Áine Tyrrell and her band The Midnight Tides will be live in concert at the Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, on Sunday, July 3 at 5.30pm.
From the West Coast of Ireland to a new life on the road in a 1966 Bedford Bus in Australia, Tyrrell comes singing her little heart out.
Tyrrell's music is a contemporary folk collision between the Ireland of generations gone, and the hope of tomorrow. Her songs are as honest as an old friend, warm and inviting, managing somehow to fuse melodies over rhythms which transport you directly into the mid 19th century, to a land hardened by atrocity, which the rest of the world had temporarily forgotten.
She is a singer songwriter with a sound that transcends the convention the title suggests, at times anything from tribal to fragile and heartbreaking and most of all immaculately crafted.
Tyrrell’s music cradles the spirit of her native homeland, and tips the cap to a notable family history of Irish music tradition. It has grown from those traditional Irish roots into a truly contemporary sound. Ache, honesty, and elated melodies, garnishing rhythms which a thousand years of ancestry have slammed foot to floorboards to, in both celebration and protest.
Australia's historical lineage, and love of all things Irish, stands as testament to the accolades and support she is now garnering here in her new homeland, having procured the honour of Queenscliff Music festivals emerging talent 2014 mantle. Along with receiving the invaluable and ongoing mentorship from our own revered songstress Clare Bowditch, as well as Shane Howard, Tyrrell’s audience has grown, captivated by this unique talent with her voice, stories and ability to motivate even the most reluctant of audiences into raucous sing-alongs.
Tyrrell will be accompanied by fellow musicians on uilleann pipes, percussion and upright bass.
Also on the bill are Blue Mountains locals Lime & Steel.
Lime and Steel’s roots-down banjo fiddle grooves, dust kicking hoe-downs and original folk noir convict murder ballads brush on just enough paint to catch the darker side of the Australian soul: All cut with equal parts charm and cheap wine.
Tickets: Discount $15 pre-sale available from The Metropole (during reception hours), corner of Lurline and Gang Gang Streets, Katoomba (cash only). Or + b/f card/phone 4782 5544 and online $16.50 (Including booking fees) at www.stickytickets.com.au/39217. Or $18 on the door from 5pm, July 3 (unless sold out).
