Wellness Festival 2022
The music of Craig Ó Mathúna has been described as at once familiar and yet hard to quite put a finger on. Eclectic. Firmly rooted in rock, with, at times, elements of Irish folk and flamenco-fusion, off-beat rhythms and syncopation combine with exploratory often unexpected chord progressions. Craig’s lyrics are at once personal, sometimes cryptic, but always with an underlying universality. Often described as music for musicians, or more accurately music for music lovers, and that’s perfectly fine with him.
Alfonso Salas Norris was born in Buenos Aires on June 9, 1979.
Alfonso Salas Norris is an Argentine rock artist. In his shows he also marks a step through folklore and Argentine tango.
Instagram @alfonsosalasnorris
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“Ciara defines herself as a promising artist capable of delving into difficult themes about the human experience, all the while turning them into melodic pieces of beauty” -New Irish Songs To Hear This Week, HotPress, May 2023
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Listen to my latest music here: https://linktr.ee/ciaralawless
“Ciara defines herself as a promising artist capable of delving into difficult themes about the human experience, all the while turning them into melodic pieces of beauty” -New Irish Songs To Hear This Week, HotPress, May 2023
Kiruu is a singer/guitarist/pianist whose music combines influences from his mixed cultural background of Ireland, the Mediterranean, and East Africa. He released his album "Super Feo Express" in 2019, and the Equinox music video in summer 2022, and is currently finalising plans for a new EP of piano music and some exciting new collaborations.
This is George, the creator of the Elemental Dance Journey.
The Elemental Dance Journey is a journey of listening, moving and feeling deeply into the body to connect with the memory and creativity in our cells, moving to the music to bring the energy in those cells forward to be seen, felt and expressed.
Christian Wethered [pron. wether-red’] is a poet and songwriter based in Dublin. His debut album, ‘Mon Petit Jardin’, featured in Hotpress' top folk albums of 2021. His songs have been broadcast on RTE1, RTE Culture and TodayFM.
He most recently played at Hot Press' Y&E, The Ruby Sessions, Electric Picnic, Ireland Music Week and First Fortnight.
Recent exposure saw him play the Main Stage at Beyond the Pale Festival, as well as a series of gigs through Selective Memory, where he supported Hayden Thorpe of Wild Beasts, amongst others.
This year the music video for his single 'La Madeleine' won 'Best Music Video' at the Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival, and is also an 'Official Selection' for the Prague Short-film Festival 2023. Wethered also sings in the Discovery Gospel Choir, and performs poetry and spoken word across Ireland. His debut poetry book, was co-winner of the Melita Hume Prize.
With two studio albums to her credit Polly Barrett is no stranger to the creative process of writing and recording albums. However, it took the birth of her son and her rebirth as an artist for Polly to find her authentic truth. Recorded in her home in West Cork Sapling be… is fully dedicated to her son who came up with name itself as he strummed the guitar as a toddler. Saturated in Polly’s new home life the record is imbued with her struggles as writer’s block got its angry claws into her and the ethereal, meditative peace she found and made for herself in West Cork as she navigates the path of motherhood.
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NEEV is a singer-songwriter hailing from Galway. Self-taught in her craft, her influences range from jazz, neo-soul, progressive and everything in between. Her music and creative process is inspired by life experiences and translating them into soulful rhymes. Expect catchy guitar riffs combined with mystical and metaphorical words. After years of playing solo, NEEV has now formed a full piece band to bring her songs even more to life.
Comfy Concerts - an idea originally born from the frustration of performing music in loud environments.... I wanted to create a space where music can really be heard and therefore work its magic without distractions, where people don't have to wonder how to behave and react to it. Comfy Concerts is aiming to be exactly that, ambient relaxed environment, soft light, candles, mats, sheepskins and blankets, where you can curl up and be comfortable and relax for an hour or so, daydream, snooze, plan your next novel, whatever, anything! Add one woman and her cello, loop pedals and a bit of voice at times - and improvised music will be born on the night. Based in West Cork, Ireland.
Brought to you by Lea Miklody, a Hungarian born musician and market gardener. Lea Miklody is a Hungarian born musician and market gardener based in West Cork. With cello, voice, and loop station she creates experimental and ambient instrumental soundscapes that bring listeners to a quiet space of inner journey and connection. Layer upon layer of bowed, plucked, and strummed cello loops weave seamlessly, ebbing and flowing from near-symphonic force to delicate stillness, only to be further enhanced by Lea's evocative singing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNLP7-8BJoQ www.soundcloud.com/comfyconcerts
Sarah Franklyn is a songwriter, session vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and arranger, and has toured across the globe as a musician & vocalist with artists such as Hans Zimmer & Sally Oldfield, Trinidadian soul & pop singer Mac Kissoon and numerous opener “special guest” slots that include Paul Brady and Shane McGowan & the Popes & Solas at the Great American Music Hall & Luka Bloom, Jim Campilongo at Slim’s, in San Francisco. Kenya-born, her song-writing palette draws from the rhythms of her African homeland & the genre of Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt – soul, jazz, trad. & blues. She is currently working on her second solo album.
