28^th OCTOBER

FRAZEY FORD

With STEPHEN O’DOWD

Sligo Live presents Frazey Ford, in Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo on Tuesday 28th October at 8pm. Tickets €34.00 plus fees.

Frazey Ford is one of Canada’s most distinctive voices-a singer-songwriter whose music defies easy categorization. Emerging as a founding member of the folk trio The Be Good Tanyas, Ford helped pioneer a roots revival in the early 2000s that blending Americana, folk, and alt-country. Her solo career has taken her into new territory.

Ford’s 2010 debut ‘Obadiah’ introduced listeners to a more soulful, introspective side of her artistry, fusing folk with slow-burning Southern soul. She followed it with Indian Ocean in 2014, recorded in Memphis with members of Al Green legendary Hi Rhythm section.

Frazey Ford’s third album, ‘U kin B the Sun’ (2020), is a luminous, defiant work that deals with themes of transformation, healing, and inner strength. Her lyrics speak to both personal and political awakenings, delivered with a voice that’s both intimate and soaring. Whether she’s channelling soul, folk, or R&B, she delivers songs that feel lived-in, real, and rooted in the complexity of human experience.

Born and bred on the west coast of Ireland in the County of Sligo, Stephen O’Dowd has been brought up and encompassed with music. He is among the 4th generation of the O’Dowd musical family known for its roots in Irish traditional music, notably his grandparents Joe and Sheila, father Seamie and brother Rory. Stephen has been immersed in a wide variety of music drawing inspiration namely from listening to Folk artists such as Thom Moore, Planxty, John Martyn etc. Mythicising stories, encapsulating landscapes and depicting and creating characters his music leads you on a journey with 12/6 string guitar, harmonica, vocals and Irish traditional flair.

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