The Gloaming : The Gloaming 2

The Gloaming Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Iarla Lionird, Caoimhin Raghallaigh and Thomas Bartlett have had a hugely successful year of touring in 2015, performing at some of the most prestigious venues in the world and much of the material that will make up the bands second album has been honed and refined throughout this year of touring.

With their live reputation well-established, artistic expectations for future recordings are riding high. Their debut was widely acclaimed as one of the finest recordings of 2014, featuring on many year-end best lists including Mojo, NPR Music, and the Irish Times; was picked by The Guardian as The One Album You Should Hear This Week; won a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award; and the Meteor Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year.

But, in many ways, it was merely a stylistic consolidation of what this band is capable of. While Ireland is a small nation, the diversity in styles between traditional music