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This concert will feature the music from Christine Tobin’s most recent album “Returning Weather” in which she imaginatively weaves song, spoken word and breath-taking music, from diverse disciplines, creating a unique multi-dimensional sound, which blend influences from folk, 20th-century art, song and jazz. Using the themes of homecoming, dwelling, landscape, belonging and return, in this concert Christine uses her personal memoir to chart a journey of returning home to Ireland after many years of living abroad. The songs are based in the Irish countryside of County Roscommon, around Boyle and Ballaghadereen … These are songs of Leaving and Farewell and this is the music of Homecoming and Return.

Letters Home is a documentary film, which will be interspersed with live music and songs played on stage by Christine Tobin & Phil Robson. The film features images and clips from interviews with Irish Elders based in County Roscommon, all of whom emigrated to the UK during the 60’s -90’s, to find work and then returned home to Ireland. You will hear them recount their stories and experiences in their own words.