Barry Kerr’s 7th studio album, Curlew’s Cry, has been named the inaugural Folk Album of the Year for the UK and Ireland—confirming him as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Irish folk music.This is a unique opportunity to hear Barry in such an intimate acoustic environment.

An acclaimed singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist, Barry is increasingly in demand across Ireland and the UK. Recent appearances include Newton Stewart Traditional Music and Dance Festival, Broadstairs Folk Week and Belfast TradFest, with forthcoming engagements at Durham Folk Festival, Celtic Connections and Manchester Folk Festival 2027,  an eight-date English tour in March 2027 and London Kings Place in April 2027.

Originally from County Armagh and now based in Inverin, Connemara, Barry grew up beside Lough Neagh. Its landscape, wildlife, stories and communities continue to shape music that brings Irish tradition and folklore into urgent conversation with the present.

Produced by Gerry O’Beirne, Curlew’s Cry combines finely crafted original songs with imaginatively reworked traditional material. Its themes of memory, belonging, environmental loss and humanity’s relationship with the natural world are carried by Barry’s richly expressive voice and instinctive command of guitar, bouzouki, flute, whistle and uilleann pipes.