Rattling Ark

Rattling Ark

About the show

Rattling Ark is a new experimental folk project established by renowned experimental cellist Kevin Murphy along with Thomas Haugh, Lizzie Murtagh and Consuelo Breschi. Leaning in to the experimental traditional/folk world the band is on the cusp of releasing their first album, combining sounds reminiscent of Pentangle, Haxan Cloak, and The Gloaming. Kevin Murphy plays the cello and sings, Thomas Haugh plays Zithers, Percussion and Electronics, Lizzi Murtough plays Cello, Shrutti Box, Keyboard and sings, while Consuelo Breschi plays fiddle and bodhrán.

Kevin is a founding member of critically acclaimed Irish experimental bands Slow Moving Clouds and Seti The First, and Blind Stitch. As a performer he has collaborated with a multitude of Irish and International musicians such as The National, Bon Iver, Jenny Lewis, Lisa Hannigan, Gavin Friday, Rick Danko Seamus Fogarty and Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode. He has also collaborated with Irish traditional and folk musicians such as John Spillane, Cathy Jordan, Phil Callery, Iarla O Lionáird, Úna Monaghan and Ger Wolfe in live settings and on recordings. He also has participated in the People collective spearheaded by Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Bryce and Aaron Dessner (The National). This has resulted in collaborations with the above artists and others in festivals across Europe in recent years including the Funkhaus in Berlin 2018 and Sounds from a Safe Harbour Cork in 2017 and 2019. In 2021 he was invited by Music Network to collaborate with Iarla O Lionáird and Úna Monaghan to compose music and perform an Irish/UK tour.

Both Kevin and Thomas collaborated in the band Seti The First who released two critically records and co-wrote two songs on The Waterboys 2017 album Out Of All This Blue. They also composed the score for the hugely popular documentary North Circular, directed by Luke McManus which won the Grand Prix at the French Documentary festival FIPADOC. They also co-composed the score for feature film Tomato Red (2017) directed by Oscar long listed director Juanita Wilson. Kevin has co-composed the score for Michael Keegan Dolan’s Swan Lake/Loch na Heala hailed by the Guardian Newspaper as the second best dance production of the 21st Century. He also co-composed the scores for The Lodgers, (2018) which featured at the Toronto Film Festival and True Grit by acclaimed Irish director Kim Bartley in 2022. In 2021 he was commissioned to compose the music for Anja Murrays three part radio documentary Ireland’s Changing Nature for RTE Lyric FM.

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Trad & Folk

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