Singer/Musician/Ballad Collector and Storyteller.
Bill The Bard is very active in Irish ballads across the land. Host of the Lost Songs of Ireland Podcast who collects rare and unknown songs from around Ireland and works to reconstruct and perform then while maintaining the Celtic tradition of oral storytelling.
Author of the book Lost Songs of Tipperary, Bill is a wealth of knowledge on Irish songs and song writers and has an immense repertoire of both classic Irish and Scottish ballads and the stories behind them.
Whether you want a show of fast paced drinking songs for a busy bar, or a more relaxed set based around softer ballads and stories he can tailor a custom set specific to your venue and adapt dynamically. He has plenty of rare songs from all over Ireland, many of which have not been performed in generations and almost certainly unheard at most venues he can almost always draw on his collection for something local for you. Combined with many of the more popular songs from The Dubliners, The Clancy Brothers, The Pogues, Christy Moore and many others, your audience will surely be dancing their shoes off throughout the night.