Irish folk music legends Dervish will take to the stage in Kendal this year.
Recently recognised with a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, the band will perform at Brewery Arts in May.
The six-piece – Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán and bones), Brian McDonagh (mandola), Tom Morrow (fiddle), Michael Holmes (bouzouki), Shane Mitchell (accordion) and Liam Kelly (flute, whistles) – are globally recognised as masters of the Irish folk genre.
Having devoted the last three decades to reviving and reinventing the traditional songs of their homeland, Dervish were widely celebrated in 2019 for their album The Great Irish Songbook, which featured a host of celebrated performers, including Vince Gill, Rhiannon Giddens and Steve Earle, among many others.
They will appear at Brewery Arts on Saturday, May 21.
The band’s co-founder Shane said: “We are really looking forward to putting on a show in Kendal and getting back in front of audiences across England and Wales that we have not seen for some time. We are very much in a nostalgic mood these days and we are digging deeper into our back catalogue and bringing back some of our older material which we have not done for a while.”
Dervish’s founding members were childhood friends in County Sligo. As young musicians in 1989, the band members were commissioned to record an album of music from the renowned Sligo tradition. Despite a huge international response, Dervish turned down record-deal offers and launched their own label, releasing their sophomore effort Harmony Hill in 1993, which immediately climbed the Irish charts.
Through the years, Dervish have appeared at some of the world’s biggest festivals, from Glastonbury to Rock in Rio.
To catch Dervish at Brewery Arts, visit www.breweryarts.co.uk/event/dervish-2022/.
