Cormac Begley
Sunday / Domhnach
Saorchead isteach do leanaí/Kids free
BYOC – bring your own chair (más maith leat)
Ár laoch áitiúil, Cormac Begley, agus é i measc chrainn dhúchasacha an Dísirt.
Cormac’s career has gone from strength to strength over the past year; selling out Vicar Street, headlining the National Concert Hall, headlining the closing performance of the Other Voices, winning Best Folk Instrumentalist 2022 at the RTÉ Folk Awards and Irish Times Album of the Year 2022, with his second solo album ‘B’. The album ‘B’ celebrates the bass concertina, a very rare instrument and on this album Cormac uses two Dipper-made Bass concertinas to record all 12 tracks. His bold choice to concentrate solely on the bass and baritone register, the first album of it’s kind in any musical genre, has not gone unnoticed for all the right reasons and it has been described as ‘Album of the decade’ Donal Dineen, ‘The musical gift that keeps on giving’ The Irish Times, seven five star reviews and ‘Groundbreaking’ RTÉ Arena. The album and tracks from the album were nominated over three categories at the RTE Folk Awards 2022 for ‘Best Folk Album’, ‘Best Folk Track’ and ‘Best Original Folk Track’. His original composition ‘To War’ went viral with over 40 million views across multiple social media channels.
Rugadh agus tógadh Cormac i nGaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne, áit a bhfuil traidisiún ceoil a mhuitire préamhaithe go domhain. He plays thirteen concertinas that range from bass to piccolo register. Cormac’s daring and soul stirring approach to the playing of the concertina has opened up the instrument to a broader audience; garnering attention from renowned choreographer and director Michael Keegan Dolan. Dolan’s award winning, sell out show ‘Mám’ heavily features Cormac’s playing and music and led to a documentary film based on the show, ‘The Dance’ (IFTA nominated 2022) directed by Pat Collins. Tá Cormac tar éis comhoibriú le scata ceoltóirí eile agus is féidir é a chlos ar na halbaim is déanaí atá ag Lankum, Ye Vagabonds, Stephen James Smith agus Lisa O’Neill, agus tá sé tar éis bheith ar tour le Lisa O’Neil, Liam O’Connor, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Rushad Eggleston, Ye Vagabonds agus Martin Hayes. His long-standing musical relationship with Lisa O’Neill saw them feature in the last scene of the BBC / Netflix series ‘Peaky Blinders’. Cormac, his father Breandán and his 40 year old camper van Beauty returned to TG4’s screens in the second series of ‘Slí na mBeaglaoich’ giving us a musical insight to Ireland’s southern coastline.
