Irish Singer-Songwriter to Perform at Mountain City Traditional Arts

Wednesday, April 9, 7:30 PM

Seán Tyrrell, Irish Folk Singer

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Mountain City Traditional Arts will host a performance by Irish Singer-songwriter Seán Tyrrell, Wednesday, April 9 at 7:30 pm. Seán’s American tour kicks off the release of his 7th solo CD, “Moonlight on Galway Bay,”featuring a strong mix of Irish standards—songs that his US audience will be sure to recognize. 

“Like a lot of traditional musicians,” said Tyrrell, “the songs went over our heads mainly because of the way the lyrics have been treated over produced, laced sickly sweet. I have grown very fond of them and they have been part of my live performances for quite sometime. I hope I have treated them with the respect and delicacy that they deserve.”

Remembering the earliest stirrings of this idea for a CD which was unlike anything he’d done before, Tyrrell recalls, “An old lady came to the stage, ‘Young man will you sing Galway Bay for me?’ Mam I said  have never sung that song in my life and I suggested maybe the Isle Of Innisfree. As she made her way slowly back to her seat I thought I had to honour the request.  I apologized to the audience, said I needed a bit of time to find the key for the song. I had heard it so often I felt I might remember a lot of it. I did and when I came to those lines, ‘They might as well go chasing after moonbeams, Or light a penny candle from a star,’ I realised what I had missed for years. . .Thank you old lady who ever you for opening my eyes and ears.”

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