Schwab, Cagney, Tsumbu
MUSIC
Schwab, Cagney, Tsumbu
Tue 05 July | 9pm
Event Details
Times & Dates:
Tue 05 July | 9pm
Duration:
75 minutes
Event Categories:
Music
Admission:
€16 / €12 (conc)
Venue:
The Yeat’s Building
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Sligo-based Austrian fiddle player/composer and singer Claudia Schwab teams up with guitar virtuoso Niwel Tsumbu and master of hand percussion, Eamonn Cagney to present their brand new trio collaboration.
With a shared love for the essence of groove and music traditions from around the world, the three musicians move freely between genres such as jazz, folk or roots music, interweaving free improvisation, original and traditional material to create a unique sound world of their own.
A world of Austro-Irish Jodlfunk and Congolese-rooted guitar playing in conversation with masterful percussion: melodies and grooves that span from the Indian “Chai” to the Austrian alps, the shoreline of Sligo and over to the Congolese rainforest.
A highly virtuosic interplay of musical joy, originality and freedom fueled by the musicians' immeasurable passion for music, this firework of musical colours in all its shapes and forms is truly one not to be missed.
Claudia Schwab is an award winning composer and fiddle player based in Sligo on the West Coast of Ireland. She has published two CD's of original work in 2014 and 2017. More recently she was commissioned to write for the NCH- Sounding the Feminists Commissioning Scheme 2019 and was awarded a Next Generation Bursary Award from the Irish Arts Council (2019), the Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis 2019 with the Band “Shreefpunk + Strings” and a Hubert Von Goisern Förderpreis (2020). Claudia performs, records and collaborates with a range of cross-genre artists both established and emerging includingjazz trumpetist Matthias Schriefl, Plúirín na mBan (feat. Cathy Jordan & Irene Buckley), the Irish Gamelan Orchestra and many more.
Éamonn Cagney's masterful percussion expertise, original music and collaborative music are displayed in his solo albums Convergence and Enchantment, his percussion ensemble RITHIM, his duo with Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu and his numerous collaborations, masterclasses and recordings. He has worked with artists, musicians and organisations in diverse styles such as: The Abbey Theatre and Conor Linehan, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Denise Chaila, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Roger Doyle, Niwel Tsumbu, Martin Tourish, Julie Feeney, and many others.
Ireland based Congolese musician Niwel Tsumbu has established himself as one of the most engaging and innovative musicians in constant demand by his contemporaries. With three albums under his belt, countless national and international concerts, Niwel Tsumbu has developed an enviable reputation as a masterfully elegant and fluent guitarist, vocalist, musician, collaborator and composer. Past performances include collaborations with Rhiannon Giddens, Sinead O'Connor, bass virtuoso Richard Bona, Buena Vista social club and many more.