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December
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4
December
Doors 7pm, music 7.30pm
Doors 7pm, music 7.30pm
Anna Mieke
Anna Mieke
With support from MOMO
Doors 7pm; MOMO 7.30pm; Anna Mieke 8.30pm
Anna Mieke is an Irish singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in Wicklow, whose anachronistic vocal talent toes the line between folk and vivid dreamscapes. Her songs are lyrically ornate and intertwined with the artistry of a writer beyond her years. The instrumental delicacy of her work is tempered with explorations into the avant-garde, contributing a challenging, emphatic and new voice to folk music. Divining inspiration from trips through Europe by bike, learning Maori songs as a child in New Zealand and learning folk songs in Bulgaria, she has amassed skills as a bouzouki player, cellist, guitarist and preeminently, a vocalist.
Anna Mieke has collaborated with Linda Buckley, Crash Ensemble and was a member of Cork improv group HEX. She is also one-third of the singing trio Rufous Nightjar, whose debut album is set for release in 2022. Currently performing with percussionist Matthew Jacobson (Insufficient Funs, Ensemble Eriu) and Ryan Hargadon (Kojaque, Kean Kavanagh, Rachael Lavelle) on saxophone and synth, she has shared stages with artists such as Lisa Hannigan, Sarah Neufeld, This Is The Kit, Lankum, Gyda Valtysdottir (múm) and Rozi Plain. She was nominated for the RTÉ Folk Award 'Best Emerging Act’ 2019 following her critically acclaimed debut Idle Mind. Anna Mieke's much anticipated second album is in the works, due for release later this year.
MOMO
Influenced by a lifetime of living between Brazil, Angola, the US, Spain, Portugal, and currently the UK, Marcelo Frota is singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, better known as MOMO.
Across six more albums, MOMO. further developed his gift of reinventing classic music genres, delving into experimental and intimate acoustics. His impassioned songs have gotten the attention of musical icons such as David Byrne and Patti Smith, and got him invited to participate in a tribute album for Caetano Veloso's 70th birthday, A Tribute To Caetano Veloso, alongside Devendra Banhart, Beck, Rodrigo Amarante and Os Mutantes.
He also worked with Marcelo Camelo on his 2017 album Voá, and Grammy Award-winner Tom Biller (best known for his work with Warpaint, Elliott Smith, and Karen O) produced his 2019 album I Was Told to Be Quiet.
Doors 7pm; MOMO 7.30pm; Anna Mieke 8.30pm
Anna Mieke is an Irish singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in Wicklow, whose anachronistic vocal talent toes the line between folk and vivid dreamscapes. Her songs are lyrically ornate and intertwined with the artistry of a writer beyond her years. The instrumental delicacy of her work is tempered with explorations into the avant-garde, contributing a challenging, emphatic and new voice to folk music. Divining inspiration from trips through Europe by bike, learning Maori songs as a child in New Zealand and learning folk songs in Bulgaria, she has amassed skills as a bouzouki player, cellist, guitarist and preeminently, a vocalist.
Anna Mieke has collaborated with Linda Buckley, Crash Ensemble and was a member of Cork improv group HEX. She is also one-third of the singing trio Rufous Nightjar, whose debut album is set for release in 2022. Currently performing with percussionist Matthew Jacobson (Insufficient Funs, Ensemble Eriu) and Ryan Hargadon (Kojaque, Kean Kavanagh, Rachael Lavelle) on saxophone and synth, she has shared stages with artists such as Lisa Hannigan, Sarah Neufeld, This Is The Kit, Lankum, Gyda Valtysdottir (múm) and Rozi Plain. She was nominated for the RTÉ Folk Award 'Best Emerging Act’ 2019 following her critically acclaimed debut Idle Mind. Anna Mieke's much anticipated second album is in the works, due for release later this year.
MOMO
Influenced by a lifetime of living between Brazil, Angola, the US, Spain, Portugal, and currently the UK, Marcelo Frota is singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, better known as MOMO.
Across six more albums, MOMO. further developed his gift of reinventing classic music genres, delving into experimental and intimate acoustics. His impassioned songs have gotten the attention of musical icons such as David Byrne and Patti Smith, and got him invited to participate in a tribute album for Caetano Veloso's 70th birthday, A Tribute To Caetano Veloso, alongside Devendra Banhart, Beck, Rodrigo Amarante and Os Mutantes.
He also worked with Marcelo Camelo on his 2017 album Voá, and Grammy Award-winner Tom Biller (best known for his work with Warpaint, Elliott Smith, and Karen O) produced his 2019 album I Was Told to Be Quiet.
