Dubliner, singer and bouzouki player Daoirí Farrell comes to Paddy Macs in October

Dublin singer and bouzouki playerDaoirí Farrell burst on to the internationalfolk music scene with two prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2017 for BestNewcomer and Best Traditional Track,performinglive at the awards ceremonyat London’s Royal Albert Hall. His breakthrough album,‘True Born Irishman’,released the previous year, introduced him as aremarkablenew voice in Irishtraditionalmusic.Folk Radio UK/KLOF said ofDaoirí,‘He has the best Irish traditional voicecurrently around; if there’s better, I’ve yet to hear it.’He has gone on to perform across the worldat festivals including CelticConnections (Scotland), the National Folk Festival (Australia), RudostadtFestival (Germany) and Cambridge Folk Festival (England). He has beenhailedby the greats of Irish folk music, receivednumerous nominations in Ireland’sRTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards, touredthe UK with the Transatlantic Sessions and theUSA as guest vocalist forLúnasa and even sung on theUK’s flagship newprogrammeBBC Radio 4’sToday Programme.In 2027 the Tonkünstler OrchestraandDaoirí will perform songs and tunesfrom Daoirí’s catalogue,arrangedby Gast Waltzing,in TheMusikvereininVienna.‘His powerfully unadorned vocals might be from any era, variously recallingPaul Brady and Andy Irvine...it’s a powerful statement.’**** Mojo www.daoiri.com

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