Daoiri Farrell & The Damien O’Kane Trio
Tue 28 Mar 2017
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Other Information
seated
Price
£14*
Time
8pm
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Other Information
seated
Price
£14*
Time
8pm
This double headliner gig brings two Irish musicians at the top of their game to Exeter.
Damien O’Kane is a Northern Irish musician of many talents and a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nomination to boot. Teamed up with master guitarist Steven Byrnes (Treacherous Orchestra / Kate Rusby) and Steven Iveson’s sublime and exhilarating electric guitar playing, this is a trio that take traditional Irish music and song and, in the words of The Telegraph, turn it into ‘Folk-Pop that is Irish music for the 21st century’.
Daoirí Farrell has come a long way since then and the early release of his accomplished debut album The First Turn in 2009. He has since performed alongside some of the biggest names in Irish and international folk music including Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Alan Doherty, Danú, Dervish, Julie Fowlis, The Younguns, Paddy Keenan Trio, Matt Molloy, Arty McGlynn, The John Carty Big Band, The East Pointers, Kíla, Sean Keane, Gerry OConnor (Banjo), Gerry OConnor (Fiddle), Alan Burke, Lynched and more.
Daoirí Farrell has been nominated for: