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Gráda
Gráda musicians have always drawn on their melting pot of influences from New Zealand to Ireland. One of Ireland’s most successful touring bands they perform over 150 concerts across the globe annually. Their sound is deeply rooted in the Irish tradition, but also layered with fresh, jazzy tones and strong rhythmic grooves. Think Irish music blended with Americana, jazz, and a ... (click to read more)
Seomra an Cheoil – An Introduction to Traditional Irish Music and Dance
‘Seomra an Cheoil’ (The Music Room) is all at once a Ceilidh, a concert, and a session. Discover the richness, diversity and history of the Irish tradition through performances and explanations of our music, our instruments, and our dance traditions. Listen to and be guided through the complex rhythms of the Bodhran, the unique sounds of the Uilleann Pipes and the intricate ... (click to read more)
Sharon Shannon
Renowned for making the maligned accordion ‘cool’ in Ireland, she is also well known for her collaborations, not just in Irish traditional music but through all musical genres including Hip-Hop, Cajun, Country, Classical and Rap. Sharon has recorded and toured with a who’s who of the Irish and Global music industry, including Bono, Adam Clayton, Sinead O’Connor, The ... (click to read more)
The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band
From the pastoral hills, hollers, shopping malls and interstate highways of Goodlettsville Tennessee, comes the most entertaining “blast from the past” since Lester Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys. They’re the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band — five guys and a scrubboard, with roots like wisdom teeth. This frolicking fivesome brightens up the stage with rib-tickling old time ... (click to read more)
Honor Heffernan and Leslie Dowdall
Honor Heffernan, Leslie Dowdall Two of Ireland's most loved and best known vocalists collaborate to bring you an evening of music entitled ‘Songs from the other side’, inspired by their love and appreciation of some of the greatest songs ever written. With an eclectic mix of styles and their relaxed, friendly nature on stage, prepare to be thoroughly enthralled and entertained! Honor ... (click to read more)
Zahr
Zahr is a four-piece ensemble created by Italian percussionist Andrea Piccioni and pianist Francesco Turrisi, leader of Tarab, Mermaid’s ensemble in residence in 2010. The primary focus of Zahr is the influence that Arabic music has had in many countries touched by the Mediterranean Sea. Zahr combines Italian traditional music, Arabic and Turkish music with contemporary European ... (click to read more)
Music Network presents Fonn Aniar (Tune from the West)
Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Brendan Begley (button accordion) and Laoise Kelly (harp) are three outstanding musicians each hugely influenced by the place they come from. Brendan Begley is brimming with the wild and beautiful music of West Kerry. Laoise Kelly from Westport is regarded as the most significant harper of her generation. While legendary fiddler Tommy Peoples is an internationally ... (click to read more)
Niwel Tsumbu & Roger Doyle
Wicklow based musicians, dynamic Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu and highly regarded composer and Aosdana member Roger Doyle come together for the third concert of a four part series marking their residency in MermaidArts Centre this year. The performance includes a screening of Bob Quinn’s Listen, a film about Roger Doyle, a short film by Donal Dineen with music by Niwel ... (click to read more)
Convergence
Please note the time change for this event, the event will now take place at 12:00pm instead of the advertised 8pm. For more info or to book please contact the box office 01 2724030 A unique Rhythm-based project directed by Percussionist-Composer Eamonn Cagney, Convergence Ensemble cross many musical boundaries and expresses some of the influences at play in the Irish ... (click to read more)
See : Hear – An intimate evening of music and film
Tickets €16/14 Concession Alien Envoy is the new musical alter ego of Nick Kelly, Choice Music Prize Nominated solo artist and former frontman with The Fat Lady Sings – and, in recent years, award winning short film-maker. See : Hear is a show which brings together both these strands of Nick’s creative life. In between a screening of all three short films (among them Shoe ... (click to read more)
Fidil
