Capercaillie

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Feile Oriel are over the moon to have Capercaillie choose Monaghan as thier first concert in their forty year celebration tour. Having been part of Feile Oriel 2023 Donald Shaw was imensely impressed by this Monaghan fiddle festival and was delighted to return with Capercaillie to headline the festival. Capercaillie have never played a trad fest in the Republic of Ireland before only appearing once many years ago in National concert hall.

We expect this to be a sellout event. Tickets will go on sale end of Febuary. Follow our social medias for updates!

Capercaillie is a Scottish folk band, founded in 1984 by Donald Shaw and led by Karen Matheson, and which performs traditional Gaelic and contemporary songs in English. The group adapts traditional Gaelic music and traditional lyrics with modern production techniques and instruments such as electric guitar and bass guitar, though rarely synthesizers or drum machines. Capercaillie demonstrate "astonishing musical dexterity" and feature "the peerless voice of co-founder Karen Matheson. Universally recognised as one of the finest Gaelic singers alive today".

Despite their roots in traditional Scottish music, Capercaillie have explored musical terrains from electronica and sampling to jazz and global music influences. Later this year they will have full realised thir dream of creating full symphonic arrangements for their music.. an apt and rewarding moment for their 40th anniversary year. They have sold over a million albums world-wide, including "three silver and one gold album in the UK". The BBC notes that the band has "achieved enormous global success both as a group and as individual musicians."

Karen Matheson, Charlie McKerron, Michael McGoldrick, Manus Lunny, Donald Shaw, Ewen Vernal, Che Beresford, David Robertson will all make the trip to Monaghan.

More information will follow this on the 19th of April