Tues 4th July

8pm

Tickets €30

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WORLD PREMIER
Liam Clancy and Odetta first met in Greenwich Village in New York City in the late 1950’s. He a young Irish lad running away from the oppression of Catholic Ireland and a life in the Insurance business, she a strident young black woman escaping the segregation and injustices of the US. There in the melting pot of The Village they shared the songs of their respective heritages in the back room of the White Horse Tavern surrounded by such luminaries as Pete Seager, Theo Bikel and ... not to mention Paddy and Tom Clancy and Tommy Makem. In among the crowd was another escapee, a young Robert Zimmerman, fresh from Hibbing, Minnesota.

While Liam will need little by way of introduction to Irish audiences, Odetta, is less well known on this side of the Atlantic. However in the US she is adored. In 1964 she was anointed "Queen of American Folk Music" by Martin Luther King. In 1999, some 35 years later the New York Times called her  "Mother Goddess of Folk/Blues". In short she is one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century with no less than 26 solo recordings in her catalogue.

Fifty years on from the heady days in the White Horse Tavern these two legendary troubadours are back together, trading stories and songs from their extensive repertoires in an evening of magical promise.

Guitar: Paul Grant
Mandoline, Guitar and Banjo: Kevin Evans
Piano: tbc