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Set Listing
- “Blue Eyes”
- “What Have I Completed”
- “Limitless”
- “Carrickfergus”
- “Happiness”
When World Cafe landed in Dublin for our newest Sense of Place collection, the very first store we walked into had our visitor immediately staring again at us from the duvet of {a magazine}.
Dermot Kennedy had simply launched his newest album, The Weight of the Woods, and it was an enormous deal. The album debuted at No. 1 within the U.Ok., making Kennedy the primary Irish artist to have three No. 1 albums. He was additionally preparing for a stadium tour that might put him in entrance of 1000’s and 1000’s of individuals.
However immediately, you will hear him carry out for only a handful of individuals at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, an intimate room tucked simply off Dublin’s bustling Grafton Avenue, the place Kennedy used to busk in his early days.
In immediately’s episode, we discuss these early days, the affect Eire has had on his music and the making of The Weight of the Woods. You may additionally hear a stripped-down efficiency that places the ability of Kennedy’s voice entrance and middle.
Thanks to Marc Aubele for recording the session, William Donbavand for mixing it, LightJar and the video group who captured the session: Néstor Romero Clemente, Darren McKenna, and Luke Brabazon.
This episode of World Cafe was made doable by the Wyncote Basis. It was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. Our digital producer is Miguel Perez. World Cafe‘s engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
