Westport welcomes We Banjo 3

Multi-award-winning Galway band We Banjo 3 are heading up the N84 to play in the Town Hall Theatre Westport on Saturday, May 28. The band has amassed supergroup credentials with its breath-taking command of fiddle, guitar, mandolin and banjo.

We Banjo 3 is composed of two sets of brothers, Enda and Fergal Scahill and Martin and David Howley, and frequent substitute Garry O’Meara. Any single member of this group could electrify a venue with a solo performance, but together they have a joyous musical alchemy, with influences ranging from Bruce Springsteen to the Chieftains.

The band’s debut album ‘Roots of the Banjo Tree’ was released in 2012 and was named Traditional Music Album of the Year by The Irish Times. This was followed in 2014 by the release of ‘Gather the Good’. Their first live album, ‘Live in Galway’, was released last year.

The members of We Banjo 3 have been highly successful in the competitive music field, with Martin winning seven all-Ireland titles on the banjo and Enda capturing the award four times. Fergal and David have likewise been honoured, earning all-Ireland titles on the banjo, fiddle, bodhrΡn and guitar.

On both sides of the Atlantic the word is out about this group – they have even played for President Barack Obama at Capital Hill in March. Catch new gold-standard of traditional Irish and American roots music in Westport this Saturday night and find out what all the fuss is about.

Tickets, €20/€18, available at www.westporttheatre.com or 098 28459. Doors open at 7.30pm.