Mick Flannery plays 2 Nights @ Whelans Fri 9th & Sat 10th Dec

whelanslive

Whelanslive.com presents

MICK FLANNERY

+ Marc O’Reilly (Fri) & Special Guests (Sat)

Friday 9th & Saturday 10th December

Whelan’s Of Wexford St

Doors 8pm

TICKETS: €22 incl booking fee available to buy online now from Whelanslive.com or call WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078],

A songwriting force to be reckoned with.” - Siobhán Long, Irish Times

“Mick is a songwriter of the first order … His voice is pained, gravelly, and powerful. Recorded or live, it carries through and stops you in your tracks.” - Urban Folk, New York

Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen comparisons would rest heavy on the shoulders of most artists but modest Corkonian Mick Flannery seems to take them his stride not least because such comparisons are entirely justified having already carved out two timeless albums of finely crafted storytelling. In just a few short years Flannery has had a meteoric rise to fame from stonemason to one of Irelands most sought after musicians and is currently working on his hugely anticipated third album, the follow up to 2008s widely-acclaimed White Lies.

Since the release of White Lies Mick has played a string of sold out shows all over Ireland, one of the most notable being a double headline show at the Marquee Cork with John Spillane in 2009. In 2008 he was nominated for the Choice album awards, was cited as ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ by Hotpress readers (also making it into their 250 best Irish albums) and won ‘Best Male’ at the Meteor Awards.

Flannery is a refreshingly unassuming artist whose sole focus seems to be on his chosen craft of song-writing. A Mick Flannery gig has a feeling of intimacy to it; Flannery’s stage presence exudes no superficial gimmicks, just a man sharing his songs in an understated but powerful manner.

http://www.mickflannery.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd9q46M0lkg

whelanslive

Tonight! And tomorrow night! But not the next night!