Following an artist residency on Arranmore in early 2024, Leitrim-based Zoé Basha and French musician Aina Tulier will be touring Ireland with works they have been developing, exploring links between Appalachian, Irish and Occitan traditional music.
With bold vocal harmonies, fiddles, and nyckelharpa, the two Francophone multi-instrumentalists are sure to give a performance with a refreshing blend of multiple traditional styles that will leave the audience dancing in their seats, and craving more.
Zoé Basha is a musician and composer, and a Music Network Resonate Residency recipient of 2023. She will be releasing her debut album in 2024: a mix of traditional ballads with contemporary arrangements, and original pieces blending traditional singing, jazz and blues music.
Aina Tulier is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist (nyckelharpa, fiddle, Gascon bagpipes) specialising in a variety of traditional music styles. She teaches nyckelharpa and traditional Occitan singing, and plays with a multitude of ensembles and balfolk bands. While living in Ireland in 2015, she taught French trad dancing in Dublin, and is looking forward to this return to Ireland.