Tickets €16/ 14 conc Show 8pm Fidil created a bang in November 2009 with the release of their album '3' which was described as ‘...a masterclass in the marriage of tradition and musical exploration, and a milestone in traditional music.’ (Siobhan Long, The Irish Times) Belief in their ability and their instrument sets them apart as they perform with fiddles alone. It is their ... (click to read more)
Rodney Crowell - Chinaberry Sidewalk Tour
Tickets €25 Show 8pm Rodney Crowell is a 100% pure American country song writing legend. His 1988 album Diamonds and Dirt produced five No. 1 singles and he won a Grammy the following year for the Best Country song – After All This Time. In 2003 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has performed with the greats of Americana; Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Nancy ... (click to read more)
Wowos
€16/€14 Conc. An evening of uplifting and catchy tunes performed by Wowos, a six piece international band of young jazz musicians performing original instrumental music by Irish musician Seán Carpio. Jazz musician and drummer, Seán Carpio was a student and teacher in the Newpark Music Centre and studied Carnatic classical percussion in Bangalore, India. Carpio is a member ... (click to read more)
Southern Tenant Folk Union
The most highly acclaimed folk bluegrass band in the UK today, Southern Tenant Folk Union have recently released their fourth album Pencaitland and since starting out in 2006 they have been exciting audiences through Europe with their stunning live show. Full of harmony and vocals this seven piece all acoustic band live to perform live! Marvel at the soul of their laments and tear it up with ... (click to read more)
Julian Lloyd Webber
SOLD OUT This November, come in from the cold and enjoy an intimate evening in the company of one of the world’s most renowned musicians! He is a passionate supporter of Leyton Orient football club, was London Underground’s first official busker and plays a seventeenth century Stradivarius cello. In his 60th birthday year we are pleased to welcome legendary ... (click to read more)
Singing Nina
Singing Nina is the fabulous new show brought to you by the Chicago soul Queen, Karen Underwood and her band. Karen brings to you in narration and song the engrossing life story of the great legend Nina Simone, from her struggle against racism and exile from her homeland to her flamboyant and troubled relationships and her poignant later years. Karen sings all the classic Nina songs, 'Missippi ... (click to read more)
Music Network presents...Netnakisum
Tickets €16/14 Music Network presents...Netnakisum The hills of Wicklow will soon be very much alive with the sound of Netnakisum, a young Austrian string trio brimming with attitude. If saying their name is a challenge (before you reach for the dictionary it’s the German word for street musicians – spelt backwards), be warned that this genre-busting ... (click to read more)
Gemma Hayes
Tickets €16/14 Gemma Hayes is performing a set of special acoustic shows across Ireland this autumn in support of her latest LP, Let it Break. This album, her fourth, is an evolution of Gemma's unique style of music, combining prog rock, folk and electronica. It is another collaboration with long-time producer David Odlum, and features Paul Noonan of Bell X1 and Ann Scott. Over the years, ... (click to read more)
Roger Doyle and Niwel Tsumbu with Special Guests Julie Feeney and Vyvienne Long
Tickets €16/ 14 concession Rodger Doyle and Niwel Tsumbu with very special guests Julie Feeney, Vyvienne Long and Ian Eomac 'Roger Doyle ought to be canonised. Those who have not heard his 'Babel' collection have missed a whole lot in life. What drama! He puts a lot of other composers to shame. They should all bow deeply for Roger Doyle. His music is warm, funny and richly ... (click to read more)
Blues Christmas
Tickets €16/ 14 conc If you dream of a Blues Christmas then this is the perfect show for you. Well known local bluesman Brian Meakin returns to Mermaid, this time joined by NC Lawlor, Dublin based Americana slide guitarist, singer and harmonica player. These gifted musicians, joined by Brian’s band, will perform a repertoire of songs, in a range of music styles that will thrill and ... (click to read more)
Anthony Morgan’s Inspirational Choir of Harlem
Tickets €18 Anthony Morgan, who is a multi-talented artist in his own right, had a dream of bringing together the spectacular Gospel Voices of Harlem and his love of singing and performing Gospel Music to the world. Anthony’s mission is to spread the Good News of the gospel message worldwide! Mr. Morgan’s love of singing gospel and his vision of spreading the gospel ... (click to read more)
