Cork Jazz Festival: Mary Coughlan & Band

Coughlan's, Douglas St.

Sun 25th Oct, 3:30 pm

Mary is Ireland’s greatest jazz and blues singer and “one of our most openly raw performers” (Hotpress).Born in Shantalla, Galway city, Mary has made some of the most uncompromising, wholly personal, and universal music by any Irish artist. While her roots are in jazz and blues - Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith are among her inspirations - pop, rock, folk, and chanson (Edith Piaf is also a touchstone) influences also appear in her work.