Willie Watson has made modern folk music rooted in older traditions. He’s a folksinger in the classic sense: a singer, storyteller, and traveller, with a catalogue of songs that bridge the gap between the past and present.On his latest album Folksinger Vol. 2, he acts as a modern interpreter of older songs, passing along his own version of the music that came long before him. Southern gospel. Railroad songs. Delta blues. Irish fiddle tunes. Appalachian music. Take a listen to his version of Gallows Pole made famous by Led Zeppelin.

Watson was a natural choice to join the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers’ western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs for When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings which was nominated for an Oscar.

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Willie Watson at The Grand Social 26^th October 2019. Tickets €23 inclusive of booking fees, on sale Monday 29^th April at 9AM.