DAVID BOWIE

This show saw Lisa Hannigan, Duke Special, Jape, Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, Heathers and Adrian Crowley pay tribute to the Thin White Duke.
 
“As was the case with Miles Davis in jazz, Bowie has come not just to represent his innovations but to symbolize modern rock as an idiom in which literacy, art, fashion, style, sexual exploration and social commentary can be rolled into one.” Rolling Stone magazine 
 
From July 1969 when Space Oddity hit to UK Top Ten through to the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie has created a modern canon of work marked by it’s constant re-invention and exploration. This went on to feature his landmark  Berlin Trilogy of albums, his collaborations with Brian Eno and Lou Reed right through to blue-eyed soul of Fame and mainstream American success. He has recently released the unanimously acclaimed The Next Day.
 
Emerging from the Hall’s Artist Writing Space project, this concert will see some of those Resident Artists, some of Dublin’s innovators and most acclaimed singers address the considerable work of David Bowie.

TAPESTRY - THE SONGS OF CAROL KING

The second in the series was interpretation of the classic album Tapestry by Carole King. Featuring some leading Irish artists Cathy Davey, Mary Coughlan, The Lost Brothers, Jennifer Evans & Bronagh Gallagher, the album was brought to life and reimagined in its original chronology along with a selection of her classic hits.

Tapestry is the second album by singer-songwriter Carole King.  It is one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling 25 million copies worldwide. 

“As an album, there is not quite the number of hits amongst the track list, but there was a feeling that everyone inside the auditorium knew the album backwards, with gasps of excitement every time a song name was mentioned. Songs such as “I Feel the Earth Move”, “It’s Too Late” and “You’ve Got a Friend were the highlights of the set, with the sing along number “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” featuring the vocal talents of all four female singers to end the evening. It was a celebration of King’s work and it was obvious that a huge amount of work and rehearsal that went into it, made all the more surprising that it was for one night only. We look forward to the next in the series from the Concert Hall.” Irish Times Review