Loah, Saturday, July 8 at Juniper Barn as part of Cairde Sligo Arts Festival.

Loah is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of half-Irish, half-Sierra Leonean extraction. Across her solo career, she has released 3 EPs of a hypermodern fusion genre she nicknamed “ArtSoul”.

Loah’s music spans a wide berth of great loves which include Irish folk music and literature, West African rhythms and guitar, the singer-songwriter balladeer tradition, US soul music and modern production, all woven with regular nods to her Kildare childhood playing fiddle and violin in Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and Youth Orchestras.

Loah has performed at Other Voices, Ireland’s Edge has co-hosted RTE’s primetime music programme The Heart of Saturday Night alongside Una Healy and is a member of the female artist collective, Irish Women in Harmony. This is Loah’s first Sligo gig. She will be followed by long time festival favourite, DJ Will Softly.

Mark your calendars and save the date for Cairde Sligo Arts Festival, July 1 - 9, 2023.