Yonder Boys and Mundy take on Carrick-on-Shannon

Yonder Boys play The Dock on Saturday, January 21

placeholder image — Yonder Boys play The Dock on Saturday, January 21

The Dock will host The Yonder Boys on January 21 and Mundy on January 28

The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon is kicking off the season with two big concerts.

The Yonder Boys perform on Saturday, January 21 and Mundy returns on next Saturday, January 28.

Yonder Boys, while performing on traditional folk instruments, bring a great variety of influences to the genre. This band mixes traditional, old-time, Americana sound with bluegrass, pop, Latin, and psychedelic styles.

The band features the singing duo Jason Serious (USA - vocals, guitar) and David Stewart Ingleton (Australia - vocals, banjo). Both have performed as support for names such as Billy Bragg, The Wood Brothers, Timber Timbre, Other Lives, and Nathaniel Rateliff and are accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Tomás Peralta (Chile - vocals, mandolin, banjo, bass).

Their debut album, ‘Acid Folk (2020)’ has been featured on BBC Radio, RTÉ Radio, Dublin City FM, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, and MTV Australia.

Tickets for the show are €15/€12. The concert kicks off at 8pm this Saturday night.

The Irish singer-songwriter and founder of the independent record label Camcor Records Mundy will be playing in The Dock next January 28.

Known for hits such as 'Galway Girl', 'Gin & Tonic Sky', 'Life’s A Cinch', and ‘To You I Bestow’, which featured in Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo and Juliet' (1996), Mundy has been writing and performing his music since the early 90's.

On tour, Mundy has supported some of the greats, such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, R.E.M, Oasis, White Stripes, and the Pogues, and he has even played in the White House for president Barrack Obama as part of their St Patrick's Day celebrations. Don't miss your chance to see Mundy live!

Book tickets now on www.thedock.ie or call (071) 965 0828.

EXHIBITION

The Dock exhibition featuring three Irish artists: Cecilia Bullo, Paul Hallahan, and Siún Suibhne continues in the studios until February 3. In Cecilia Bullo's contribution to this exhibition, 'Leigheas -Liminalis: antidotes for melancholic gestures', she explores the relationship between self, community, and place.

Hallahan's collection of works, take us on a journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the human mind through his paintings and video documenting this sunset.

Siún Nic Suibhne's works are 'Fragments & Fictions' consider concepts of trace and perception to explore materiality and temporality within architectural space.