Tomorrow is my solo show as part of the Galway Fringe festival. There is an awful lot of brilliant events going on around Galway this week between the Fringe events and the Galway Arts Festival itself, but if you drop in to Rouge on Saturday afternoon you will be treated to some songs from my album, and some newer material. They have a lovely grand piano in the venue, which I’m looking forward to trying out.
The string players I’d been hoping to use have an event that clashes with my gig, which is a pity, but there will be some beautiful additional vocals from some of the singers who sang with me at the launch nights, including the very talented Deirbhile Ni Bhrolchain, who sings with Cois Claddaigh as well as being a sean nós solo performer herself too.
My brother Kevin Brett will also be singing, and adding guitar to some of the songs. You’ll be able to catch the Athenry Guitar Orchestra he co-directs performing as part of the Fringe programme too in a lunchtime recital on Friday 27th in St. Nick’s. I’m interested to hear how well the string parts I had in mind will adapt for classical guitar instead, even if it’s just for a few of the songs.
