Damian O'Kane and Shona Kipling
Description:
This duo has been together for three years since meeting at Ethno Sweden. Shona is 20 and hails from Hawthorn Co. Durham, while Damien, 27, is from Coleraine, Co. Derry in Northern Ireland. Shona is a student on the Folk & Traditional Music Degree which is run by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, the first of its kind ever in the UK. Damien became one of the first graduates from the same degree programme in June 2005. An extremely gifted pairing, this instrumental and vocal duo plays an array of traditional and self-penned tunes and songs originating and influenced mainly from the Irish tradition.