Ruth Dillon and Tom Hanway in Fethard TONIGHT!

Ruth Dillon and Tom Hanway (photo: Denise Hanway)

Singer-songwriter Ruth Dillon (vocals/guitar) and Tom Hanway (vocals/5-string banjo/guitar/lap steel) play original and contemporary bluegrass tonight at McCarthy’s Bar, Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Friday 17 April. Ruth will showcase songs from her first two CDs, Woken and Silent thief, and Tom will contribute selections from Tom Hanway & Blue Horizon and Tom Hanway & Vassar Clements: the Badbelly project. Admission is €12. Doors open at 9.00 p.m.

For more details on Ruth and Tom, see the BIB post of 28 March. Tom is starting up a new festival later this year in New York City.

Ruth and Tom are penning original songs and instrumentals for a new bluegrass band, the Molly Hicks, also featuring Bernie O’Mahony. Ruth, Bernie, and Tom are a harmony tour de force, with each taking turns singing lead and harmony in the American bluegrass tradition.