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The second edition of Féile MOTH is just over a month away!

We’re proud to unveil the full lineup, celebrating the wide spectrum of Irish folk and traditional music, featuring both legends and contemporaries.

JUNE

WED 24
📍 Lanzarote Works
An evening with @horslipsofficial
Hosted by Donal Fallon

Horslips’ Barry Devlin and Jim Lockhart sit down with Donal Fallon to dive into the “Original Kings of Celtic Rock”’s long and varied career.

THU 25
📍 MOTH Club
@dugworld
+ @ruarimusic

DUG’s music stems from roots in musical traditions spanning both sides of the pond. In one breath, echoing the great American folk troubadours, and in another, comfortably channelling the elder statesmen of Irish folk.

FRI 26
📍 MOTH Club
@muireann_bradley
+ @niamh.bury

Muireann Bradley is a once-in-a-generation talent; aged just eighteen, the Irish guitarist and singer has captivated audiences worldwide with her interpretations of classic blues songs.

SAT 27
📍 Lanzarote Works (Matinee)
Legendary Folk Instrument Series #7
Séamus Ennis & Liam O’Flynn’s Uilleann Pipes
feat. Louise Mulcahy & Pádraic Mac Mathúna

Louise Mulcahy and Pádraic Mac Mathúna perform on sets of uilleann pipes owned by two of Ireland’s greatest traditional musicians, Séamus Ennis and Planxty’s Liam O’Flynn.

📍 MOTH Club (Evening)
Leo O’Kelly sings Tír na nÓg
feat. Sarah Allen
+ @zoe.basha

Hear the songs of legendary Irish duo Tír na nÓg sung by founding member and singer Leo O’Kelly. With special guest Sarah Allen.

SUN 28
📍 Lanzarote Works (Matinee)
40 Years of Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
feat. Jem Finer & Spider Stacy (@thepoguesofficial)
Hosted by Donal Fallon

Donal Fallon sits down with Jem Finer and Spider Stacy from The Pogues, to dive into the making of their 1985 landmark album Rum, Sodomy & the Lash.

📍 MOTH Club (Evening)
@ispini_na_heireann
+ @thewranmusic, @doireannnighlacain

Steeped in Dublin’s rich traditional music scene, Ispíní na hÉireann (fronted by Tomás Mulligan, Paahto Cummins, and Declan Gillen) brings together some of Ireland’s most exciting and talented contemporary musicians, cultivating a sound that is fiercely original and unmistakably Irish.

@cultureireland
@lukedrozd

Welcome in the summer with @Goblin.Band for May Day at @EartHackney Theatre, next Friday 1st May. Folk song, Morris dancing & more...

Joined by @JimGhediMusic & @OwenSpaffordd, @JenniferBalladss and The @Belles_Of_London_City.

Final Tickets 🎟️ @DiceFM

#broadsidehacks #goblinband #mayday #morrisdancing #finaltickets

Tonight’s show in London has sold out.

Here are the timings for tonight:
Doors 19:30
Adam Curry (banjo extraordinaire) 20:00-20:30
Brown Wimpenny 21:00-22:30
Session 23:00-01:00

Luckily for those that missed out on a ticket, we will be playing another London headline on 12th June at MOTH Club.

Here is the poster for it, designed by our very own @arkorbel

Don’t sleep on it 🐏

Tonight, Yorkshire folk songwriter @ChrisBrainMusic brings Red Sun Rising to London’s @MothClub - intimate, atmospheric songs shaped by landscape, memory and movement. With support from BBC’s “one to watch” @NatalieWildgoose.

Final few tickets 🎟️ dice.fm

#chrisbrain #mothclub #finaltickets #broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

Another great night out on Saturday at the @theatreship with the engaging brotherly tones of the @theocelotsmusic. The songs were given the full band treatment (with assistance from another set of brothers -@lorcan__byrne and @bascillian ) -which was a real treat. The lads are on tour in the UK so catch them next in your town if you can #ocelots #theatreship @broadsidehacks

This Saturday, the incredible @JerronPaxton brings his timeless blend of blues, ragtime and old-time American folk music to @EartHackney in London.

