Louise Barker

Mudlark Ballads, the upcoming album from Irish folk singer Macdara Yeates, arrives on streaming platforms, CD and vinyl on September 4th 2026. Ahead of the release, Macdara shares ‘Alexander’, a doleful Irish love song in which a would-be suitor draws on mythology, scripture and ancient history in a desperate attempt to woo his love.

The Séan Corcoran Series returns for its fourth edition with its most ambitious programme yet and a line-up that maps the intergenerational traces from some of our most enduring cultural icons, to those working in music, song, literature, dance, and visual art today.

Eddi Reader & Alan Kelly Gang Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and mesmerizing songstress, Eddi Reader, of Fairground Attraction fame teams up with Ireland’s own piano accordion maestro, Alan Kelly and his gang of acclaimed musicians featuring Steph Geremia on flute and vocals, John Douglas (Trashcan Sinatras), the masterful and innovative guitarist, songwriter and singer Kris Drever (Lau) and Jim Higgins (Christy Moore, The Stunning) on percussion.