On Six Days In Down two cutting edge talents on the Irish music scene, the masterful uilleann piper John McSherry and fiddle virtuoso Dónal O’Connor, join forces with the globe-trotting slide-guitarist Bob Brozman to explore fresh perspectives on the living tradition. Featuring the haunting vocals of Stephanie Makem, the trio deliver an album of startling beauty with splashes of gentle humour.
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'what a triumph...a joyous fusion' fRoots
20 October Empire Music Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Tickets available from Monday 23rd August 2010 at 12 noon (GMT) onwards £14/£12 (conc) from 028 9097 1197 and www.belfastfestival.com
21 October Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Tickets £15 from 028 3752 1821 and www.marketplacearmagh.com
22 October North Down Museum, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Tickets £10/£8 (conc) from 028 9127 1200 and www.northdown.gov.uk/arts
23 October The Lodge, Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
Tickets £10/£8 (conc) from 028 4461 0747
24 October Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Tickets €16/€14 (conc) from (+353) 01 272 4030 and www.mermaidartscentre.ie (Part of the 3 for 33 ticket deal – contact venue for details)
26 October Café Oto, London
Tickets £10 in advance from www.cafeoto.co.uk / £12 on the door
27 October Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Northern Ireland
Tickets £10 from 028 8224 7831 and www.struleartscentre.co.uk