AN evening of Celtic folk music awaits audiences at Salisbury Arts Centre.
County Sligo export Dervish, who are fronted by singer Cathy Jordan, are performing on Friday at 8pm.
From the Great Wall of China to packed auditoriums in the Holy Land and more recently being the first Irish band to perform at Rock in Rio in front of an estimated audience of 240,000 people, Dervish have come a long way in seventeen years.
Formed in 1989 by a group of five musicians, Liam Kelly, Shane Mitchell, Martin Mc Ginley, Brian Mc Donagh and Michael Holmes came together to record an album of local music which was released as The Boys of Sligo.
Inspired by the project, they decided to develop this informal gathering, which met weekly to play sessions in local pubs, into a working band under the name Dervish which was chosen as it related to any group of spiritual people who become enraptured by music.
In 1991, singer Cathy Jordan and all Ireland champion fiddle player Shane Mc Aleer joined the band.
Tickets are available by calling the box office on 01722 321744
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