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Aengus Hackett's Irish-Turkish Project (feat. Sanem Kalfa) at Sweeney's Bar
Courtesy of Aengus Hackett | Posted on February 23, 2015
Where
Sweeney's Bar
32 Dame Street
Dublin
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When
Sat, March 14, 2015
19:00
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Musicians
Aengus Hackett
guitarSanem Kalfa
vocalsMatthew Berrill
saxophoneNeil O'Loghlen
bassMatthew Jacobson
drumsAbout
Unique interpretations of Irish and Turkish folk songs by Galwegian jazz guitarist Aengus Hackett Music, joined by world-class Turkish vocalist Sanem Kalfa on a journey into the familiar and the foreign.
Aengus studied jazz guitar at the prestigious Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he crossed paths with gifted vocalist Sanem Kalfa. No stranger to Irish audiences, in 2011 Sanem performed at the 12 Points Festival in Dublin.
She has a distinctly beautiful style of singing, straddling the borders between jazz and the music of her native Turkey with an effortless grace. Sanem is the winner of the world-renowned Montreux Jazz Voice Competition in 2010, where head of jury was none other than the legendary Quincy Jones. ...