Daoirí Farrell

Daoirí Farrell

Sunday, 28 May 2017, 9.00pm

Daoirí is one of the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade’ Dónal Lunny

A former electrician, who decided to change profession after seeing Christy Moore perform on Irish TV, Dublin-born traditional singer and bouzouki player Daoirí (pronounced ‘Derry’) Farrell is being described by some of the biggest names in Irish folk music as one of most important singers to come out of Ireland in recent years, and has delivered the album to prove them right.  Six months after releasing the album ‘True Born Irishman’ Daoirí received won two prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017 for Best Newcomer, and Best Traditional Track and also performed live at the awards ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall. 

 

‘An album that could yet prove to be one of the most significant Irish releases of recent years.’ **** Songlines

 

Video link for websites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPI_tHNjS78

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e5qgwh/play/p04z4m4g/p04z5nzx (awards performance available until 4th May 2017)

www.daoiri.com

 

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Published by terryobrien on 24 April 2017

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