A chat with musician Colm Mac Con Iomaire

Colm Mac Con Iomaire is a founding member of Irish trad band Kila and the extremely popular The Frames who celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2015. He has released two solo albums and is touring his second one 'And Now the Weather' in 2016. That tour sees him performing in Brighton as part of The Great Escape festival. Ahead of that we speak to Colm about his background in music, his time in Kila and The Frames and the variety of work he does now - including composing for TV and film.

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