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the olllam, the critically acclaimed, genre-defying Irish-American fusion group return to London following last year's sold out performance.
Known for their trailblazing blend of traditional Irish instruments with long, cyclical melodies, fusing jazz, and psych-post-rock, they continue to push musical boundaries.
Scotland’s whistle ace Ross Ainslie and Irish piper John McSherry, bass supremo Joe Dart (Vulfpeck, Fearless Flyers), Detroit drummer Michael Shimmin and keyboard player Joe Hettinga all return, joining Limerick guitarist Seán O’Meara.
Following a string of sell out shows including Barrowlands during Celtic Connections and London’s Jazz Cafe, and a recent collaboration with Grammy-winning electronic artist Zedd on his latest album, Telos, the group continue to expand their sonic palette and push their live virtuousity even further.
The Olllam
The olllam were formed in 2012 as a collaboration between legendary Belfast piper John McSherry (Lunasa, At First Light, Ulaid), fellow piper/whistler and grammy-nominated producer Tyler Duncan (Carly Rae Jepsen, Vulfpeck, Theo Katzman), Michael Shimmin (May Erlewine, Joshua Davis, Millish), and world famous bass supremo Joe Dart (Vulfpeck). The resulting debut album, now considered a cult-classic, is lush with trance-like melodies, stunning instrumental virtuosity and a magical marriage of tradition and technology, finding the listener somewhere between Radiohead and Planxty with the ambient emotionalism of Nick Drake or Explosions in the Sky.
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on Sun 9 February 2025