Varo are singers and fiddle players Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi. They perform Irish traditional songs and tunes with arrangements influenced by the folk, baroque and classical traditions, weaving around the melodies with harmonies, drones and countermelody.

Lucie, from France, and Consuelo, from Italy, met in 2015 after moving to Dublin to pursue their love for Irish traditional music, and immediately started a fruitful collaboration. They travelled to Ireland along different musical paths, Lucie from jazz, classical music, and French folk, Consuelo from Irish trad, folk, and world music.  

Lucie and Consuelo have been involved in various other projects, including Landless, Lisa O’Neill’s Band, Ye Vagabonds and the Nomadic Piano Project.   

Since Lucie and Consuelo started working together, they have been gathering a repertoire of songs from Ireland, Scotland, and England, along with a selection of Irish tunes collected from archives, sessions, and from singers and musicians they admire. Varo have also composed one instrumental and have chosen songs with a specific focus on a female perspective or conveying stories of rebellion in a social context, or both. 

Having successfully reached their Fund-it target, Varo have released their debut self-titled album in 2020.

Fear A’Tí: Tom Finn will also welcome audience participation “from the floor.”

Admission: €5

Wednesday January 17 from 7.30 pm (Doors open from 7pm)

Cois Life Bar, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1