MISSING FLUTE
I lost my flute in the Phibsborogh/Cabra area. It is in a black metal case covered in stickers (pictured below). If anyone has any information as to its whereabout please let me know (DM me). I'm offering a reward for its return. Please share this post. Thanks
I did a show for
@nts_radio
on experimental trad/folk in Ireland focusing on up-and-coming/obscure/unreleased material/artists.
Listen back here:
#nts
#irishmusic
I'm absolutely delighted and very excited to announce that I have signed to
@RiverLeaRecords
. Ill be releasing my debut solo album and I can't imagine a better way to do it than with these guys. What an honour!
#recorddeal
#riverlea
#roughtrade
River Lea is excited to announce the signing of John Francis Flynn to the label.
@JFFdublin
is a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Dublin who is currently recording his debut album.
See more of this performance (and another track from John) at:
I am tweeting today in search of a quiet space in the Irish countryside where I can live and work on some music during January and February 2023. Gis a shout if ye know of anywhere.
'Look Over The Wall, See The Sky' is
#5
on
@theQuietus
best albums of 2023 list and I can't quite believe it. I've found some of my favourite artists and music through The Quietus over the years so this is an incredible honour.
My album, I Would Not Live Always, is available to preorder/presave now.
Click on this link here pls+tnx
also, this portrait by the very excellent
@Ellius_Grace
is the album cover.
tell yisser friends xx
After a *little* hiatus, we’re delighted to announce the relaunch of our new look physical magazine. Taking in independent music & culture from every corner of the island, issue
#1
features John Francis Flynn, Junior Brother, CMAT, Silverbacks, Hilary Woods, Leo Miyagee and more
Hello to all my new tweeters.
I still don't really know how to use twitter effectively.
Pls stck wt m.
That's Naoise (
@KNEECAPCEOL
), Íosa (Nazareth) and I (me) partying down to the absolute maximum on NYE
I lv y ll xx
#10
in
@TheAtlantic
best albums of 2023 alongside some very excellent popstars. Quite surreal, but I'm very grateful! I'm blown away by the response to 'Look Over The Wall, See The Sky' so far! Big thanks to everyone involved in the making of this record with me!
#BestOf2023
31. John Francis Flynn, Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
Each song on
@jffdublin
's Look Over the Wall, See the Sky holds a pre-apocalyptic sense of melancholy that rings with an almost unbearable beauty. It’s a new classic.
Full list:
In this exclusive Quietus interview, John Francis Flynn talks to
@JahDuran
about the violence and otherworldliness of traditional music and the radical symbol of the mole
There's Nowt So Weird As Folk:
@JFFdublin
interviewed
New single, 'Kitty', out tomorrow
Here I am in Rory's Fishing Tackle, and as Rory himself might say, if you want to be happy for a day, get drunk; for a week, get married; and for life, preorder this feckin album from
@RoughTradeRecs
📷 Johnny Lyons
#roughtrade
riverlea
#kitty
That is a picture of me chilling out at the gorse fire in Howth last summer on a teeshirt. I will be selling these at the gigs along my UK tour which starts next wednesday. Please come to the gigs and buy these teeshirts and also buy records and also have fun. Thanks.
Delighted to announce Trá Pháidín as special guests to open up on our Irish tour. If you haven't heard of them yet, get on it. They're incredible! These are going to be very special shows.
Get your tickets now here:
#albumlaunch
The last two weeks have been amazing, from touring with
@LankumDublin
to supporting
@JuniorBrotherIE
at
@QuietLightsFest
. So grateful for the experience and for all the support I've gotten along the way. There will be music online soon, but now I will sleep. 📸:
@ArbutusYarns
Hello twitter. I am John Francis Flynn. I am on twitter. I will play a gig at
@QuietLightsFest
in
@LiveAtStLukes
in support of the great
@LankumDublin
and tomorrow again in support off the mighty
@JuniorBrotherIE
in The Kino.
