{"id":17507,"date":"2019-06-26T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17507"},"modified":"2019-06-26T11:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T10:00:52","slug":"elme-orkestra-ryan-vail-announce-irish-additions-to-live-show-at-the-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/06\/elme-orkestra-ryan-vail-announce-irish-additions-to-live-show-at-the-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Elme Orkestra &#038; Ryan Vail announce Irish additions to live show at The Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Northern Irish musicians, Ryan Vail and Eoin O\u2019Callaghan aka Elma Orkestra and will launch the release of their collaborative studio album, Borders with a show at the MAC this Friday, 28 June, alongside two of the most respected Irish artists in their field \u2013 vocalist,\u00a0Moya Brennan\u00a0and spoken word artist,\u00a0Stephen James Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/press-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17508\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Both from Derry-Londonderry, Vail and O\u2019Callaghan\u2019s album, <strong>Borders<\/strong> is a nod to their city\nand an acknowledgement of the need to overcome divisions. Presented by AVA and Quiet\nArch Records, the additions of both Brennan and Smith help extend the\natmospheric heights of the&nbsp;set, which combines electronic and\nneo-classical genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Emmy award-winning performer and a founding member of iconic Celtic\nmusic act,<strong>\u2018Clannad\u2019<\/strong>,Brennan&nbsp;is recognised as the \u2018First\nLady of Celtic Music\u2019 and is widely regarded as one of the most influential\nsingers in Irish history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith&nbsp;has made a name for himself by modernising the art of\nspoken word and Irish poetry and returns to the MAC following his own\nsuccessful tour here in November 2018. A world-renowned performer who has\nworked with the likes of Conor O\u2019Brien (\u2018<strong>Villagers<\/strong>\u2019 and Ivor Novello\nAward Winner), Oscar award-winner Glen Hansard, Shane McGowan and Roddy Doyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Borders<\/strong> has already been praised by critics for\nthe scope and scale of its ambitious sound, with O\u2019Callaghan and Vail\u2019s\nmeticulous, inspired compositions highlighting the album\u2019s staggering feat of\ncollaborative spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tickets for Borders at the MAC on sale now&nbsp; at <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themaclive.com\"><strong>www.themaclive.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> or call Box Office on 02890235053. <\/strong><\/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>Northern Irish musicians, Ryan Vail and Eoin O\u2019Callaghan aka Elma Orkestra and will launch the release of their collaborative studio album, Borders with a show at the MAC this Friday, 28 June, alongside two of the most respected Irish artists in their field \u2013 vocalist,\u00a0Moya Brennan\u00a0and spoken word artist,\u00a0Stephen James Smith. Both from Derry-Londonderry, Vail &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/06\/elme-orkestra-ryan-vail-announce-irish-additions-to-live-show-at-the-mac\/\">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\/17507"}],"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=17507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17509,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17507\/revisions\/17509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}