Mick's little White Lies

Written by Staff Reporter

Wednesday, 06 January 2010

One of the most distinctive voices in Irish music and one of the most popular artists in Ireland at the moment, Mick Flannery returns to the Roisin Dubh on Saturday 9 January for his first live show in Galway in 2010.

Flannery, whose emotive songs and dulcet tones have endeared him to audiences the length and breadth of the country, toured the UK at last year with Kate Walsh.

A stonemason who was brought up on a farm outside Blarney, Mick's first real connection to music was watching an unplugged Nirvana covering Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold the World'. After a stint in a music college in Cork, he travelled to the US where he "wandered around for a time." While there, he entered the US Songwriting Competition in Nashville, Tennessee and, to his surprise, won two top awards for his compositions.

If asked, Mick adamantly refuses to talk about himself. The best you'll get from him on any given day is, maybe, an admission that he's a bit "grumpy", he enjoys a good game of poker, and he'd love to own a Gibson® ES-335.

So, if you're determined to get up close and personal with Mick Flannery, you're gonna' have to kick back and listen to his music because that's where he actually talks about himself. Mick writes all of his songs (words and music) and plays both piano and guitar.

Tickets are available for booking now from the Roisin Dubh, www.roisindubh.net or Zhivago Shop Street.

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