FOLK/POP
Little Hours
Whelan’s, Dublin 8pm €16.50 whelanslive.com
Although not as much an overnight success as you might think, Donegal’s John Doherty and Ryan McCloskey have nonetheless enjoyed a rapid rise in profile over the past nine months. Expect this to increase even further next year with the release of their debut album. In the meantime, listen out for very fine pop/folk with emotive undertones.
NEW JERSEY STORIES
Yo La Tengo
National Concert Hall, Dublin 8pm €22.50 nch.ie
Remaining “indie” for more than 30 years isn’t necessarily great for the bank balance, but for Yo La Tengo (above), an act often referred to as the quintessential critics’ band it needn’t necessarily be a major problem. Always a pleasure in a live setting, here be casual cleverness and loose-limbed tunes.
ART
Spring Watching Pavilion
Void, Patrick St, Derry Until Nov 14 derryvoid.com
Featuring 14 artists, Spring Watching Pavilion is the first major exhibition of contemporary Vietnamese art in Ireland. These artists work mainly in lens-based media and participatory/socially engaged ways. Their works reflect on the richness and complexity of contemporary Vietnamese life. The title is from a poem of the same name by the 19th- century Vietnamese poet Ho Xuan Huong.
