Leah Song and Duncan Wickel of Rising Appalachia Folk Concert

Join Leah Song and Duncan Wickel for an intimate evening of folk music and story. Touring as a duo, these longtime collaborators from Rising Appalachia bring a soulful blend of traditional Appalachian ballads, banjo, bodhran, and fiddle tunes, original compositions, and reimagined favorites from their global catalogue.

The Duncairn, Belfast

Fri 5th December -

7.30pm doors / 8pm Special Guest / 8.45 Leah

Bio

Leah Song, founder and frontwoman of the celebrated folk band Rising Appalachia, has spent two decades performing for audiences across the world. Born into a musical family from Georgia, Leah Song is a storyteller, song-catcher, musician, poet, and community builder. She incorporates sultry vocals, storytelling, folklore, ballads and boleros into her laid back troubadour performances, along with her signature banjo, bodhrán, and guitar playing. Her music is based in the traditions of Southern soul, the diasporic music of the Celtic Isles and her deep studies of traditional folk music from across the Americas. Joined by a rotating ensemble of gifted multi-instrumentalists, Leah’s performances are part concert, part storytelling, weaving songs, myths, and poetry into a space that feels both timeless and deeply alive.

She has studied and worked alongside some of the greatest teachers and culture keepers of our time... including Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Bobby Mc Ferin, Martin Hayes, Martin Shaw, Joanna Macy, Winona LaDuke, Guadelupe Urbina, Sobunfu Some, and Rosemary Gladstar to name a few... Join her in gathering tools and teachings of resiliency, music, mythology, and celebration through sound.