Seamus Fogarty

We’re thrilled to welcome London based, alt-folk alchemist Seamus Fogarty to The Long Table on Thursday 22nd October!

Born and raised on the West coast of Ireland but living in London since 2010, singer songwriter Seamus Fogarty released his debut full-length ‘God Damn You Mountain’ on cult Scottish label Fence Records (King Creosote, Jon Hopkins) in 2012. This was followed by a pair of exceptional albums released via Domino Records – 2017’s The Curious Hand (“magical amplified folk journeys through modern life” ★★★★★ – The Guardian) and 2020’s A Bag Of Eyes (“a gloriously trippy journey” – The Sunday Times). His most recent release, the Hee Haw EP, was released on Lost Map Records in 2023 with the lead single ‘They Recognised Him’ receiving high praise from a range of DJs and personalities across the BBC and beyond, including Iggy Pop, and Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy who singled it out for recommendation on his Limited Edition show on 6Music (‘just brilliant’).

Fogarty has extensively around the UK, Ireland & Europe, both solo and with a range of artists including Lisa O’Neill and This Is The Kit, has appeared at many notable festivals including the main stage of Green Man, Eurosonic, Latitude, Electric Picnic, Mosely Folk & Haldern Pop as well as recording live sessions for Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2 and Cerys Matthews on BBC 6Music.

Recorded at studios in London, St Leonards-on-Sea and Margate and fine-tuned in his own home studio, Fogarty’s new album Ships is packed with poignant and funny slice-of-life vignettes touching on everything from Geoffrey Chaucer to DIY coffins, and existing in a wonderful new sonic realm where songs and stories coexist peacefully with fragmentary electronics, drones and field recordings. It’s is his most expansive and uplifting collectionof music to date. Singles 'I Passed Your House', 'Fire' and 'Ships' picked up wide support across BBC6Music, from the likes of Cillian Murphy ('one of my favourite artists around at the moment'), Lauren Laverne, Cerys Matthews, Craig Charles, Huw Stephens, New Music Fix Daily, Radcliffe and Maconie, and Riley & Coe, as well as support elsewhere from Uncut (8/10), Analogue Trash, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Scotland, BBC Ulster, BBC Wales, Radio X, RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2FM and more... The first single ‘I Passed Your House’ also spent multiple weeks on RTÉ Radio 1’s Recommends list.

‘Magical journeys through fable and modern life and back again, often in the same song’
The Guardian *****

‘By turns gritty and poetic…a real original’ The Observer (UK) ****

‘Nestles beautifully at the point where the digital and analogue worlds collide’ The Skinny *****

‘Original, self-contained and unencumbered by the genre’ Mojo****

“The ghostly emotional wallop of the tunes will take your breath away” The Irish Times ****

We can’t wait to welcome Seamus to our Sanctuary space for an exceptional evening of live music!

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