With ‘The Wedding Above in Glencree’, Daoirí Farrell confirms his stature as one of the finest Irish traditional singers. From the first note to the last, it is a gem of an album.
Featuring a guest appearance from Jerry Douglas, ‘Sonny’s Dream’ is the first single from Daoirí Farrell’s upcoming fourth album, ‘The Wedding Above In Glencree’. I’ve never heard Farrell sound so good, which is why I’ve no hesitation in making this our Song of the Day.
‘The Wedding Above in Glencree’, is the much anticipated fourth solo album from Dublin’s own Daoirí Farrell. Listen to his first album single ‘Sonny’s Dream’ – a song by Ron Hynes about the hopes and dreams of a young boy.
Commissioned by some of the regulars at Larkin’s Pub in Limerick, watch Finn Harper creating an incredible lifelike drawing of Eamon Morrissey to the music of Daoirí Farrell and Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore.
Described by Dónal Lunny as ‘one of the most important traditional singers to emerge out of Ireland in the last decade’, this month, two times BBC Folk Award-winning Dublin singer and musician Daoirí Farrell heads out on tour across the UK.
Described by Dónal Lunny as ‘one of the most important traditional singers to emerge out of Ireland in the last decade.’ this week’s listening club guest is the incredible Daoirí Farrell.
Watch Daoirí Farrell performing a track from his new single The Lockdown. ‘When the Breakers Go Back On Full Time’ was previously recorded by Frank Harte and Dónal Lunny.
Watch Daoirí Farrell performing The Parting Glass. Recorded in honour of all of those who have lost their lives to Covid-19, it will feature on his new single The Lockdown.
Dublin singer and Bouzouki player Daoirí Farrell has announced a series of UK tour dates in November, including the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, London. Watch him performing The Foggy Dew on RTÉ.
Last month saw the release of BBC Folk Award-winning Dublin singer and musician Daoirí Farrell’s A Lifetime of Happiness. His album tour is now underway and he is playing dates up and down the country so don’t miss out!
With the recent release of ‘A Lifetime of Happiness’, we catch up with Dublin’s Daoirí Farrell to talk about his new album and the influences behind it. Don’t miss his upcoming tour in March/April.
Daoirí Farrell, our Artist of the Month, returns this month with his third solo album, A Lifetime of Happiness. The songs are delivered with infinite care and deep affection; it is a wonderful album that delights on every level.
Daoirí Farrell is back in the studio again recording the follow-up to True Born Irishman with Dónal Lunny producing and Manus Lunny engineering. He is on tour next month and has also been confirmed for this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival.
This year’s Costa Del Folk takes place in Portugal featuring an all-star line-up including Show of Hands, Seth Lakeman, Steve Tilston, Sam Kelly & The Lost Boys as well as sessions, a late night folk club, all in the luxury of the Hotel Grande Real Santa Eulalia 5* Resort And Spa in Albufeira.
Having recently secured three nominations in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Dublin singer and bouzouki player Daoirí Farrell announces a UK Tour on which he will be joining the Damien O’Kane Trio on the first leg.
Daoirí described True Born Irishman as a continuation of his first album but the choice of songs, the intricacies, and energy of the arrangements, the quality of the recording all go to make it so much more…a force to be reckoned with on the Irish music scene.
With his new album, True Born Irishman, out this month, Johnny catches up with Daoirí Farrell to talk about his new album, songs, playing, influences – Liam Weldon, Christy Moore, Frank Harte, Len Graham – and the vibrant Dublin music scene.
