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Upcoming shows: Chime School... The Courettes... Douglas Dare... Will Varley... Tusks... 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... 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: 7pm on Friday 24 March 2023
Where: The Lodge at The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester M1 7HE

We’re delighted to be working with Joshua Burnside for the first time!

Joshua Burnside is an experimental folk songwriter, singer and producer. He takes influence from alternative electronica and Irish traditional song heritages, chopping and blending them with a mixture of found sounds, world music and unorthodox production methods.

‘Joshua Burnside is the best songwriter in Ireland right now, and probably beyond’ – Phil Taggart, Sirius XM

‘Rumbling, brooding, powerful, magnetic’ – The Irish Times

Tour support comes from Lemoncello. Lemoncello are amongst the brightest lights of contemporary Irish Music. Prodigiously talented and accomplished musicians in their own rights, together they are a unique and rare offering. Musically, they echo the profound integrity of Folk with song writing that is modern, never anachronistic. There’s a special deftness to Kinsella’s cello which weaves and underpins Quirke’s vulnerably introspective and knowing lyricism delivered with gentle defiance.

Live performances are filled with chemistry and humour, ‘intoxicating and sassy’ (The Journal of Music 2020). They charm audiences with charisma and personality that is irresistible and comparable to the luminaries of French Chanson, Brel and Piaf. As seasoned musicians they have collaborated with esteemed artists including Joshua Burnside, David Keenan, Sam Amidon, Lisa O’Neill and CMAT, and performed in Dublin’s legendary Vicar Street, Other Voices, CCI Paris, and Áras an Uachtaráin at the invitation of the President of Ireland.

2023 will see the release of Lemoncello’s highly anticipated debut album produced by Julie McLarnon (Analogue Catalogue Studios).

This show takes place in The Lodge – the brand new gig room on the ground floor of The Deaf Institute.

Age restriction: 14+. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

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