On Air! A Christmas Carol
€18/€16 Conc. On air! As featured on BBC Ulster, BBC Radio Scotland, and The Irish News, Wireless Mystery Theatre transport the audience into an old-time New York radio studio, with a recreation of the 1940 live broadcast of Orson Welles's radio version of the family classic A Christmas Carol. Complete with authentic vintage commercial break, period dress, live music and hand-cranked ... (click to read more)
We’ve Only Just Begun
PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO AN ILNESS
Declan O’Rourke
Sat 7 Jan @ 8pm €20/18 Declan O’Rourke has been working the music circuit in Ireland for close on a decade. With his growing reputation as a songwriter and his understated charm and quick-wittedness, he makes a welcome return to Mermaid for his now regular New Year appearance. The recent release of his critically acclaimed album Mag Pai Zai managed to top the success of ... (click to read more)
An Intimate Evening with Paul Brady
Fri 13 & Sat 14 Jan @ 8pm €35 Now one of Ireland’s most enduringly popular artists, it all began when he was 11 and his father asked him whether he’d prefer a guitar or a harmonica for Christmas. Paul chose the guitar, starting him on the road that would lead to him to become one of Ireland’s most celebrated musicians. He has created more than his fair share of ... (click to read more)
Sarah Savoy & the Francadians
Thu 19 Jan @ 8pm €16/14 Conc. Top-drawer Cajun sounds with added Rockabilly swagger The Cajun music tradition is one of the most protected in American roots music, a heritage handed down through generations and along the branches of the family tree. It was therefore something of a given that Sarah Savoy would follow the family trade--Pop is Marc Savoy, the eminent ... (click to read more)
The Teetotallers
Sat 21 Jan @ 8pm €16/14 ‘If someone told me about a new trio comprising Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford, and John Doyle, I would have replied: keep dreaming. Yet that’s exactly what we have: a dream team made real.’ The Wall Street Journal The Teetotallers comprises three exceptional musicians. Martin Hayes is regarded as one of the most ... (click to read more)
Jimmy Crowley and the Blue Macushlas
Thu 9 Feb @ 8pm €18/16 Bard, ethnographer, Irish language enthusiast, multi-instrumentalist, stylish singer-songwriter, hailed ‘the Voice of Cork’, Jimmy Crowley has been a central figure in the Irish folk scene since the enthusiastic reception of his debut album The Boys of Fairhill in 1977. With his band Stokers Lodge Jimmy brought the street ballads of Cork city to ... (click to read more)
Book NowCAN Percussion Trio
Thu 23 Feb @ 8pm €16/14 Noel Eccles is known world-wide for his innovative approach to percussion; from his former post as Principal Percussionist with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra to premiering Riverdance globally and his work with the ground-breaking Moving Hearts. Noel is a firm favourite with Irish audiences, with events like his Percussion Spectacular with 20 ... (click to read more)
Book NowAn Evening of Nostalgia with Johnny McEvoy
Son of the sixties Irish folk revival, Johnny McEvoy is undoubtedly an artistof enduring appeal. A consummate entertainer and distinguished songwriterMcEvoy is maybe best known for hits such as Muirsheen Durkin,Michael Collins, the Boston Burglar and of course, the beautiful love balladNora. His music has been described as haunting, evocative and beautifulcomplementing perfectly the narrative ... (click to read more)
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‘Niebla is the king of Latin guitar, a world-class virtuoso.’ Time OutHailed as one of the world’s great guitarists, Eduardo Niebla returns toMermaid with his internationally acclaimed guitar duo, to present arepertoire of ‘stunning flamenco jazz’ (The Sound) from his latest albums. Ina career spanning four decades, flamenco jazz guitar virtuoso and composer,has ... (click to read more)
Book NowAlbert Lee and Hogan's Heroes
Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes Saturday 26 May @8pm Tickets: €20 Described by Eric Clapton as “the greatest guitarist on the planet” Albert Lee is undoubtedly one rock’s most respected musicians and requires no introduction to guitar aficionados and country rock fans alike. Emmylou Harris, The Everly Brothers, Dolly Parton, Eric Clapton, ... (click to read more)
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