Several Grammy Award winners are currently on-route to Killarney to perform at the Ireland’s Folk Conference launch concert in the Gleneagle INEC Arena next Tuesday.
The organisers have today confirmed a partnership with the International Bluegrass Music Association and the pairing reflects the celebration of bluegrass, folk, Americana and roots music which Your Roots Are Showing conference founders, Charlene Sloan and Brendan McCreanor, had in mind when they first imagined the event.
“We are absolutely thrilled to announce this exciting partnership with the International Bluegrass Music Association.
“We look forward to welcoming them to Killarney and celebrating the incredible legacy of Peter Rowan with his well-deserved lifetime achievement award.
The opening concert will be headlined by Two-time Grammy winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient Rhiannon Giddens and the Killarney event will feature, 14-time Grammy winning banjo and guitar star Ron Block, Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Alison Brown, national champion Enda Scahill, four-time Grammy winner Dirk Powell and five-time world champion Irish dancer David Geaney, country and rock star and Johnny Cash’s grandson Thomss Gabriel, Hothouse Flower Liam Ó Maonlaí and Ireland’s first lady of country music Sandy Kelly.
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