Brògeal, Scotland On Sunday, 12 January 2025
Brògeal | Off Axis Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 12 January 2025
Falkirk band Brògeal are about to perform at Europe’s biggest showcase festival write Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss read Scotsman.com
Falkirk five-piece Brògeal have their origins in Daniel Harkins and Aidan Callaghan meeting on a Celtic-supporters’ bus as schoolboys and by their teens the duo were already writing songs together. After the split of their first band, Shiva, they enlisted one of their fans Sam MacMillan to channel a mutual love of traditional Irish and Scottish folk. The trio spent the pandemic honing their songwriting in his garden and after two years of constant practice, enlisted Euan Mundie on bass and Luke Mortimer on drums.
Brògeal’s skills further developed through hosting The Vicar Street Social music nights, first in Falkirk and then expanding into Glasgow, as well as going on to tour the UK and Ireland. And while their banjo-infused songs are most likely to appeal to fans of The Pogues, their combined, trad, rock and indie influences are reflected in the high-profile support slots they have landed which include The Mary Wallopers, The View, Paolo Nutini and The Lathums.
Later this week Brògeal perform at Europe’s biggest showcase festival, ESNS in the Netherlands, with a UK tour to follow at the end of the month and a new release due in spring visit https://brogeal.com/
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