Faoileán, with Elias Cardoso and Helen Kuhar!

doors at 6:30, music at 7:00. Sliding scale $15-25

In the Irish language, the word Faoileán (FWEEL-AWN) means seabird, or one who circles or spins, or one who cries, or wild one. Inspired by the gravity and multiplicity or this word and it's native language, Nathan Bishop, Connor Brogan, and Rob Helsel adopted Faoileán as the name for their New Jersey- Philadelphia based Irish Folk outfit.

Faoileán challenges and experiments with the limits of modern Irish folk music, from executing tender verses in five-hundred-year-old ballads, to gliding and soaring through original and handed-down melodies, to ripping the very fabric of tunes apart through intensity and atmosphere.

Nathan helms the bowed instruments and commands a tapestry of tunes, Rob solidifies rhythms through guitars and banjos, and Connor adds testures and dimension through an assortment of string and bellow instruments. Rob and Connor share and trade vocal leads and accompaniments.

The trio released their debut full-length album last year-Far Hills.