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Matthew Byrne
With parents who were both singers and song collectors and a strong family focus...
8:00pm - 10:30pm Doors at: 7:00pm
$26 Advance/ $31 Door/ $15 Livestream
Event Description
With parents who were both singers and song collectors and a strong family focus on sharing songs, Matthew Byrne has inherited a unique repertoire and a fascination with unearthing and reimagining traditional songs.
Byrne is also a student of history whose love of traditional music goes well beyond the words and music. For him, songs are ways of understanding people before him...their lives, work, language, and worldview.
“I see songs as sources of the past - windows into my own family history. Traditional music has always been the most important tool for me to understand where I come from and who I am. My live performance is meant to bring audiences on a journey through the lineage of my repertoire and share what these songs have revealed to me.”
Matthew is set to record his 4th studio album in Sheffield, UK. To be produced by folk legend Martin Simpson and featuring instrumentation by some of the finest musicians on the English folk scene including Nancy Kerr, Andy Cutting, and Liz Hanks.
Byrne’s last two recordings were each awarded Traditional Album of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards and this highly anticipated 4th album is sure to grab further attention of traditional music audiences across the Atlantic.
In-Person + Livestream
Sat. March 23rd 2024 + Add to Calendar
Mel Lehan Hall at the St. James Community Square
