years performing around Ireland as a solo act, he has been the guest singer at “The Night Before Larry Got Stretched” as well as performing opening slots for “Skipper’s Alley”, “Lisa O’Neill” and most recently “The Sick And Indigent Song Club”. Kú Kilian is also an accomplished Traditional Irish Musician (Fiddle and Guitar) having played in a number of countries including Germany, China and the U.S. soundcloud.com/kukilian
John Francis Flynn is a singer and multi-instrumentalist whose work centres around traditional and folk material from Ireland and further afield. He is a founding member of the band, Skipper’s Alley, with whom he has toured extensively throughout Europe and America. John is an active session musician around Dublin and has recorded with artists such as Lankum and Ye Vagabonds.
Cormac Begley is a bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a West-Kerry musical family. He plays in a number of projects including: duets including Caoimhín O Raghallaigh (hardanger d’amore) and Liam Ó Maonlaí (singer and multi-instrumentalist); a trio entitled ‘Concertina’ (Noel Hill and Jack Talty); and with the band Ré. He is the founder of Airt and the award winning Tunes in the Church live concert series in Galway and Dublin. In 2014, he received the Seán Ó Riada Award for concertina playing and his playing has been described as ‘a masterclass in timeless musicianship’ by the Irish Times (*). He has recently recorded his debut solo album featuring the full range of concertinas to critical acclaim (5 star review from The Irish Times, Folking.com, The Herald Scotland, Folk Wales Online Magazine, etc).