William, Rupert, Louis & Alice having a whole lot of fun. The band got together for 2022 Festival and are reappearing bigger and better than last year with lots of well known tunes and their own!
Emma is a singer and (left handed) guitar player originally from Co. Wexford but recently returned to Ireland after many years living in Sydney where she has performed live at various intimate venues. Largely self taught, she is inspired by soul, jazz and folky classics and performs a range of covers with an original twist from a variety of soulful artists. Her unique voice has a relaxing folky sound, evoking subtle and emotive musical notes.
Ru is an Offaly-born, Dublin-based folk musician. He works primarily in the area of Arts and Healthcare, utilising the healing and enlivening power of our music. Ru is a collaborator with various other ventures; including Erebidae Circus (providing an ambient sonic backdrop to immersive aerial theatre, exploring mythology), A Clatter and Drone (psychedelic folk-rock band), and aerialist Polina Shapkina.
As a solo performer, Ru offers a selection of original interpretations of songs from the Celtic canon, and beyond. All of which are chosen, arranged and sung with grá.
Having previously supported acts such as Hudson Taylor, Hermitage Green, Paddy Casey, Declan O'Rourke, Mark Geary, I Draw Slow; Keith recently opened for a sold out Hothouse Flowers show in Mayo's TF Royal's Ruby Rooms. Performing songs that contain different styles of acoustic fingerpicking, played percussively - lays the foundation for the lyrics to tell stories of love, death and life. Often accompanied by the roaring waves of cellist Maeve Kelly and the tasteful ticking acoustics of Shane Smith.
The live set and songs can be described as alternative folk with influence from both classic and contemporary songwriters and guitar players. A sound that offers a rich blend of acoustic instruments with elements of Irish melody and storytelling, blues and folk. Keith had tracks aired repeatedly on Today FM and Beat 102-103 in 2017 but has since taken a step back from his college-pop sound and engulfed in a love for all things acoustic and organic sounding.
Barefoot Gypsies are a free spirited alt/indie folk act from Cork, Ireland brandishing raw, honest and untamed original songs from the soul.
Playing festivals such as Electric Picnic, Fuinneamh, Healing Bridges and Kinsale Arts Weekend as well as many intimate shows around the country and internationally the duo are a lease of new life and a breath of fresh air. They often feature guest musicians and work with different visual elements.
Led by Luc O'Rourke, Barefoot Gypsies dance between fiery mysticism and cold reality. Melting genres, vibes and emotional landscapes together, these wildlings take their audiences from the solemn depths of despair to howling fits of giggles in the blink of an ear.
Luc plays multiple instruments, writes and sings.
Bobbi weaves in etheric and angelic vocals to the mix, with some percussive elements too.
Sprinkled in amongst the musical pieces are bold & embodied spoken-word performances which range from verbal nature-baths to hearty calls for inner revolution and the unleashing of our wild, free and authentic selves.
The band’s debut single “Be Free” has been well received, gaining national and international radio play as well as featuring in playlists such as Golden Plec, Amazing Radio US and Spotify’s Release Radar as well as podcast features the likes of TPOE and Discover TV South Africa. The song captures some of Barefoot Gypsies core values with easy listening, evocative vibes as well as a catchy and uplifting chorus.
Erin & The Lens hailing from Cork are set to take you on a sonic adventure as they grow and journey their way into musical bliss.
Erin Luna Gallagher on lead vocals is a singer and songwriter, her writing paints a detailed picture of life, the nuances of the human experience and the mystical that allows for the listeners to have a visceral experience as the emotions bleed through her voice. Billy Whelan offering beautiful sounds on guitar from delicate riffs that enter ethereal worlds to powerful solos. Kate Byrne brings the house down by dominating time from behind the drums with grooves and fills that will make you lose control of your body, all binded together in the deep pool of lower frequencies created by Gabriel Alarcom on bass who is a master at his craft.
Bringing a message with them this band raises the energy and aims to focus our lens of perception on the heart and all our rawness.