Driving down now with Ross Chaney and his tascam 424.
Set up a new Youtube channel. Subscribe to it if you'd like to watch videos of me singing songs etc.
First video is an extended, semi-improvised version of Lovely Joan from my album. It was produced by the great team at
@connollysofleap
during lockdown.
I am quite tall like, but I only got 425 points in the Leaving Cert. Which is fairly good I reckon. Fairly good.
Nonetheless, very honoured to be supporting some of my favourite musicians in the world today. It's good to be alive.
#lankum
#lanky
#leavingcert
A phenomenal party to end a phenomenal year. The towering genius that is
@JFFdublin
will be joining ourselves and
@JuniorBrotherIE
at The Roisin Dubh Galway on NYE.
The gig has SOLD OUT, but word on the street is there are still a few tix behind the bar if you get in quick...
x
This Saturday all money made from sales of our album will go to
@masi_asylum
This is limited to 5 vinyl because we don't have many left, but however many CDs as we've bleedin loads of them.
#enddirectprovision
#blacklivesmatter
The sun is back.
Last night I played the first ever show of what I reckon could be the best live stream music show in the country alongside one of my favourite bands,
@The_Bonk_Music
and loads more that I can't fit into this post.
What a team! Follow
@guerrilla_live
'Look Over The Wall, See The Sky' is album of the week in Stereogum! Check out this lovely review here.
Pre-order album over on the
@RoughTradeRecs
website
On 'Look Over The Wall, See The Sky,' John Francis Flynn (
@JFFdublin
) steers traditional Irish folk in unpredictable, adventurous directions, mourning the state of modern Dublin in the process.
It's our Album Of The Week:
Low ticket warning for UK tour.
London sold out.
Leeds and Manchester almost there.
Rest of the gigs selling fast too.
Get your tickets while you can here:
Tonight
@JFFdublin
celebrates the release of his truly astounding second album Look Over the Wall, See the Sky
@Vicar_Street
Dublin.
Limited tickets available
Bar & Merch 7pm
Trá Pháidín 8.20pm
John Francis Flynn 9.15pm
Congratulations to the nominees in the Europe category of the Songlines Music Awards 2022...
☆ Fanfare Ciocărlia
☆ John Francis Flynn
☆ San Salvador
☆ Spell Songs
Discover more and listen to their nominated albums at
#SMA22
Big thanks to everyone who's listened to the album so far. Delighted with the response! Album is out 10th November.
Preorder now from
@RoughTradeRecs
website
Irish/UK/EU tour tickets on sale now
Follow this link:
#newalbum
#irishmusic
#roughtrade
I'll be playing a gig live from
@NCH_Music
tonight at 9:50pm. I'll be joined by
@Ultan_Music
on fiddle and Brendan Jenkinson on electric guitar and prophet~6. You can watch us on the internet if you so wish.
good day.
It was very nice to finish up this summers festivals at
@EOTR
Also very nice that our set got a mention in this article by
@JahDuran
Now we must sleep for a long time.
New music on the horizon.
See yis shortly x
Look Over The Wall, See The Sky, the second album from
@JFFdublin
is out today and is masterpiece, truly. He plays
@Vicar_Street
on Saturday December 2nd
"The filthiest track to open any album this year. Pure filth, lads."
The Zoological Gardens is Jim Carroll's favourite track of 2023.
Read article here:
#bestof2023
#thezoologicalgardens
#purefilth
Really looking forward to playing alongside some of Ireland's finest at Guinness' next Wednesday for the Other Voices Christmas gig.
It'll be going out online so keep yisser eyes peeled.
#othervoices
#guinness
@homeofguinness
Did a live stream session with
@Ceannabhain
for a good 6 hours last night. Will do it again on Friday night. Maybe not for 6 hours but who knows. We might stick up a link for donations too, but if you're in a similar position to me and youve no income, no bother! Tune in anyway!
