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From<\/strong> Carlow, Ireland At a recent London show, SexyTadhg \u2013 real name Tadhg Griffin \u2013 appeared in a glittering pink corset, channelling high-camp cabaret. And then, they started playing the fiddle.<\/p>\n This, per the name of their latest EP, is SlutTrad, bringing pop exuberance together with Irish traditional music via vocals, piano and said instrument. Griffin grew up playing fiddle and singing Sean-n\u00f3s (old-style Irish) vocals, but pulled away in their teen years \u2013 with a growing understanding of their own queerness came an uneasy sense that the trad scene didn\u2019t have space for someone like them.<\/p>\n But the continuing folk revival and rise of groups such as Biird and the Mary Wallopers showed Griffin that Irish trad could be a broad church and that by creating within it, they could help foster inclusivity. Hence, their recording of R\u00f3is\u00edn Dubh, a standard of Ireland\u2019s political music sung in haunting a cappella, marking Griffin\u2019s arresting homecoming to Sean-n\u00f3s singing.<\/p>\n
Recommended if you like<\/strong> The Mary Wallopers, Chappell Roan, Anohni
Up next<\/strong> SlutTrad EP out now, UK and Ireland tour starts in October<\/p>\n