Mamacha (from the Bolivian word for woman) celebrates the creative and healing force of feminine energy through positive music. Formed in 2021 in West Cork, they have been working on a diverse line up of styles and instrumentation, with influences from across the globe.
They are: Kate Liddell (UK) on five stringed fiddle, flugelhorn and vocals, Mira Geluk (Ireland) on vocals, guitar, ngoni and percussion, Armando Ramírez (Mexico) on charango, percussion and bass, Lea Miklody (Hungary) on cello & loop pedal and David Kelly (Ireland) on bodhran & drum kit.
Slí na Croí are an Irish-based ensemble delivering both stage sets and village fete style performances of traditional Malinké percussion and song from Upper Guinea, West Africa. The group was founded by Barra Ó Flannaigh, who has journeyed to the heart of the music in Guinea on multiple occasions to immerse himself in the culture and rhythms of the Malinké people. An ancient and highly intricate art form, the primal energy and depth of Slí na Croí live shows bring a joyous celebration of life, dance and vitality.
"Slí na Croí are the masters of raw village style percussion and song. Expect a high energy set and an impulse to shake your bones!"
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Bog Bodies : Bog Bodies are a heavy folk outfit from Tipperary, formed by Irish songwriter Dan Maher. Their genre-bending, high-energy folk sound is somewhere between Christy Moore, Kíla and Rage Against The Machine with a dash of psychedelia for good measure.
Bog Bodies alt folk sound has been gripping audiences across Ireland from Uisneach Fire Fest, Doolin Folk Festival, Stendhall Festival, Live Stock Festival to a sold out show at TempleBar TradFest earlier in the year.
Bog Bodies’ songs are charged from the ancient megalithic sites and are often political, ethereal and Celtic in theme.
Their latest album “Reclaim the Ritual” was released in November 2022… at a time when there is so much to be said, and so little being said they’re definitely a band to watch for.
Live gigs are Grá!
One of the most unique bands that has ever emerged from the land of Éiriú, @tauandthedronesofpraise is awakening an ancient remembrance through their ecstatic folk-psych music that fully embraces the natural world and living ancestry, through joyful experimentation and deeply rooted sonics. Their most recent album, Misneach' is an inspired soundscape that echoes eclectic and eccentric atmospheres: traditional Irish folk, outsider pop, global sacred music and drone rock.
Tau & the Drones of Praise have been touring with the Mongolian folk metal band called The Hu this Summer which culminated at an spirited crescendo in the Iveagh Gardens supporting Damien Dempsey. Their performances are an enlivening ritual experience that will guide you through the Otherworld and leave you with a sense of celebration, connection and renewed hope - all of which are very close to our mission and vision here at Hidden Hearth
A gig not to be missed this Samhain season - Tau and the Drones of Praise are sure to awaken your whole being ceremoniously on the woodland dancefloor amidst the spirits of the forest.
Rónán Ó Snodaigh is a songwriter, composer, musician, poet and founding member and lead vocalist in the musical group Kíla. He has revolutionised the playing of the bodhrán and written many songs in Irish and English. He has written and released seven solo albums.
Amongst the many percussion instruments Ó Snodaigh plays are bodhrán, djembe, congas, and bongos. He also plays the guitar and to a lesser extent the harp.
Following the success of Rónán Ó Snodaigh and Myles O’Reilly’s debut album Tá Go Maith, which was warmly received by audiences after its release in May 2020, Rónán and Myles have been playing numerous shows at home and abroad, showcasing their unique sound to an ever-growing fanbase.
Having written and developed new songs while touring, the duo decamped to a log cabin in Roscommon and a farmhouse in remote West Cork to work on ‘The Beautiful Road’. Recording one song every day, surrounded by countryside and inspired by nature the pair set out to create a soothing listening experience by focusing on higher frequencies, inspired by the calming effects of bird song, wind, rain, and sea.
Caoivín (pronounced "kwee-veen") is a producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist forging a soulful new Gaelic sound. Born into a musical family, he began playing traditional Irish music at the tender age of 5 and spent the majority of his early childhood summers travelling to and from various different fleadhs and music weeks. In his late teens and early twenties, he began to develop an interest in a wide variety of other genres outside of the traditional music realm which led him to discover most notably electronic dance music and its many forms.
The unique sound of Caoivín takes influence from the range of musical styles which the musician has been exploring from that point up until now, while being rooted at the same time to the long unbroken lineage of tradition on which he was reared.
Alfonso Salas Norris was born in Buenos Aires on June 9, 1979.
Alfonso Salas Norris is an Argentine rock artist. In his shows he also marks a step through folklore and Argentine tango.
Instagram @alfonsosalasnorris
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