We're excited to announce our terrific line-up for Episode 4 of Live From Guerrilla Studios. Drum roll, please...🥁
We'll have performances from
@SunkenFoal
&
@AcidGranny
along with videos by
@fears___
&
@GASH_COLLECTIVE
🥳
Tune in Thursday, August 20th at 10pm.
Willie Crotty is out 1 week today. Big thanks to everyone who's listened and watched the video.
Pre-order the album and buy tickets to the tour here :
#newmusic
#irishmusic
#roughtrade
VENUE UPGRADE: Due to the massive popularity of John Francis Flynn's (
@JFFdublin
) Hall Two show we're bumping it up to Hall One. 🙌
Fri 28 Jan, 8pm. Co-presented with
@BOTWevents
. More tickets available now:
🎟️
Tonight on
@RTERadio1
from 7pm:
@JFFdublin
on his second solo LP - Look Over the Wall, See the Sky.
Theo Dorgan on his new collection, Once Was a Boy.
JFK on screen (60th anniversary) with
@StevenBenedict2
.
I had an amazing time playing something close to an actual live gig in
@NCH_Music
. For this I'm hugely grateful. You can still watch the whole gig which features beautiful sets from
@Ceannabhain
+ fam
@samamidon
Elizabeth LaPrelle, WOSQ, Nils Okland
John has been playing tunes with us in the front rooms, back rooms, kitchens and streets of Dublin for years now, and more recently accompanied us on our 2019 UK tour.
His debut album, which is out today, is a very special one, but don't take our word for it...
WATCH:
@JFFdublin
's 'My Son Tim' is an extraordinary piece of music - simple and stark, it's emotional directness is stunning...
New on
@RiverLeaRecords
, you can check out the video first on Clash -
John Francis Flynn's biggest headline show to date
@Vicar_Street
Dublin on May 1st w/ special guest Aoife Nessa Frances. John's debut album I Would Not Live Always is one of the stand-out albums of 2021 - mesmerising journey through sound and tradition.
"Never are these arrangements just exercises in muso posturing" – Look Over The Wall, See The Sky by John Francis Flynn is a wonderfully strange interpretations of eight traditional songs
@JFFdublin
@RiverLeaRecords
@JFFdublin
will be playing Moth Club, London, on 5th May. A great weekend celebrating Irish music presented by
@BroadsideHacks
and Skinty Records.
Tickets available via the link below
Grafton street seagulls are truly in a league of their own, now shoplifting food from Londis, rather than swooping down and snatching it out of your hands.
“I was drawn to ‘I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground’ at the time in Dublin when traditional music was centred round this pub The Cobblestone, and it was under threat. This venue was the real hope of our scene"
@JFFdublin
interviewed
We HIGHLY recommend this Brudenell gig...We absolutely LOVE the John Francis Flynn album on
@RiverLeaRecords
(which keeps selling out in the shop) and we're really excited to see him perform live!
TICKETS HERE
I had a great time at
@OtherVoicesLive
on Saturday. The talented and caring Brendan Jenkinson played with me for the first time, which worked v well. V! Check us out there now. Brendan also phoned the Gardaí as storm Jorge threatened to knock a tree onto a busy road. A great man.
Phoenix Park closed after anti-lockdown protest.
@gemmaod1
John Waters and co making a fucked up situation worse. And in the name of freedom...? Cop on.
#saps
"It reminds of the comfort that music can bring in the worst possible moments. This album of sea shanties was a lifeboat for me; it still is."
Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs in Darren Hayman's Baker's Dozen
Typically brilliant work from
@The_Bonk_Music
V looking forward to playing a music gig with them tomorrow on the internet.
Check out
@guerrilla_live
for the gig
In training for the big session tonight. Walsh's (at home) with
@Ceannabhain
live from our home through
@SkippersAlley
Instagram and Facebook accounts. Throw in at 9pm. Pull hard!
#uptheparish