Therapy Sessions Dublin
First Fortnight favourite returns to its Dublin home, The Workmans Club.
The renowned poet Stephen James Smith is back to MC and curate the programme. Therapy Sessions is a staple of the First Fortnight Festival, and promises an evening of music, spoken word and positivity. Stephen will be joined by a variety of wonderful artists in a night that is not to be missed!
“Therapy Sessions is a powerful, moving, reciprocal dynamic of connectivity. A very special bond that cannot be emulated online and I am very excited for us all to be able to witness once again, the special moments this event gifts us all.”
-Stephen James Smith
Suitable for age 18+
Buddy Wakefield
Buddy Wakefield is an American spoken word artist, a three-time poetry slam world champion, and the most toured performance poet in history. His works have been released by Strange Famous Records, Righteous Babe Records, and Write Bloody Publishing.
Toshín
Founded in 2016, Toshín have evolved over the last four years into the vibrant 6-piece it is today. Taking inspiration from a variety of music spanning from early Motown to modern soul/RnB artists such as Tank and the Bangas and Anderson .Paak, their original songs can be put into an incredibly wide range of genres. This is thanks to lead vocalist Tosin Bankole, guitarist Taran Plouzane-Brady and help from various collaborators, including Lisa Rogers (Girlfriend) and Ele Breslin (Zapho).
Their exhilarating live shows span from chilled out, heartfelt soul to all-out James Brown-esque funky goodness, guaranteed to have any crowd dancing. Toshín have played some amazing festival shows including Beatyard festival (2019), Electric Picnic (2019), Body & Soul Main Stage (2019), and Music Makers Festival UK (2019). In 2019 Toshín released their debut EP ‘Get Your Life’, which received high appraisal from John Barker, presenter of 98FM’s Totally Irish, and embarked on their first ever tour around Ireland. With the pandemic now behind us, Toshín are set for a big 2022 ahead with new music in the pipeline and a string of key festival and venue gigs.
Les SalAmandas
Mixing reflective lyrics and beautiful harmonies Les SalAmandas are releasing their debut album, ‘There’s A Sea Between Us ’ in February 2023, a collection of songs they have been working on over the last 3 years and they recorded with Daniel Ledwell (award winning producer) last year in Nova Scotia, Canada. The album includes their singles ‘Now Is The Time’, ‘Mouldy’ and ‘Gold (Fall With The Gun). The Irish-French indie-folk act have been performing around the country for the last 2 years, sharing stages with artists such as Mick Flannery, Gemma Hayes, Paul Noonan and Wallis Bird and this summer were invited to play festivals such as Body & Soul, Doolin Folk Festival, Coughlans Live and Vantastival. They have been recently nominated at the RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards in the ‘Best emerging artists’ category.
