THE NAOMI BERRILL TRIO
Present
‘INISH’ TOUR, FEBRUARY 2024

Music by Naomi Berrill
Naomi Berrill (cello, vocals guitar)
Lorenzo Pellegrini (guitar, synth, vocals)
Andrea Beninati (cello, drums, synth)

Tour Dates:
2 February Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
3 February Music for Wexford, Greenacres Gallery
6 February Lunchtime concert at St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick
8 February An Taibhdhearc, Galway
9 February The Sugar Club, Dublin for Spike Cello festival
10 February The Ark Theatre, Dublin (Children's event with actress Adelaide Mancuso)
11 February Duncairn, Belfast

Naomi is a cellist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer, originally from Co. Galway, currently based in Florence, Italy. Her album ‘Inish’ was released on 6th October 2023 by Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Milan, and following a successful launch in Italy, it will tour across Ireland in February 2024.

The Naomi Berrill Trio, Naomi (cello, vocals, guitar), Lorenzo Pellegrini (guitar, synth, vocals), and Andrea Beninati (cello, drums, synth), will perform at: Triskel Arts Centre, Cork (Feb 2nd), Music for Wexford (Feb 3rd), a lunchtime concert at Limerick Cathedral (Feb 6th), An Taibhdhearc, Galway (Feb 8th), the Sugar Club, Dublin for Spike Cello Festival (Feb 9th), and The Duncairn, Belfast (Feb 11th).

Naomi’s experimental approach to cello technique continues to break boundaries between musical genres.

‘Inish’ reflects life on two Islands off the west coast of Ireland: Inishark and Inishbofin. The songs in the album recount the beauty of these islands and the strength and courage of the inhabitants, but also the harsh existence of the fishing communities there. The music expresses these extremes of island life: courage, adventure, love, and light, interwoven with loneliness, danger, loss, and pain.

This album, Naomi’s fourth, marks the beginning of her collaboration with producer, guitarist and vocalist Lorenzo Pellegrini, and drummer, cellist Andrea Beninati. Working as a trio is a new performing experience for Naomi, and it generates something contemporary and exciting; a fresh combination of folk, classical and jazz where her graceful and ethereal vocals, together with the accompanying colours of multi-instrumentalists Lorenzo and Andrea, create music both evocative and powerful.

‘Sea Warrior’, the main single, is dedicated to the Irish pirate queen Grace O’ Malley: an iconic figure of feminine strength, courage, and self-belief. The award-winning video for this track was filmed in Italy by Galwegian film-maker Bulabosca, and features many women who are part of Naomi's daily life, and who represent female 'Warriors' of today's world.

Sea Warrior https://youtu.be/H8gn08EgPeg