Anna Mieke + Amy May Ellis

25th April 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Please Please You & The Black Swan Folk Club presents
Anna Mieke
Amy May Ellis
Monday 24th April, Doors 7.30pm
Tickets are £8 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.

*This is a seated show with all seating unreserved.*

Anna Mieke is an Irish singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in Wicklow, whose anachronistic vocal talent toes the line between folk and vivid dreamscapes. Her songs are lyrically ornate and intertwined with the artistry of a writer beyond her years. The instrumental delicacy of her work is tempered with explorations into the avant-garde, contributing a challenging, emphatic and new voice to folk music. Divining inspiration from trips through Europe by bike, learning Maori songs as a child in New Zealand and learning folk songs in Bulgaria, she has amassed skills as a bouzouki player, cellist, guitarist and preeminently, a vocalist.

Anna Mieke has collaborated with Linda Buckley, Crash Ensemble and was a member of Cork improv group HEX. She is also one-third of the singing trio Rufous Nightjar, whose debut album is set for release in 2022. Currently performing with percussionist Matthew Jacobson (Insufficient Funs, Ensemble Eriu) and Ryan Hargadon (Kojaque, Kean Kavanagh, Rachael Lavelle) on saxophone and synth, she has shared stages with artists such as Lisa Hannigan, Sarah Neufeld, This Is The Kit, Lankum, Gyda Valtysdottir (múm) and Rozi Plain. She was nominated for the RTÉ Folk Award ‘Best Emerging Act’ 2019 following her critically acclaimed debut Idle Mind. Anna Mieke’s much anticipated second album is in the works, due for release later this year.

Amy May Ellis