FIVE fantastic songwriters / artists will mark International Women’s Day through songs, music and art this Friday March 8.
The night will take the shape of a ‘songwriters in the round’ gig with artists sharing a collection of original songs and selection of choice on-theme covers.
Showcasing some of Limericks finest talent is Emma Langford, JaYne, Annie Cheevers, Lúila (Gillian Eglestone) as well as Dublin artist Jennifer McMahon (Irish Women in Jazz founder).
Doors open at 8pm. There will also be a display of female-centric visual art from local artists. Art curator for the night is Tiffany Glenn. She is a hand-cut collage artist living and working in Limerick who makes art under the moniker Fannyland.
Her work is a superficially playful cultural critique, which focuses on gender, identity, and experience.
Nominated for the RTE Folk Awards Original Song of the Year, Emma Langford recently completed an extensive US tour and showcased at Folk Alliance International in Kansas City. Her outstanding track Abigail (Tomhas Ghobnatan) is part of a body of work celebrating women in Irish myth, history and folklore.
JaYne’s critically acclaimed album,’Pass The Test’ (2023), fused soul, jazz, and pop together with her timeless vocal style and has garnered widespread acclaim from Irish radio stations (RTÉ Lyric FM, RTÉ Radio 1, 2XM, 95FM and London Jazz FM) and live audiences nationwide.
Notably, she delivered a standout performance at Electric Picnic 2023, captivating fans with her dynamic stage presence and soul-stirring music.
Indie Folk artist, Annie Cheevers has been performing for just over four years. She released her debut EP Big Kid in June 2022 exploring themes of love, loss, and growing up in a rapidly changing world. A native of Boston, Annie recently finished her MFA at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at UL in Limerick, where she resides while growing her music career.
Lúila (aka Gillian Eglestone) is a singer/songwriter from Limerick. Starting off with a strong performing background dancing and fire performing on stages in Ibiza, appearing with The Rubberbandits and Campaign LK. Having featured in numerous music videos, an RTE documentary, TG4 and short films,she has recently returned back to Limerick after a successful music journey through Canada.
Lúila has a soulful, rock and folk feel to her music. Influenced by Dolores O’Riordan, Stevie Nicks, Dolly Parton and Alanis Morrissette, her music will take you on a journey of feeling and empowerment, with some rock and roll flare and a splash of old folk attitude.
Jennifer McMahon is a vocalist, songwriter, producer, performer and educator from Dublin. She began her music studies at age seven, gradually arriving at guitar and keyboard studies before focusing on voice as her main instrument in her teens.
She holds a master of Music in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration) from Berklee College of Music and a BA Honors in Jazz Performance from Newpark Music Centre. Jennifer has studied with vocalists Marie Séférian, Lauren Kinsella, Jenna Harris and Olga Roman as well as saxophonists Perico Sambeat and Javier Vercher.
Jennifer’s music deals with personal and collective themes of love, loss, belonging, sensuality, compassion, and broadly embodies a search for understanding and allowance in ourselves and others; human behaviour and experience is at the heart of her work and indeed her life.
