I was hunting down folk who sing with a Northern Irish accent for #ThePlaylist and was disappointed to find a lot of singers from here seem to suppress or downplay their accent. So, for St Patrick’s Day, here’s Foy Vance in the Bushmills Distillery with some very County Down vowels.

https://youtu.be/LWldBMWI8Gs

Foy Vance - Closed Hand, Full of Friends (Live from Bushmills Distillery)

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@astronomerritt I tried looking for some Ken Haddock to thank you for sharing this fab performance.

Sadly I couldn’t find any videos of Ken doing his own stuff, just covers. I will keep looking though.