The High Kings

A Music Hall/Music Without Borders Co-presentation
The High Kings are charting a new course for Irish ballad music – equal parts rousing and reflective, energetic and insightful. They are marking out a new and bright era for Irish folk music, and aiming to bring us along for the journey. They have topped Billboards World Music charts, and have sold out shows across the globe. The High Kings have received the stamp of approval from the likes of Christy Moore and, perhaps more pertinently, Ronnie Drew, the lead singer of The Dubliners, and the man behind one of Ireland’s most recognisable and enduring ballad voices. The High Kings have achieved what many had thought improbable, if not impossible: they are moving the Irish ballad tradition into the here and now, carrying along with them the steadfast older fans while simultaneously bringing it to a new audience. “The gigs were getting bigger and bigger, and we felt we were breaking down barriers.”