Dermot Byrne, Éamonn Coyne & John Doyle with Three Rivers: Eilidh Patterson, Ruth Trimble and Yvonne Lyon

The seeds of this new collaboration, between former Altan accordionist Dermot Byrne, Salsa Celtica/Treacherous Orchestra banjo ace Éamonn Coyne and Transatlantic Sessions guitarist/singer John Doyle, were sown over 30 years ago. For it was back in the early 1980s that the three first met and played together at festivals around south-west Donegal, and both the place ¬– one of Ireland’s most fertile traditional heartlands – and those experiences remain inspirational cornerstones of their respective illustrious careers. Featuring tunes and songs sourced from this area, alongside others reflecting the diverse styles first encountered in those early sessions, tonight’s show serves up a foretaste of the trio’s forthcoming album.