Event Details

Liam Clancy & members of Danú with Archie Fisher

Thursday 17th January 2008, 8.00pm

Old Fruitmarket

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As the youngest of the iconic Tipperary fraternity who took the world by storm in the 1950s and 60s, Liam Clancy was hailed by Bob Dylan as "the best ballad singer I ever heard in my life".

Tonight this legendary entertainer hosts a musical gathering of family and friends, along with members of the powerhouse Waterford band Danú. These Celtic Connections regulars have won numerous top awards, combining brilliantly no-holds-barred instrumental attack with the sublime singing of Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh.

Clancy's celebrated duo with his former bandmate Tommy Makem, from 1975 to 1988, was often accompanied on guitar by one Archie Fisher, who also produced several of their albums.

Nowadays the longtime presenter of BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk, Archie joins his old friend for an evening of songs, tunes and stories, no doubt including many a tribute to Makem, who died in 2007. The concert will air live as a special edition of Travelling Folk.