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Karan Casey Trio featuring Niall Vallely and Niwel Tsumbu

Karan Casey returns to London with a new trio featuring concertina player Niall Vallely and Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu. The collaboration marks a fresh reworking of songs spanning over 30 years of Casey’s career, alongside new material and the first UK outing for this Cork-based project.

At its centre is Karan Casey — founder of the Fair Plé movement (2018), established to promote gender equality in traditional and folk music — performing with Niall Vallely and Congolese-born guitarist Niwel Tsumbu in a new trio collaboration. All three are now based in Cork and have been developing material from across Casey’s 30-year repertoire alongside new work, with this marking the first UK outing for the project.

The evening also features In Good Company (30 performers on the night), originally formed as Fair Plé Ladies of London for the first Fair Plé Day at Cadogan Hall in 2018. They will open the evening with a set including two songs associated with the legendary Galway singer, Dolores Keane.