BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4842@calendar.clonmel.town SUMMARY:Karan Casey Trio DTSTAMP:20261025T213619Z DTSTART:20261118T200000Z DESCRIPTION:> Irish folk & trad fusion\; special guests The Wood of O\n\nCl onmel World Music is delighted to welcome back one of the best\nFolk/Tradi tional singers in Ireland to Clonmel\, for her fourth show with us. For\nt his special show\, Karan Casey is joined by two world-class virtuoso music ians\nto create an ensemble sound that fuses deep Irish roots with global musicality.\nThe Karan Casey trio performed at The Cobh Tradfest in July\, to great acclaim.\n\nThe two other members of the trio are:\n\n * Niall V allely: An Armagh-born concertina virtuoso and composer who has\n “reinv ented” the instrument. Known for his technical brilliance and a “genius\n for improvisation\,” Niall has contributed to over 80 albums and perform ed\n globally with legends ranging from Paddy Keenan to jazz icon Cassan dra\n Wilson\, as well as trad supergroup Buille. Niall will be the reci pient of The\n Gradam Ceoil TG4 2026 composer award.\n\n * Niwel Tsumbu: A Congolese-born\, Ireland-based guitar master whose\n exhilarating sty le blends jazz\, classical\, and rumba. A Grammy Award-winning\n contrib utor\, Niwel is a “citizen of the universe” whose intricate\n finger-pic king and thrilling improvisations create a sophisticated global\n fusion .\n\nKaran Casey is originally from BallyDuff Lower\, near Kilmeaden Co Wa terford\, and\nhas long been one of the most innovative voices in Irish tr aditional and folk\nmusic.\n\nKaran’s career has spanned 37 years from the early days as a jazz performer in\nDublin to her heady days in New York w ith the band Solas\, to her now well\nestablished solo career. Karan has s old over half a million records. Karan\nreleased her first album with the group Solas\, which quickly became the most\ncelebrated Irish band in the U.S.\, and her four years with the group were\npivotal. Since embarking on her solo career\n\nKaran has released 7 solo albums\, a duo album (with J ohn Doyle)\, an album for\nchildren and numerous contributions to other ar tists’ projects – appearing on\nmore than 50 albums in total.\n\nShe has t oured constantly throughout North America\, Europe and Japan\, performing\ nsolo\, with her own band and with many other diverse artists. Recent year s have\nseen Karan appearing with Folk legends James Taylor\, Liam Clancy\ , Peggy Seeger\,\nMick Moloney and the Dubliners and Imelda May as well as performances with\nSolas\, Lunasa\, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones and Tim O ’Brien.\n\nKaran has won awards for “Best Folk Album” and “Best Folk Femal e” from Irish\nMusic Magazine and been nominated for the BBC Folk Awards a nd the Danish Grammys\nand was a key member of Paul Winter’s Grammy-award winning “Celtic Solstice”.\n\nShe has appeared at major festivals in Europ e and the US such as WOMAD USA\, the\nCambridge Folk Festival\, Celtic Con nections\, the Philadelphia Folk Festival\,\nFestival Cornouaille\, Festiv al Interceltique Lorient\, Milwaukee Irishfest and\nMerlefest as well as a ppearing at many prestigious venues including the Kennedy\nCentre (Washing ton DC)\, New York’s Symphony Space\, Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry\,\nthe Ho llywood Bowl\, Dublin’s National Concert Hall\, the Cathedral of St John t he\nDivine\, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and many others.\n\nShe has ma de many TV and radio appearances on both sides of the Atlantic and has\nbe en a frequent guest on nationally syndicated US radio and TV shows such as \nGarrison Keillor’s ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ and NPR’s “Mountain Stage” .\n\n\nSPECIAL GUESTS: THE WOOD OF O\n\nBreege Phelan & Will McLellan have been mesmerising audiences for the past six\nyears with their unique orig inal material. If you enjoy haunting\, heartfelt\nvocals that reach into t he bottom of your soul\, melodic fingerstyle acoustic\nguitar that flows b etween genres\, then this duo is for you. They have been\ngaining notice a t Irish festivals for their unique sound\, channelled through the\npassion ate and dynamic vocals of their lead singer\, Breege Phelan.\n\nTheir soun d takes inspiration from their eclectic tastes\, citing influences from\n6 0s folk bands ‘Trees’\, ‘Pentangle’\, and Bert Jansch\, ‘Steeleye Span’\, rock\nicons ‘Led Zeppellin’\, modern icons ‘Radiohead’\, to vocalists like Kate Bush\,\nAnne Briggs and Joni Mitchell. Their music also has deep roo ts in Irish cultural\nidentity: the 6 track EP was written and recorded at home during lockdown and\nencapsulates this duo’s diverse storytelling ab ility\, with songs inspired by the\npirate queen of Irish history\, Gráinn e Ní Mháille\, the abolitionist Harriet\nTubman\, the Leannán-Sí of Irish mythology\, the political Aisling style poems of\nthe 17th and 18th centur y and of course\, the obligatory nod to heartbreak and\nrevenge.\n\nTicket s: € 21.50 at https://clonmelworldmusic.com/events/karan-casey-trio/\n[htt ps://clonmelworldmusic.com/events/karan-casey-trio/] URL:https://calendar.clonmel.town/event/karan-casey-trio GEO:52.3508231;-7.6962827 LOCATION:Raheen House Hotel - Raheen Road STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Fee paid,Live Music X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Irish folk & trad fusion; s pecial guests The Wood of O

