An evening with Seamus Fogarty at Cafe No9

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‘I Passed Your House is the new single by London-based experimental Irish folk singer-songwriter
Seamus Fogarty. Released on cult Scottish label Lost Map, it marks Seamus’s first brand-new music
since 2023’s Hee Haw EP (featuring the track ‘They Recognised Him’, as acclaimed by Oscar
winning actor Cillian Murphy on his Limited Edition show for BBC 6 Music). It’s a fascinating
glimpse of a new collection of music by Seamus set for release in 2026 and to mark the occasion
he’s playing several shows around the UK throughout October and December
Featuring lyrics about T-shirt-stealing mountains, women who look like dinosaurs and various other
unfortunate incidents, Seamus’s 2012 debut album God Damn You Mountain received widespread
critical acclaim and was hailed by the Irish Times as “one of the best Irish albums of recent years”.
2015’s Ducks and Drakes EP was similarly acclaimed (“lovely folk reveries” ★★★★ – MOJO).
It led to Seamus releasing a pair of exceptional albums via Domino Records – 2017’s The Curious
Hand (“magical amplified folk journeys through modern life” ★★★★★ – The Guardian) and
2020’s A Bag Of Eyes (“explores many musical possibilities” 8/10 – musicOMH.com).
Released by Lost Map in 2023, the Hee Haw EP saw Seamus continue his adventures in sound, with
five more playfully screwed-up songs – each as fresh as the day and yet somehow old as the hills
– spanning unwelcome lockdown observations, strange tales of a pub doorman and surely the only
ever close encounter between Darach O’Catháin and Suicide’s ‘Ghost Rider’. In 2025, on the
occasion of its 10th (ish) anniversary, God Damn You Mountain was repressed on vinyl by Lost Map
and celebrated by Seamus with a series of played-in-full concerts in the UK and Ireland, during a
year in which he also opened for Portishead’s Beth Gibbons at shows in London and Luxembourg.

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“JUST BRILLIANT” – CILLIAN MURPHY, BBC 6 MUSIC

“MAGICAL JOURNEYS THROUGH FABLE AND MODERN LIFE AND BACK AGAIN, OFTEN IN THE SAME SONG’ ★★★★★

– THE GUARDIAN

“BY TURNS GRITTY AND POETIC... A REAL ORIGINAL” ★★★★ – THE OBSERVER

“NESTLES BEAUTIFULLY AT THE POINT WHERE THE DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE WORLDS COLLIDE” ★★★★★ – THE SKINNY

“ORIGINAL, SELF-CONTAINED AND UNENCUMBERED BY THE GENRE” ★★★★ – MOJO

“THE GHOSTLY EMOTIONAL WALLOP OF THE TUNES WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY” – IRISH TIMES

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The music of singer/songwriter bird house fuses traditional song writing with bittersweet humour and atmospheric touches, he carries the listener effortlessly from lilting folk tunes to poetry and “laconic slice of life storytelling” (Tom Robinson).

Released in 2024, his debut album ‘Sleep House’ was well received, garnering widespread praise and radio play on BBC6 music’s Fresh on the net show, Christian Carlisle’s BBC Introducing Sheffield, and playlisted by Amazing Radio’s Charlie Ashcroft and Folk Radio (now KLOF).

His eclectic and genre defying live show features looping guitar work, spoken word and blues harmonica, and has seen him play extensively around the UK as a solo act, with a band and including prominent support slots at with ‘Our Girl,’ acclaimed indie dream-rockers ‘junodream’, and cinematic jazz trio ‘Mammal Hands’.

A second album, eccentrically conceived through a sparse home studio set up, comprised of two microphones, a mobile phone, and a broken laptop prone to switching itself off in sulking fits of protest, is set to be released in the new year. Keep your ears peeled for another collection of stories and dreams from the there and then and the here and now.

“Nick Drake in Space” – some guy

“Emo Paul McCartney” – another guy

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Please note this ticket price DOES include a BYOB fee should you wish to bring alcohol to the venue.

All additional purchases of drinks and sweet treats from the cafe counter are always very much appreciated.