Date/Time
Date(s) - 17/10/2024
19:00
Tickets
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rhiannon-giddens-with-francesco-turrisi-charity-concert-tickets-949043654117
Location
Liberty Hall Theatre
RHIANNON GIDDENS and FRANCESCO TURRISI In aid of RUHAMA and SONAS
Liberty Hall Theatre, Thursday 17 October 2024
Draíocht na Life … Magic may be explained by science but not “Draíocht na Life” as those who row on the Liffey only know, you need to live it & love it. Rowing Currachs for 16 years on this tidal river from Ringsend to Islandbridge under all Dublin’s iconic bridges in a flotilla brings great joy, energy & ideas in helping others. This inspiration has led to many great events & “Draíocht na Life” is proud to announce Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi playing Liberty Hall Theatre on Thursday 17th of October 2024.
This Charity Concert is in aid of Ruhama ( Fighting Sexual Exploitation, Prostitution & Human Trafficking ) & Sonas ( Freedom from Domestic Violence ). These hard working Charities deserve our support & we hope for a full house to welcome our class artists. None of this would be possible without the fantastic support of Dublin City Council.
Grammy award winning artist Rhiannon Giddens Called “a musical alchemist” by the Irish Times,has had a fruitful period of collaboration with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi. Turrisi is a Turin-born musician whose Dublin base reflects his global sensibilities. Through a chance musical meet-up in Ireland, they found that Giddens 19th century American Minstrel banjo tunes and Turrisi’s traditional Sicilian Tamburello (Tambourine) rhythms fit very naturally together.
Their latest release, “They’re Calling Me Home” (Nonesuch, 2021), took home the GRAMMY Award for “Best Folk Album”. The twelve-track album was recorded with Turrisi in Ireland during the recent lockdown; it speaks of the longing for the comfort of home as well as the metaphorical “call home” of death, which had been a tragic reality for so many during the COVID-19 crisis
Their GRAMMY-nominated 2019 album “There is no Other” is at once a condemnation of “othering” and a celebration of the spread of ideas, connectivity, and shared experience. Tracing the movement of instruments, sounds, and musical language back and forth from Africa, the Arab world, Europe, and the Americas, “There is no Other” illuminates the blossoming that’s possible when culture flows freely between peoples and lands.
Ruhama is an Irish registered charity that offers nationwide support to women impacted by prostitution, sex trafficking and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation.
Sonas is the largest provider of frontline services to women and children experiencing domestic abuse in the greater Dublin region. Sonas offers support to women and children by providing effective and quality services.