Clonmel World Music is deli ghted to welcome back one of the best Folk/Traditional singers in Ireland to Clonmel, for her fourth show with us. For this special show, Karan Case y is joined by two world-class virtuoso musicians to create an ensemble so und that fuses deep Irish roots with global musicality. The Karan Casey tr io performed at The Cobh Tradfest in July, to great acclaim.

The two other members of the trio are:

Karan Casey is originally from Bally Duff Lower, near Kilmeaden Co Waterford, and has long been one of the most innovative voices in Irish traditional and folk music.

Karan’s care er has spanned 37 years from the early days as a jazz performer in Dublin to her heady days in New York with the band Solas, to her now well establi shed solo career. Karan has sold over half a million records. Karan releas ed her first album with the group Solas, which quickly became the most cel ebrated Irish band in the U.S., and her four years with the group were piv otal. Since embarking on her solo career

Karan has released 7 solo a lbums, a duo album (with John Doyle), an album for children and numerous c ontributions to other artists’ projects – appearing on more than 50 albums in total.

She has toured constantly throughout North America, Europ e and Japan, performing solo, with her own band and with many other divers e artists. Recent years have seen Karan appearing with Folk legends James Taylor, Liam Clancy, Peggy Seeger, Mick Moloney and the Dubliners and Imel da May as well as performances with Solas, Lunasa, Béla Fleck & the Fl ecktones and Tim O’Brien.

Karan has won awards for “Best Folk Album” and “Best Folk Female” from Irish Music Magazine and been nominated for t he BBC Folk Awards and the Danish Grammys and was a key member of Paul Win ter’s Grammy-award winning “Celtic Solstice”.

She has appeared at ma jor festivals in Europe and the US such as WOMAD USA, the Cambridge Folk F estival, Celtic Connections, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Festival Corn ouaille, Festival Interceltique Lorient, Milwaukee Irishfest and Merlefest as well as appearing at many prestigious venues including the Kennedy Cen tre (Washington DC), New York’s Symphony Space, Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry , the Hollywood Bowl, Dublin’s National Concert Hall, the Cathedral of St John the Divine, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and many others.

She has made many TV and radio appearances on both sides of the Atlantic and has been a frequent guest on nationally syndicated US radio and TV shows s uch as Garrison Keillor’s ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ and NPR’s “Mountain S tage”.

Special guests: The Wood of O

Breege Phelan & Wil l McLellan have been mesmerising audiences for the past six years with the ir unique original material. If you enjoy haunting, heartfelt vocals that reach into the bottom of your soul, melodic fingerstyle acoustic guitar th at flows between genres, then this duo is for you. They have been gaining notice at Irish festivals for their unique sound, channelled through the p assionate and dynamic vocals of their lead singer, Breege Phelan.

Th eir sound takes inspiration from their eclectic tastes, citing influences from 60s folk bands ‘Trees’, ‘Pentangle’, and Bert Jansch, ‘Steeleye Span’ , rock icons ‘Led Zeppellin’, modern icons ‘Radiohead’, to vocalists like Kate Bush, Anne Briggs and Joni Mitchell. Their music also has deep roots in Irish cultural identity: the 6 track EP was written and recorded at hom e during lockdown and encapsulates this duo’s diverse storytelling ability , with songs inspired by the pirate queen of Irish history, Gráinne Ní Mhá ille, the abolitionist Harriet Tubman, the Leannán-Sí of Irish mythology, the political Aisling style poems of the 17th and 18th century and of cour se, the obligatory nod to heartbreak and revenge.

Tickets: € 21.50 at https://clonmelworldmusic.com/events/karan-casey-trio/

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