While the award-winning musician is renowned for his Kerry wit and repartee, his most recent songs display a tenderness and emotional vulnerability, that comes with the power of experience. Working with the calibre of singer Mary Black and guitarist Jim Murray, Seamus Begley is also carving his own path as he celebrates decades on the music scene. To this end, his name alone is synonymous with traditional music in Ireland and abroad.
Starting out at the age of 14 to entertain the masses at the local dances in Dingle, Seamus recorded his first album, An Ciarraíoch Mallaithe, in 1972. Since then, his traditional, laid-back style has enchanted audiences across the globe. Together with guitarist Jim Murray, their album Ragairne scooped Traditional Album of the Year in both Hot Press and the Irish Times.
More recently, his work with Téada fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada has brought Seamus in a new direction, where he can share his depth of emotion through the lens of the Irish folk tradition. And it’s all delivered with the flair of some great energetic box playing by the enigmatic Seamus on their recording of Le Chéile.
With this vast repertoire of songs in both English and Irish, Seamus is set to entertain a west of Ireland audience at Monroe’s Live on Dominick Street on Saturday, November 26 at 8pm.
Tickets cost €15 and are available here
