Naomi Berrill’s Galway show of her Irish Tour will take place at the Roisin Dubh on Saturday March 15th.

Originally from Headford, Naomi Berrill is a cellist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer-songwriter based in Florence. She has explored the potential of the cello as an accompanying instrument to the voice, composing and arranging songs, always leaving room for improvisation. Her performances and collaborations span different genres and artistic disciplines.

Her trio with Lorenzo Pellegrini (guitar, vocals, synth) and Andrea Beninati (cello, synth and drums) masterfully blends the intense power of three multi-instrumentalists, creating an evocative live performance which has conquered audiences in the jazz, songwriter and classical worlds.

Naomi will play gorgeous material from her recent album INISH that’s very close to our heart here at the Black Gate (as this gig’s promoters) as it reflects life on two Islands off the west coast of Ireland: Inishark and Inishbofin. The songs in the album recount the beauty of these islands and the strength and courage of the inhabitants, but also the harsh existence of the fishing communities there. The music expresses these extremes of island life: courage, adventure, love and light, interwoven with loneliness, danger, loss and pain.

In this album, Naomi’s experimental approach to cello technique continues to break boundaries between musical genres. ‘Sea Warrior’, the main single, is dedicated to the Irish pirate queen Grace O’Malley: an iconic figure of feminine strength, courage and self-belief. The award-winning video for this track was filmed in Italy by Galwegian film-maker @bulabosca, and features many women who are part of Naomi’s daily life, and who represent female ‘Warriors’ of today’s world.

This will be a very special evening, not to be missed!