ANDY IRVINE

With support from Ann Shrieves and Ian Kennedy & Sarah Lloyd.

ANDY IRVINE is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul of Ireland. He has been hailed as "a tradition in himself".

Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained his highly individual performing skills throughout his over 55-year career.

He has been at the helm of legendary bands like Sweeney’s Men in the mid 60s, to the enormous success of Planxty in the 70s, and then Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD andmore recently Usher’s Island. Andy has been a world music pioneer and an icon for traditional music and musicians.

As a soloist, Andy fills the role of the archetypal troubadour with a show and a travelling lifestyle that reflect his lifelong influence, Woody Guthrie. To quote the Irish Times, "Often copied, never equalled", his repertoire consists of Irish traditional songs, dexterous Balkan dance tunes and a compelling canon of his own self-penned songs.

You can find out more at Andy's website https://www.andyirvine.com/

and watch him here:

https://youtu.be/Z1cg_R4T1ck?si=md9ylqxs5AVyzdBd

Ann Shrieves is a wonderful Irish singer who is a regular at our monthly Singarounds. Sarah Lloyd & Ian Kennedy will be well known to many of you for their lovely harmony singing at various local events. They are also two of the resident singers at Dulwich Folk Club.

At The Ivy House, London’s first community-owned pub.

Tickets are £20 advance, £22  on the door (cash or BACS only) . We strongly advise you to get your tickets early!

Door 7pm. Live music starts 8pm and finishes 11pm.

This concert will be half seated, half standing, so come early if you want to be sure of a seat!

Please be aware that whilst our events are held in The Ivy House's  beautiful Grade 2 listed ballroom, this is a pub, so there may be some  background noise from adjoining bars. We and the pub management  have done our best to minimise this, however as this is a listed building there are restrictions on what kinds of soundproofing can be done. We hope you understand.