Featuring musicians Mossie Martin (fiddle), Bernard Flaherty (flute & whistle), 

Donal O’ Connor (guitar), dancer Betlem Burcet, and joined by several other well-known traditional performers, this concert takes you on a journey of the music of an area in the West of Ireland, a place with a rich traditional legacy and a distinctive style of playing. Mossie and Bernard, both renowned exponents of this style will take you through the nuances and the stories of these tunes. Against the backdrop of dazzling visual presentations this concert will make you feel you have arrived in the heart of a location in the North- West of the country. Craobh Phairais, travelling to Sitges since 2014, will also perform as part of Follow the Tune.

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This is an ongoing project supported by Roscommon Creative Ireland Programme and led by

Caroline Wynne, Artscope.

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Made up of singers of many different nationalities, cultures, backgrounds, and vocal styles. We are delighted to say that COR Nua is back and under the direction of Eunan McDonald and pianist Vincent Lynch the choir will perform a vast repertoire – more than 20 choir works, representing as many as eight different countries! And of course, they will be joined by several special guests delivering memorable renditions of World music dotted with classic Celtic tradition – a must hear festival event!

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The Rubik's Ensemble showcases some of the finest exponents of traditional music in Ireland. All with busy solo performing careers they also perform alongside some of the leading Irish bands and have busy touring careers in Ireland, the UK and the US. We are delighted that these artists have taken the time to team-up for Sitges '23 and showcase the best of what is out there in Irish traditional playing now. A gig not to be missed! 

The Rubik's Ensemble is a South Dublin County Council and Artscope initiative.

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From a Kila member to a Fleadh Cowboy to a Systir this gig will have energy and creativity in abundance!

Claire Sherry: fiddle, banjo, mandolin

James Mahon: uilleann pipes, flute, whistles

Paul Kelly: fiddle, mandolin

Siobhan Buckley: harp

Tim Doyle: concertina, uilleann pipes, piano, fiddle, viola, whistles

Caitriona Sherlock: vocals

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Jack O'Rourke takes many forms – singer, songwriter, composer, performer

– one of those mercurial artists whose musical imagination and personality has made him an intriguing entity to his many fans. He manages to combine that most difficult and delicate of writing traits – the ability to convey the personal whilst making it universal. Like all great folk and roots artists, Jack has respect for tradition while pushing the parameters of innovation. Versatile and musically adventurous, Jack's roots still lie at the piano, the telling of a story in song and his empathy to sing of characters facing life's triumphs and tragedies.

Equally at home in folk, chamber music, blues, pop, jazz and rock, Jack's rich baritone is warm, emotional and inviting. Seated at the piano, he picks out folk songs of modernity with nods to melodic traditions of old - be it the beautiful ode to growing up gay in the Amnesty Yes campaign anthem, Silence, to the poignant story of a publican who secretly paints in Opera on The Top Floor, to the joy and release of diving into the ocean in

Sea Swimming.

Having played St. James' Church for Other Voices, Jack sang Neil Young's Harvest Moon Live on national television for Culture Night. He recently took part in the tribute to his lyrical hero John Prine at Vicar Street, with Declan O'Rourke, Mick Flannery, Susan O Neill and Lisa Hannigan, duetting with Gemma Hayes on two Prine classics. This was preceded with joining Wallis Bird and Jess Kav interpreting Thin Lizzy and Phil Lynott with The RTE Concert Orchestra and finally, returning to his native Cork to reimagine the songs of the Beatles at Cork Opera House. He rounded up June in joining Jenny Greene, belting out club and RnB anthems to electro beats,

Live at the Marquee.

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 "A captivating live performer, Jack O'Rourke shows a deftness when it comes to dissecting the minutiae of relationships and examining the human condition in a manner worthy of lyrical forebears Leonard Cohen and

Tom Waits." - The Irish Examiner

"O'Rourke is a vocalist of rare distinction. The album's essence is to be found on Sea Swimming - a track that's redolent of the sort of standards that Paul Brady delivered early in his career." - John Meagher, The Irish Independent

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Ian Drew’s charismatic performances at Sitges ’22 was a definite highlight with audiences.

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This year, join Ian as he takes you on a journey of the music, the song, the stories and the ‘craic’ of some of the legends of Irish folk music. Building on his familial ties to the late legendary Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners, Ian has been steeped in the Irish folk tradition and since his early years music was not just a hobby for him but a way of life. With Ian’s passion for Irish music and his talent for captivating audiences there is no better placed performer to pay tribute to the icons of the Irish folk scene.

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