
Clare Sands is a sixth-generation fiddler, and bilingual singer from Cork, Ireland. Channelling the music of her ancestors, she treads a path where Irish and English languages, Irish traditional, folk and contemporary music meet; weaving through rugged landscapes to the beckoning sea, singing of resilience, solidarity, kinship and the power of women.
Her eponymous album – its pulsing rhythms, traditional melodies, bilingual song and poetry, at once rousing and ethereal – was one of the Irish Times' Top 5 Folk Albums of 2022. Her prolific output includes music and film project collaborations with Irish music luminaries and spiritual partners such as: Steve Cooney, Susan O’Neill, Tommy Sands, Liam O Maonlaí and Aisling Urwin; community projects in Ireland and Palestine; and live duo performances with low whistle & uilleann pipes expert, Conor Mallon.