Cal Folger Day is an American songwriter who has been based in Dublin for a while now but used to conduct orchestras and host open mic nights in New York’s Lower East Side.
Her recent EP Adornment was featured here.
Folger Day is currently touring an operetta, At the Roots of the Stars, from a 1919 play by Djuna Barnes, in the US and Canada. The project, is an exercise in revivifying underloved women’s work, which she calls Obscurity Pearls.
A new solo song, ‘Rawking Chair’ is inspired by her long-held position as a nanny: and the dichotomy between being part of a family and working for one.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
