Dublin’s singing collective ‘The Night Before Larry Got Stretched’ and Belfast’s ‘The Nightingale Singing Session’ will travel to join us in the border county town of Drogheda for a singing session the likes of which have rarely been seen!
Hosted by the Seán Corcroan Series it promises to be an unforgettable afternoon in the presence of some of the finest traditional singers in the English language and sean-nós realm.
Time: 4pm – 6pm
Date: Sat Sept 6
Venue: Old Methodist Church,
St Laurence St.
Drogheda
Kindly supported by The Reconciliation Fund
Free event. No booking required.
The Night Before Larry Got Stretched (‘Larry’ for short) is a collective of traditional singers from Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 2012, the group began hosting monthly singing sessions in The Cobblestone pub, Smithfield, with the aim of creating a youth-led space for the practice, enjoyment and dissemination of traditional singing.
Since then, ‘Larry has provided over a decade worth of programming, providing a platform for singers of all levels, from the novice to the most revered names in the Irish song tradition, such as Christy Moore, Kitty Cassidy and Nell Ní Chróinín.
“There can be few places in the world where unaccompanied singing holds such a pride of place.” – The Irish Times
“Unaccompanied singing is enjoying a glorious revival amongst a new generation of singers and listeners.” – Christy Moore
The Nightingale Singing Session
Launching in March 2022, ‘The Nightingale Singing Session’ in Belfast’s American Bar has gone from strength to strength. Welcoming and inclusive, it brings together singers from across different traditions and particularly encourages new singers.
Songs from Ireland, Scotland and England form the mainstay of material sung but songs from Canada, Korea, Spain, France and Armenia have also been sung.