Dervish to be honoured by Sligo

Irish traditional band Dervish are to be honoured by their native town Sligo . W.B Yeats said that Sligo had most influenced his life and certainly the area is steeped in music and cultural history. Sligo Town itself in more recent times has been a great center for all kinds of music and has produced many great bands from Those Nervous animals to Dervish.

Dervish have always been proud of their home town and now are set to be rewarded for being its great unofficial ambassadors.

Recently they organised a weekend of concerts to remember thier late soundman Finn Corrigan which featured some of the biggest names in Irish music visiting the town.

At the first meeting of 2004 of the Sligo Borough Council, it was decided to give the seven members of Dervish "The Freedom of the City of Sligo ". This is the highest civic honour that a local Council can give. This honour was bestowed on Dervish for being one of the most sucessful Irish traditional music groups of our time and also for bringing their local Sligo style of music to a worldwide audience. This honour has been only given to a small number of people throughtout the years in the local region.

The date for the official ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks

Dervish have a brilliant new album out called Spirit and will be touring the US soon to promote it.

For a list of the U.S.A. tour dates click Here