Fresh from live sessions on @BBCRadio2 with @Cerys6Music, and following his standout appearance on Later with @Jools.Holland.Official, Jerron is one of the most captivating roots musicians around right now.

Saturday 16 May — final tickets on sale now 🎟️ earthackney.co.uk

With support from @SpitzerSpaceTelescope.

#jerronpaxton #london #finaltickets #blues

On Saturday 27 June, the day after Tinderbox comes out, there will be a launch and signing at @nextdoorrecords_ Two at 3pm, so if you would like an extra long lunch break on that day then come by🌰

@jerronpaxton (@smithsonianfolkways) returns to London @earthackney this weekend May 16, with support from @spitzerspacetelescope.

Final tickets available from dice.fm

@jerronpaxton (@smithsonianfolkways) returns to London @earthackney this weekend May 16, with support from @spitzerspacetelescope.

Final tickets available from dice.fm

28 | 06
Jem Finer & Spider Stacy @thepoguesofficial
In conversation with Donal Fallon @threecastlesburning
(Féile MOTH)

📍 @lanzaroteworks

Tickets on sale Friday 10AM via dice.fm

Rocketing out of the vinyl, the three-minute blast of The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn is a perfect opener for Rum, Sodomy & The Lash: energetic but shot through with darkness and death while retaining an indefatigable determination. Shane reimagines Irish folklore warrior Cú Chulainn on his deathbed with operatic tenors John McCormack and Richard Tauber singing by his side. The song also name-checks Irish Republican Frank Ryan, who fought in both the Irish and Spanish Civil Wars. Indicative of MacGowan’s prodigious literacy and historical knowledge that informed his songwriting, it follows a similar – yet amped-up – narrative to traditional folk standard and Dubliners favourite Finnegan’s Wake; the protagonist is thought to be dead but revives to carry on drinking and carousing.

“There’s a doughtiness there,” says accordionist James Fearnley, on how the opening track epitomises the album’s overall theme. “He’s just going to keep going. There’s a determination; despite the circumstances, we’re all going to live”.

The album’s morbid mood is reflected by its sleeve. Suggested by Jem’s wife Marcia, it features the band members superimposed onto characters on The Raft Of The Medusa, a bleak 18th-century painting by Theodore Géricault that depicts dying and incapacitated shipwreck survivors floundering in turbulent seas, desperately clinging to the remains of a boat in anguish and despair, searching for a route to survival. It’s the ideal image to express the dark and haunted songs: the anti-war Wilfred Owen-influenced A Pair Of Brown Eyes and cover of And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda; the exhilarating but lachrymose Sally MacLennane; the plight of the Irish labourer in Navigator; the distressing ballad The Old Main Drag; the anti-imperialist satire of Billy’s Bones – and even the fate of an American Robin Hood-style folk hero. - Alex Burrows

#ThePogues #RumSodomyandtheLash

Evening sold out, matinee now on sale.

📍 @theatreship

Tickets via dice.fm

🎨: @caiowheelhouse

#PierreBensusan

Field of Men by Spitzer Space Telescope #folkmusic #feeld

9 | 10
Mark Fry plus guests perform Dreaming with Alice

This will be the first time ever the record has been performed in full.

With support from Bridget Hayden

📍 @earthackney

Tickets on sale now via dice.fm

Mark Fry was 19 - had just left school and was in Italy studying painting - when he walked barefoot into RCA’s Italian subsidiary, played some songs he’d written on his guitar and was signed to record the album that would become Dreaming with Alice. Having been paired with members of the Scottish band Middle of the Road - who were in Rome while under contract to RCA Italiana - they convened in a basement home studio with two 4-track reel-to-reel recorders and Mark’s visions coalesced in a dreamy, airy manner - “Nick Drake meets Dr. Strangely Strange with a touch of Lewis Carroll” The Word Magazine would later write.

#MarkFry #DreamingwithAlice