Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc presents Padraig Stevens and Friends with support from Kathleen Keenan on May 24th.

Originally from Sligo, Padraig started his first rock n’ roll band The Problems in Tuam in 1966, and has been involved in music-making ever since.

He began writing songs in the mid 1970’s specialising in catchy songs with a local flavour. He has released several albums of his own. If you want to know who Padraig Stevens is, just listen to his records. Filled with poetry, nature, traditionalism, honesty and colloquial humour, he finds beauty in the simplest things and magic in everyday living.

Each song contains a piece of Padraig; his gentle nature, his wisdom and his curiosity. His music is who he is. Padraig was one of the founding members of The Saw Doctors and has co-written a lot of songs with the band. He has recently been co-writing new material with Sawdocs Leo and Davy in Tuam.

His songs have been recorded by The Saw Doctors, Eleanor Shanley, Matt Keane, Sean Tyrell, Citizen Keane, Christy Moore and Michael English, Padraigs’ song The Tuam Beat has been chosen as ‘Hot Country Song of the Year’. Padraig has been performing live in concert, with Leo Moran from the Saw Doctors accompanying on guitar.

photo by Aidan Connaughton