CaKE - Celtic Music at its Finest

On Thursday night Cathy Jordan and Eamonn Coyne will be joined by
Kris Drever from Orkney to play
Rye Arts Festival.

Cathy Jordan is best known as singer of Dervish, from County Sligo, one of Irish music’s most renowned and enduring line-ups and who played Rye Arts Festival a couple of years ago. She is regarded by many as the most distinctive voice in Irish music today and her ability to charm an audience – from children to grandparents and everybody in between – is a match for any performer in all of Ireland as anyone who saw Dervish in Rye will testify.

Kris Drever has risen to prominence in recent years as singer / guitarist with Lau (winners of Best Act at the 2013 BBC Folk Awards). His characteristic vocal style and rich songwriting have seen him draw increasing critical acclaim and a loyal following within the folk scene.

Eamonn Coyne (banjo / tenor guitar) will be familiar to audiences as a member of folk big bands Salsa Celtica & The Treacherous Orchestra, both ensembles with a dozen or more musicians, but here, his sophisticated playing is able to come right to the fore in a trio setting. Kris & Eamonn have recently released the album Storymap as a duo, a collection of mainly traditional material which they perform with a simplicity which is both disarming, yet engaging.

Together Cathy, Kris & Eamonn will perform material drawn from each of their repertoires – their solo albums, Kris & Eamonn’s two albums as a duo, and other traditional material.

The concert starts at 8pm, with doors open  at 7.45pm, and the gig will be at Rye Community Centre. Tickets, costing £15 can be bought at the Box Office in Phillips & Stubbs from 9.30am to 1pm tel: 01797 224442. Otherwise they will be available on the door on the night.