Sofft Nights – a much-loved series of outdoor events in Dunderry Park, Co. Meath – are back! The 2021 events will run across a series of weekends in July, August and September. Those who attend can enjoy live music, talks, craft markets, and wellbeing initiatives such as meditation, shamanic drumming, and healing through dance. Learn more below.
Ayla Nereo’s voice is a beacon of light that hits straight to the heart. Her poetry splashes like dazzling paint across a canvas of sound, and armed with an array of loop-pedals, she builds layer upon layer of vocal melodies into fierce, sweeping harmonies, weaving syncopated threads of guitar, kalimba, piano, and percussion into each live performance. Her songs call us to listen deeper. For the depth of each song is in the words; her lucid storytelling and lyrical imagery ring as anthems, riddles, and mantras for hope, humanness, profound healing, and love. With an uncanny ability to disarm and crack open the emotions, Ayla is an artist you feel is singing directly from her Soul, for what she truly believes in, and for the beauty of life itself.
Raised on Bob Dylan, opera, and classical music, Ayla’s music touches both the timeless and modern. Vocally and lyrically often compared to Joni Mitchell, her arrangements and stage presence lean into something more modern and fierce, an authenticity and innocence closer to Aurora or Imogen Heap. Dancing her own songs on stage as she sings them, her movement and presence gives the audience a permission to be wild, real, vulnerable, and alive. Though Ayla’s vocal melodies, timeless lyrics, and fingerpicking guitar songs harken back to an earlier era, she always rides the line between genres, weaving in live vocal looping, beats and percussion, orchestral string arrangements, celtic melodies, and even dashes of hip-hop wordplay, so that her songwriting and sound ultimately cannot be compared to anyone else.
Every performance Ayla gives is its own inspired journey; an enchanting and poignant experience that holds you by the heart and doesn’t let go.
She is visiting Positive Nights on Sunday June the 24th, from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m., for a performance that is sure to be spectacular. It will take place in the gorgeous, historic building of the Bewley’s Café Theatre on Grafton Street, Dublin 2. Tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite here.
We are excited to announce that we have arranged a Positive Nights performance by the talented singer Ayla Nereo. This will take place on Sunday June 24th from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m. in Bewley’s Café Theatre, 78/79 Grafton Street, Dublin 2. Ayla has an exceptional voice and we are delighted to be welcoming her to share this gift with us. Tickets are available on Eventbrite. The Facebook page for the event can be found here.
Ayla Nereo’s voice is a beacon of light that hits straight to the heart. Her poetry splashes like dazzling paint across a canvas of sound, and armed with an array of loop-pedals, she builds layer upon layer of vocal melodies into fierce, sweeping harmonies, weaving syncopated threads of guitar, kalimba, piano, and percussion into each live performance. Her songs call us to listen deeper. For the depth of each song is in the words; her lucid storytelling and lyrical imagery ring as anthems, riddles, and mantras for hope, humanness, profound healing, and love. With an uncanny ability to disarm and crack open the emotions, Ayla is an artist you feel is singing directly from her Soul, for what she truly believes in, and for the beauty of life itself.
Raised on Bob Dylan, opera, and classical music, Ayla’s music touches both the timeless and modern. Vocally and lyrically often compared to Joni Mitchell, her arrangements and stage presence lean into something more modern and fierce, an authenticity and innocence closer to Aurora or Imogen Heap. Dancing her own songs on stage as she sings them, her movement and presence gives the audience a permission to be wild, real, vulnerable, and alive. Though Ayla’s vocal melodies, timeless lyrics, and fingerpicking guitar songs harken back to an earlier era, she always rides the line between genres, weaving in live vocal looping, beats and percussion, orchestral string arrangements, celtic melodies, and even dashes of hip-hop wordplay, so that her songwriting and sound ultimately cannot be compared to anyone else.
Every performance Ayla gives is its own inspired journey; an enchanting and poignant experience that holds you by the heart and doesn’t let go.
Ayla will be with us at Positive Nights on Sunday June the 24th, from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m., for a performance that is sure to be spectacular. The performance will take place in the gorgeous, historic building of the Bewley’s Café Theatre on Grafton Street, Dublin 2. For tickets, go to this Eventbrite link.
If you are a fan of soulful, high-quality music, we have some exciting news to share with you. Bruno Major – a classically trained guitarist who is beginning to gain much attention and recognition in the music world – will be supporting Sam Smith during his two concerts in the 3 Arena, Dublin, on March 30th and 31st. He is also undertaking his own headline tour in April and May. This tour will include gigs in Belfast and Dublin. Read on to learn more!
Bruno Major is based in Camden, London. He originally trained as a classical guitarist and released a live EP showcasing his skills (which bears the simple name Live EP) in 2014. 2016 was the year that Bruno began to receive widespread recognition, as he set out to release a new song every month for a full year. This ambitious project extended into 2017, and gained a great deal of praise. Bruno accompanied this steady stream of digital singles with regular live appearances across London. All of the songs he created as a result of that process are available together as the collection A Song for Every Moon.
Bruno’s captivating, soulful sound has been compared to the work of Jamie Woon and Rufus Wainwright. If you would like to experience Bruno’s sound for yourself, make sure you listen to A Song For Every Moon on Bruno’s SoundCloud page here, or watch the video for Cold Blood here. His website is brunomajor.com.
Bruno will be the support act for Sam Smith during his concert dates in the 3 Arena, Dublin, on March 30th and 31st. Tickets for the Sam Smith concerts are available here. Bruno is also headlining his own tour in April and May. As part of this tour, he will be performing at Empire, Belfast, on April 28th, before moving on to the Workmans Club in Dublin on April 29th. Tickets for Bruno’s Empire show can be found via this link, while tickets for his Workmans Club gig are available here. Both his headline tour and his tour with Sam Smith will include other dates in Belfast, London, Glasgow, and Manchester, to name a few. A full list of Bruno’s upcoming concert dates and locations for both tours can be viewed on his website – just click here.
To learn more, visit Bruno’s website or contact his representative Thom at thom@sonicpr.co.uk.
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