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Upcoming shows: Rachael Lavelle... Euros Childs... Romeo Stodart & Ren Harvieu... Roddy Woomble... Mikey Kenney... Blue Bendy... John Francis Flynn... Old Sea Brigade... Coruja Jones... Good News... Myriam Gendron... Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra... Tropical Fuck Storm... Kris Drever... Erland Cooper... Pokey LaFarge... Admiral Fallow... Skinny Lister... New Starts... The Sheepdogs... The Dead Tongues... Svaneborg Kardyb... Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres + James Heather... The Unthanks in Winter... Jim Moray... Josh Rouse... Emily Barker... Gratis: Sophie Jamieson... Dustin O’Halloran... Chuck Prophet... The Ocelots... Sean Rowe... The Weather Station... Beans on Toast... Martin Kohlstedt... Nadia Reid... Danny & the Champions of the World... The Delines... Chris Brain... Heather Nova... Hayden Thorpe & Propellor Ensemble...

When: 7.30pm on Friday 12 August 2022
Where: Gullivers, 109 Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LW

We’re excited to be welcoming John Francis Flynn back to Manchester!

John Francis Flynn is a singer and multi-instrumentalist whose work centres around traditional and folk material from Ireland. He is a founding member of the band, Skipper’s Alley, with whom he has toured extensively throughout Europe and America.

While supporting Lankum on their 2019 UK tour he caught the eye of Geoff Travis and Jeanette Lee who quickly signed John to Rough Trade imprint label River Lea.

River Lea released John’s debut album I Would Not Live Always in Spring 2021. Produced by highly regarded producer Brendan Jenkinson, this release looks to continue where River Lea last left off; highlighting the enormous talent hidden away in the corners of Ireland’s folk scene.

‘Human experience burns ferociously on this extraordinary debut from the uncompromising Irish artist John Francis Flynn. An extraordinary debut’ – The Guardian

‘Double Tin Whistle and Tape-Loops. Revelatory new takes on English and Irish folk songs in the manner of Sam Amidon. A singular and striking clarity of vision’ – Uncut Magazine

Tour support comes from Iona Zajac. Her debut EP, Find Her in the Grass, is out now.

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