Lumiere play Whelan's on Saturday September 1st

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LUMIERE
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Saturday 1st September
Whelan's Of Wexford St
Doors 8pm
Tickets €14 (including booking fee) available to buy online from www.wavtickets.ie or call the WAV Box Office [1890 200 078]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j-aCfgPg64

Lumiere is Éilís Kennedy and Pauline Scanlon; two exceptional vocalists from Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland.

Éilís Kennedy’s sound has ready access to the soul without need for fanfare or spotlight. Éilís performs regularly in County Kerry and is much sought after for her natural and genuine interpretations of songs, both old and new, sung in her native Gaelic and in English.

Pauline Scanlon is an award-winning singer from the same Kerry town of Dingle. She is part of a tradition of Irish female voices; all personal interpreters of their physical and spiritual landscape. Scanlon has two critically acclaimed albums to her credit as well as extensive touring experience.

Together as Lumiere, they offer a distinctly feminine sound and feel, where voice is the primary instrument and Ireland as motherland is re-imagined. With Lumiere, the song and its delivery are the primary focus, technical concerns give way to feeling as song and singer effortlessly merge.

Pauline and Éilís have been familiar with each other’s singing for many years. Until now, Pauline’s touring commitments meant a musical collaboration wasn’t possible. Lumiere has put that right. Spending many a winter’s night looking over old songbooks and comparing music handed down by their respective families, the pair realised they have much in common musically.

Lumiere isn’t part of a particular folk tradition – rather it relates to musical folk everywhere.

It is distinctly local yet universal, belonging to a greater worldwide tradition of songs and singers, darkness and light, hope and renewal.

Michael Collins

I really like Lumiere's version of The West's Awake. Hopefully I can make it in on Sat.