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Macdara Yeates “Traditional Singing from Dublin” (UK Album Launch)

Name: Macdara Yeates “Traditional Singing from Dublin” (UK Album Launch)
Start: 2025-07-04T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-04T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Irish Cultural Centre

Friday 4th July 2025, 19:30 - 22:00

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Please move down inside the row when you take your seat to allow others room to get in. Please do not sit on seats marked 'reserved'.

Remember to take all of your rubbish with you at the end. Your reusable plastic cup can be given back at the bar.

Concession

£13.00

Tickets will be scanned at the door of the auditorium, around the far corner of the bar. Please bring a paper or digital copy of this ticket QR Code with you.

Please bring your Concession ID to be checked if you have purchased a concession.

Please do not take drink glasses into the auditorium. If you order a drink at the bar it will be served in a plastic cup.

Please move down inside the row when you take your seat to allow others room to get in. Please do not sit on seats marked 'reserved'.

Remember to take all of your rubbish with you at the end. Your reusable plastic cup can be given back at the bar.

Date and time

Friday 4th July 2025, 19:30 - 22:00

Location

Irish Cultural Centre, 5 Black's Road, London, Greater London, W6 9DT, United Kingdom

Description

Macdara Yeates “Traditional Singing from Dublin” UK Album Launch

The ICC is delighted to present the launch of the debut solo album by the magnificent folk singer Macdara Yeates, who was recently nominated for “Best Folk Singer” (along with Christy Moore), at the RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards 2025!

Fri 04 July 2025

Doors: 7.30pm; Starts: 8pm

Tickets: £15/£13 (concessions)

The Album “Traditional Singing from Dublin”, marks a new arrival on the Irish folkscape. Named in MOJO’s Top 10 Folk Albums of the Year, the ten-track effort features a rich store of old and weathered folk songs, ranging from the comic and surreal to the mournful and disconsolate. Siobhán Long of The Irish Times writes: “Raucous, bawdy, reflective and wistful in turn, Traditional Singing from Dublin is a candid, clear-eyed snapshot from a singer who is finally stepping into the spotlight.”

Macdara Yeates is an Irish folk singer. Born and raised in Dublin, Yeates is one of a crop of artists associated with the recent resurgence of young folk talent in the Irish capital, alongside acts such as Lankum, Ye Vagabonds, and Landless. In 2012, Macdara became a founding member of The Night Before Larry Got Stretched, a monthly Dublin folk gathering, counting such luminaries as Lisa O’Neill, Ian Lynch and Radie Peat (Lankum) among its earliest attendees. Then, from 2013 to 2017, Yeates served as a member of seven-piece trad ensemble Skipper’s Alley, recording and touring across the UK, Europe, India, Canada, and the USA.

With a stentorian voice described as “a bracing, baleful, baritone that sounds as if it’s been dug from the deepest, most fragrant turf” (Songlines), Macdara Yeates is ploughing his furrow as a solo performer, garnering critical praise for his solo debut (★★★★★ Songlines, ★★★★ The Irish Times) and performing on some of the most coveted stages in folk music, from An Góilín Traditional Singers’ Circle to the Sidmouth Folk Festival.

What the Press Say….

“Macdara Yeates: Traditional Singing from Dublin” Passes the torch in Dublin city’s vocal tradition – Possessed of a crystal-clear voice with echoes of the style of Luke Kelly and the emotional depth-charge of Liam Weldon, Yeates’s full-bodied singing is never anything but his own” Siobhan Long- The Irish Times

“One of the year’s most essential Irish albums.” – The Thin Air

“An absolutely stunning singer. A complete tour de force.” – The Sid Valley Folk Show

“In a golden age for traditional singing in Ireland, Yeates’s debut comes as a further welcome affirmation that the torch is being passed to a generation who truly understand and value its worth, while acknowledging that they are not afraid to inhabit it with their own particular voice.” – The Irish Times

“Young Dublin singer Macdara Yeates specialises in Dublin songs, unaccompanied, or backing himself with guitar or bodhran; ‘Yeates is possessed of a crystal clear voice that contains echoes of the declamatory style of Luke Kelly”.. Irish Independent.

Listen to a Track from “Traditional Singing from Dublin”:

https://on.soundcloud.com/Ewk1z9nK3JkqgFq7A

Macdara Yeates talks about his new album to HOT PRESS

Macdara Yeates in The Journal Of Music

Macdara Yeates talks to Siobhan Long at The Irish Times

More about Macdara Yeates

Instagram: @macdarayeates

X: @darayeates

Facebook: facebook.com/macdara.yeates

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