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Gig of the Week: Oisín Leech leaves crowd floating on air

Steve Gunn, a gifted songwriter in his own right, has flown in from New York, while Donegal fiddle player Róisín McGrory and bassist Graham Heaney complete tonight’s band

Leech is liberated solo, which isn’t to say that the pieces don’t fit as tightly Picture: Cait Fahey

Oisín Leech

The Sugar Club, Dublin

Thursday 4 April

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Not every gig sees a member of Met Éireann read the shipping forecast aloud onstage, but then it’s that sort of night at Dublin’s Sugar Club as Oisín Leech marks the release of his globally acclaimed debut solo album, Cold Sea.

Better known as one-half of The Lost Brothers, the Americana-flavoured Irish duo, Leech tells the story of he and his producer, Steve Gunn, spending ...