Fly to Solstice for folk musicians

The exceptional musicians of contemporary folk band This is How we Fly return to Navan for the second concert of their music residency at Solstice Arts Centre this Friday 16 November at 7.30pm. 

The band will present a memorable night of new music inspired by County Meath, composed while in residence at Solstice, and will debut the fledgeling strands of their third album which is to be recorded at Solstice in 2019. Multi-award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author Tony Clayton-Lea will interview the intriguing quartet and tickets also include an informal get together and buffet of local foods from our favourite Boyne Valley providers before the concert.

Formed in 2010, This is How we Fly consists of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (from Irish music supergroup The Gloaming) on hardanger d'amore, Seán Mac Erlaine on clarinets & electronics, Nic Gareiss on percussive dance, and Petter Berndalen on drums and percussion. The blend of these four individual musicians draws on Irish, Swedish and American music and dance traditions, merging jazz and traditional Irish music seamlessly into a mesmerising, brand new but instantly recognisable sound. Their collective catalogue includes collaborations with The Gloaming, The Chieftains, Darol Anger and Gjallarhorn. 

This is How we fly play Solstice Arts Centre, Navan on Friday 16 November, 7.30pm and tickets, priced at €25, are available from www.solsticeartscentre.ie or by calling 046 909 2300. 

•    Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh of The Gloaming is a sublime Irish fiddler who’s not afraid to step outside convention. 
•    Nic Gareiss is a sophisticated Appalachian hard shoe dancer stepping into the rhythmic foreground.
•    Seán Mac Erlaine is a thoughtful Dublin jazzman who has moved beyond the linear constraints of the genre.
•    Petter Berndalen is a lyrical Swedish percussionist redefining the melodic and sonic place of drums within the contours of traditional song.