Irish songwriters to bring it home

DUBLIN Port has announced details of Starboard Home, a unique collaboration featuring 12 of Ireland’s foremost songwriters.

Presented in association with the National Concert Hall, Starboard Home has been commissioned by Dublin Port as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. Twelve leading names in contemporary music have been invited to compose and perform new songs inspired by the relationship of the port with the city.

Produced by acclaimed Irish songwriter Paul Noonan (Bell X1 and Printer Clips) and Gary Sheehan at the National Concert Hall, Starboard Home reflects on the complex relationships between the port, the city and the River Liffey through song, ranging from elegant electronic pop to sublime trad inspired moments and crafted song-writing. 

This remarkable set of songs presents a contemporary and panoramic view of Dublin as a port city.

Starboard Home features new works by Paul Noonan, James Vincent McMorrow, Cathy Davey, Duke Special, Gemma Hayes, Jape, Lisa O’Neill, Declan O’Rourke, John Sheahan (The Dubliners), Paul Cleary (The Blades) and novelist Caitriona Lally.

Starboard Home will have its Premiere Concert  at the National Concert Hall on June 22.

The artists gathered at Sun Studios in Dublin during February to collaborate and record Starboard Home.

Bringing together a new band featuring Nick Seymour (Crowded House), Brian Crosby (formerly of Bell X1 and The Cake Sale) and Glenn Keating (I Am The Cosmos and Jape), the artists have recorded all new works for an album to be released in June.

Eamonn O’Reilly, Chief Executive, Dublin Port said: “We are delighted to announce that we have commissioned new contemporary music for 2016 from leading Irish artists in association with the National Concert Hall.”

To book go to www.nch.ie