Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin with Sally in the Woods in Carrick-on-Shannon
The concert takes place on Saturday, April 20, at 8pm
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin with Sally in the Woods is set to play at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, on Saturday, April 20, at 8pm.
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháinis a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. His musical roots are in sean-nós singing - the style of his father - and he grew up listening to the likes of Sorcha Ní Ghuairim, Seán ‘ac Dhonncha, Colm Ó Caoidheáin, and other greats from the tradition.
He is also influenced by folk singers from the English language tradition such as Liam Weldon, Luke Kelly, Anne Briggs, Margaret Barry, and Thomas McCarthy.
Eoghan is a member of the band Skipper’s Alley. He has worked with Mary Ann Kennedy from Scotland and Ruth Keggin from the Isle of Man on their Aon Teanga: Un Chengey album (2015).
He has performed with folk/electronica band Jiggy and is featured on their albums Translate (2017) and Hypernova (2020).
Sally in the Woods was brought into being by Liverpool-born singer and mandola player Sophie Bostock in Spring 2022 after spending the lockdown living on a narrowboat on the canals and rivers of southwest England.
Sophie spent the previous year in Dublin studying traditional Irish music and honing her singing skills.
The return to the river provided the perfect place to delve deeply into traditional music archives. Sally in the Woods both lends its name from and is ideologically inspired by Sally Gibson, a herbalist who squatted a cabin in the woods near Bath in the late 1700s.
The songs are radical retellings of stories passed down through the English, Scottish, Irish, and American folk traditions, focusing on the strong women who have carried us to where we are now.
Sophie is accompanied by a band of skilled musicians, including Jess Collins (Percussive Dance, Fiddle), Rhona Dalling (Fiddle, Banjo), Alice Cade (Percussive Dance, Flute, Whistles), Jessica Styles (Concertina, Whistles.