BOG JAZZ

Rock like Hendrix, roll like a céilí band Bog Jazz - Eoin ‘Stan’ O’Sullivan and Shane Murphy! A genre-bending duo exploring the wild edges of Sliabh Luachra fiddle music—armed with electric guitar and drums. Irish musicians have long worn their traditional roots with pride, even as they’ve pushed into contemporary sounds—but this is something else. This isn’t the polished innovation of Moving Hearts or the Celtic-glam of Horslips. Stan and Shane sound like they’ve come from a parallel timeline—one where the Public Dance Halls Act of 1935 was never passed, and traditional music naturally rode the same electric wave as rock ’n’ roll, psych, and punk. The result is raw, rooted, and defiantly off-road—traditional music reimagined on dirty guitar and big drums. There’s a surprising likeness to the Desert Blues of artists like Tinariwen or Mdou Moctar —something the duo leans into proudly. As Stan puts it: “If Ali Farka Touré played accordion, we might say he sounded like Joe Cooley. I think the resemblance shows the kinship of all folk music—and those parallels become obvious when the tunes are sung in the same language: electric guitar.” Bog Jazz has previously been presented as part of Cork Jazz Festival, Clonakilty International Guitar Festival, Cork Folk Festival, Crosstown Drift, Love Is A Stranger and A Sliver of Light.