International artists Ashley Davis and Cormac De Barra will perform and chat about Irish music. Davis crosses musical traditions with soft-spoken music that conjures a genre and world all its own.
Who is Ashley Davis? Think Joni Mitchell meets contemporary Celtic and you’ll get something like the creative force of Davis, an American singer-songwriter whose voice drifts over the Great Plains, north to New York City, and across the Atlantic. While this mash-up may classify her work, Davis’s unique ability to capture and cross musical traditions ultimately transcends comparison. Her soft-spoken music conjures a genre and world all of its own.
Alongside of Davis will be Cormac De Barra. A native of Dublin, De Barra was raised in an Irish-speaking family of musicians and singers. He is a third generation harper, having first studied Irish harp with his grandmother, Róisín Ní Shé, before studying concert harp in the United States. De Barra has performed across the globe both as a solo artist and with many of Ireland’s most respected and well-known artists including Clannad, Dervish, Altan, Moya Brennan and Brian Kennedy.
Watch a clip of their music. You can also check out some of her CDs from the library catalog.tscpl.org.
Music for a Sunday Afternoon is made possible by The Library Foundation through contributions from The National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
AGE GROUP: | Teens (6th - 12th Grade) | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Music & Entertainment |
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