Dallahan are coming to Melbourne this March with a set that covers more ground than most bands manage in a lifetime.
Few bands can claim a touring footprint that spans 20 countries, and fewer still can say they’ve shared creative space with both a national orchestra and a Himalayan folk ensemble. Dallahan are one of those bands.
Born out of Scotland and Ireland’s traditional music scenes, Dallahan have spent years weaving in influences from the Balkans and North America to create something that resists easy categorisation, a kind of world-folk that’s entirely their own. Approaching a decade together, the band have evolved from promising traditional outfit to a seasoned, globe-trotting live act with serious credentials.
Those credentials include four Folk Band of the Year nominations (in 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2023), collaborations with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, songwriting legend Dougie MacLean, and Nepali folk group Kutumba. Now they’re heading to Melbourne ahead of the release of their fourth studio album, Speak of the Devil.
Dallahan
- When: Wednesday, 25 March, 6:30pm
- Where: Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne
- Tickets: here
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Onstage, Dallahan are Jack Badcock on guitar and vocals, Ciaran Ryan on banjo, mandolin and fiddle, and Andrew Waite on accordion, with a fourth member on fiddle to be confirmed. It’s a lineup built for the kind of music they make; nimble, dynamic, and capable of moving between tender and barnstorming in the space of a single song.
If you’ve never caught Dallahan live, this is a solid chance to fix that. World-folk might sound like a niche corner of the music world, but in their hands it’s a full-spectrum experience; technically dazzling, culturally rich, and transportive.
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This article was made in partnership with Brunswick Ballroom.
