Musical collaborators for concert in Clifden
Ye Vagabonds and Cormac Begley will be in Clifden’s Station House Theatre this Friday night; the concert is being presented by Clifden Arts Festival and Music Network and is part of a nationwide tour organised by Music Network.
Ye Vagabonds – Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn – grew up playing music together and their performances are marked by close harmony singing, tasty accompaniment and their ability to tell a good story in song.
They have played sold-out headline shows in Ireland, France, Switzerland and the UK.
Their second album The Hare’s Lament was released in 2019 to huge critical acclaim, winning the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track, and sweeping the boards at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards where they won Best Traditional Track, Best Group, and Best Album.
For this tour, they’re embarking on a collaboration with Cormac Begley, a renowned solo bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a West-Kerry musical family.
Cormac plays solo and in a range of collaborations with Liam O'Connor, Rushad Eggleston, Liam Ó Maonlaí and Lisa O’Neill. He is the founder of the Airt Residential School and the award-winning Tunes in the Church live concert series in Galway and Dublin.
Cormac was nominated for RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Instrumentalist of the Year in 2018 and 2019, and his debut solo album received nine five-star reviews and was shortlisted for the Irish Times Album of the Year in 2018.
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
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