Live show by Irish singer-songwriter Junior Brother (Ronan Kealy) with support from Jim Ghedi at The Horn.
Junior Brother plays The Horn on Wednesday 18 November. It's a solo show, with the Irish singer-songwriter taking the stage on his own.
Junior Brother is the stage name of Ronan Kealy, who comes from Co. Kerry in the south of Ireland. He's been on the radar for a few years now: RTÉ named him one of their Rising Irish Stars of 2018, and The Irish Times listed him as one of the artists ready to break through in 2019. Since then, he's built a following around live shows that he describes as both forward-looking and anciently evocative.
What sets him apart is how he plays. He performs with an idiosyncratic guitar and foot-tambourine accompaniment, and he's open about where that sound comes from. He draws as much from the avant-garde and medieval music as he does from his home in rural Ireland, and you can hear those two worlds pulling in opposite directions in the same set. It's a particular way of working—guitar and foot-tambourine, nothing more—that puts the focus on the songs and the singing.
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He's played a good range of rooms along the way, from Vicar Street in Dublin to the Beacon Theatre in New York and the Cork Opera House, and he's supported the likes of The Proclaimers and Glen Hansard. Tickets are ÂŁ17.60, which includes the booking fee.
