Join traditional Irish singer Len Graham and singer-musician and sean-nós (“old-style”) dancer Brian Hart for a magical evening in the warm and intimate Parlour of the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W. Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3.
 
The duo is touring in support of their newly released album In Two Minds.
 
Graham, who was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, won the Senior All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann traditional singing competition in 1971. A generation later in 2002, Hart’s name was added to the long list of noted singers who have also been awarded this prestigious prize, a list that includes Joe Heaney and Frank Harte. Hart was the first American to win this award, as well as the youngest winner in the competition’s history at age 24. 
 
Graham sings with a brassy, rich baritone and brings the memories of a lifetime of collecting and singing Irish songs ranging from ballads to music hall pieces and tales of politics, love, and emigration to his concerts. He has many solo and collaborative recordings to his credit and has won numerous awards, including the Keeper of the Tradition from the Tommy Makem Festival of Traditional Music in 2008. 
 
Hart is a member off the Chicago-based traditional band Bua, and his clear tenor voice performing songs, often in Irish Gaelic, as well as his dancing, are central to that group’s sound. (Bua performed in the ICHC Parlour on February 4.) Hart earned degrees in Celtic studies and Irish traditional music performance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Limerick, respectively.