{"id":16415,"date":"2018-07-20T13:13:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T12:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=16415"},"modified":"2018-07-20T13:13:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T12:13:25","slug":"mary-coughlan-in-concert-at-flowerfield-arts-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/07\/mary-coughlan-in-concert-at-flowerfield-arts-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Coughlan in concert at Flowerfield Arts Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Arguably one of Ireland\u2019s greatest female jazz and blues singers, Mary Coughlan will perform at Flowerfield Arts Centre on Friday 27th July.<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16417\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/press2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"256\" \/>Described as \u2018Ireland\u2019s Billie Holiday\u2019 Mary has overcome childhood trauma, alcohol and drug addiction to become a musical force like no other. Her wonderful whisky-blurred, smoke-seared voice is full of husky notes, laconic wit, bitter-sweet defiance and despair. Mary is equally at home with the songs of Cole Porter or Jagger and Richards.<\/p>\n<p>The artist has carved out a timeless and highly regarded career and has a legion of fans worldwide. Since her first album \u2018Tired and Emotional\u2019 rocketed her to overnight fame in 1985, her ability to deeply connect with both the song and audience remains undiminished, a testament to her inner strength and to the power of transformation &amp; redemption.<\/p>\n<p>Her live performances \u2018have to be seen to be believed\u2019 as described by British music journalism website NME.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this truly exciting \u2018one night only\u2019 performance at Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available by calling 028 7083 1400 or at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\">www.eventbrite.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowerfield.org\">www.flowerfield.org<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably one of Ireland\u2019s greatest female jazz and blues singers, Mary Coughlan will perform at Flowerfield Arts Centre on Friday 27th July. Described as \u2018Ireland\u2019s Billie Holiday\u2019 Mary has overcome childhood trauma, alcohol and drug addiction to become a musical force like no other. Her wonderful whisky-blurred, smoke-seared voice is full of husky notes, laconic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2018\/07\/mary-coughlan-in-concert-at-flowerfield-arts-centre\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16418,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16415\/revisions\/16418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}