Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith

Friday, 1 October 2010 - 7:30pm

The 1960s and ‘70s were golden years for traditional Irish music in London when musicians played before packed audiences and sparked the revival which went on to spread back home and around the globe. And Le Chéile were the cult trad Irish group of 1970s London, producing some of the most memorable recordings of the time. The 1970s album Lord Mayo, was reissued on CD in 2006 and to coincide with that release the surviving original members master fiddler Danny Meehan, Liam Farrell (banjo), John Roe (piano) and Kevin Boyle (guitar), having recruited flautist Paul Gallagher and Andy Martyn (box), finally reunited. So now they’re back, adding powerful momentum to the revivalist movement within Irish music today with their exciting new big band mix of back to basics traditional Irish music from Donegal and Galway.

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/thelecheile#ixzz0wEEHsjO5