Willowbrook Whispers #6 – Liam O Maonlai with support from Lewis Barfoot
Well now we’re really getting going! after 5 magical concerts over the last 12 months, we have arrived here at Willowbrook Whispers number 6, and we are thrilled to announce that our Headliner for this show is Hot House Flowers front-man Liam O Maonlai. This edition of Willowbrook Whispers will be slightly different moving from our usual friday evening slot to a sunday afternoon (Sunday April 13th at 3pm to be precise). Cork based songstress Lewis Barfoot will open the show with a set of her very own brand of contemporary folk songs.
As usual, Tickets to the show are:
€20 General admission
€70 for Show + Accommodation for Sunday night
€25 on the door if the event does not sell out
Tickets are transferrable but non-refundable. Thank you for supporting grassroots music in the west of Ireland.
Liam O Maonlai gained international acclaim as lead singer of hothouse flowers. With them he travelled across the world. He was born and raised in Dublin, where his father taught him to sing as he was learning to speak. There was a piano in the house and on it he developed a deep relationship with music. At sixteen he won an all Ireland final playing Bodhrán, and he has won awards for set dancing and for a blues band called an Fonn Tonn, the band went on to become hothouse flowers . His foundation in traditional music is his guiding star.
‘traditional music is recognised by traditional musicians no matter where they come from.’
Saolaíodh Liam Ó Maonlaí i mBaile Átha Cliaith. Tóigeadh le Gaeilge é.
Bunús dá shaol cruthaitheach is ea an teanga agus an chultúr dúchasach. Is uaidh a thagann gach saghas ceol agus is é a chothaíonn muid sa saol seo. Tá sé ag canadh agus ag déanamh ceoil go proifisiúnta le daichead bliain.
Lewis Barfoot is a contemporary folk artist & singer-songwriter based in Cork. She writes mystic and majestic songs, blending fragile vulnerability with robust vitality. Working with an uncomplicated loveliness of sound, she moulds ethereal, evocative vocals with original compositions and reinventions of traditional songs and displays a fearless and disarming honesty in her lyrics. She has been captivating audiences with her beautiful voice that “Melts the Hearts of Angels” according to Folk Radio UK and is frequently compared to the likes of Kate Rusby, Sandy Denny and Maíre Brennan. She has released two albums; Glenaphuca (2021) and HOME (2023) and has received great support from RTÉ 1, FRUK, BBC Radio and RTÉ na Gaeltachta.