The Workman’s Club presents
PETER MULVEY
Saturday, April 21st
The Vintage Room @ The Workman’s Club
“Peter Mulvey is consistently the most original and dynamic
of the US singer-songwriters to tour these shores. A
phenomenal performer with huge energy, a quick-fire, quirky
take on life, and an extraordinary guitar style. A joy to see.”
— The Irish Times
“Peter Mulvey is all substance, which is his style.”
— The Boston Globe
Peter Mulvey grew up in Wisconsin, in the frozen North of the
U.S. He set out early on the American road, playing gigs in
coffee shops and bars from New York City to Anchorage,
Alaska, from New Orleans to Seattle. He quickly established a
reputation as a true road-dog and roving poetic soul which
has deepened into that of veteran.
His latest two records were produced by Chuck Prophet and
Ani DiFranco, and his relentless touring over decades has
sharpened and deepened his show. Always writing, always
restless, and brimming with tales of new experiences, he is
not to be missed.
Mulvey first came to Ireland as a teenager in 1989, cutting
classes from St. Patrick’s in Maynooth and taking the 57 bus
into Dublin to play with all the other buskers on Grafton
Street, tunes from “Fisherman’s Blues” and “This Is the
Sea”… Van Morrison, Peter Gabriel, Violent Femmes. He
bought an old army coat with his coins and hitchhiked to the
Burren and Doolin, to Blacklion and Castleblayney.
He returned in 1997 to open tours for his mentor, the
bluesman Chris Smither, and from that point forward played
at least two tours each year in Ireland, favoring longer stints
including small town gigs in Athlone, Mallow, Clones,
Clonakilty (as opposed to the common practice of hitting
Cork, Dublin, and perhaps Galway before hopping over to the
Continent or the UK).
After a few years of inexplicable absence, Mulvey has decided
that there are only so many years in a life, and that he’ll be
touring Ireland often as long as the fates allow.
Don’t miss this extraordinary performer as he brings his remarkable show to The Vintage Room at our place on Saturday, 21 April!
The Workman’s Club presents
PETER MULVEY
April 21st
The Vintage Room @ The Workman’s Club
Door Time: 8pm
Ticket price: €14
Tickets on sale now from ticketmaster.ie
For more information please contact Jenny @ We Are RedHead on jenny@weareredhead.com
