Madra Salach

Madra Salach are a five piece traditional folk band from Dublin. Originally meeting whilst playing
in various outfits on the city’s indie scene, their shared love of the Irish traditional canon led to
Paul Banks, Adam Cullen, and Dara Duffy quickly forming a bond playing impromptu sessions in
pubs around the Northside.
A chance meeting between Paul Banks and Jack Martin of Dublin City Soul stalwarts Fizzy
Orange was the beginning of a new chapter for the group, with the two partnering up to write
original songs for the band and Martin bringing along fellow Fizzonian Maxime Arnold to join the
ranks.
These songs, while strikingly modern thematically, are written with a voice that could have
emerged at any point throughout the last century, and sit proudly alongside a thoughtfully
curated collection of folk standards.