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Catherine Dowling (vocals) and Gerry Horan (guitar) of Dublin band Alphastates will be performing an acoustic set of their songs. Since the release of their debut album Made from Sand in 2004, the band has become hugely popular in Ireland with many sellout shows including two Witness performances and a 6000 strong crowd at Oxygen. Highlights will include tracks from their upcoming album plus a cover of 'The Model' by Kraftwerk performed by Catherine with string quartet.
Fiach is a Dubliner, well respected and loved within the Irish music scene for his beautiful songwriting, exceptional voice and fantastic guitar playing. He is fondly known as the 'Hardest Working Artist in Ireland', but it was his talent that found him sharing the stage with the cream of Irish artists such as Damien Dempsey, Kila, Freddie White, Declan O' Rourke, Finbar Furey, Mundy, BellX1, Luka Bloom and Paddy Casey.
Will Slattery (guitar, vocals) and Colum Jordan (double bass, backing vocals) have been playing together since summer 2006 and have been fine tuning their sound ever since. They have been steadily recording and gigging since their inception and expect to have a release early 2007.
Dave Halpin is a singer songwriter from Dublin and can be seen playing every week with his band in venues around the city. On the night, he will be performing original material with new arrangements from his huge catalog of songs.
Aidan Murphy is the organiser of the night and will be performing some of his own songs. Aidan was previously musical director of the Global Funk Orchestra (20 piece funk/soul band) and will be writing the string arrangements for the evening.