Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps ft. Elaine Ryan

Under the Neon Palms at the El Mocambo

Join the El Mocambo Team for our annual St. Patricks Day event! Special drink prices all night long sponsored by Jägermeister.

About the Artists

In 2010, Michael Darcy packed up his songs and guitar, left his home in the green hills of Co. Clare, Ireland and journeyed westward across the Atlantic – to Toronto, Canada. Chasing adventure and devilment he fell in with three like-minded young music makers who would become ‘The Atlantic Tramps’. It was a whirlwind of folk traditions — where greengrass meets bluegrass. From soulful ballads to roof-raising barnstormers, Michael Darcy & The Atlantic Tramps whisk their audiences up to the rafters and down to the roots.

Drawing from the well of rich Irish music that he grew up with and also being inspired by gritty American songwriters like John Prine & Guy Clark, Michael’s songs bear the earthy tones of his Old Country roots, and the freshness of a newly cut path. Americana. Stories of loss and fortune, love and heartbreak, wanderlust and lives lived — told with a touch of banjo twang and a light Canadian frost.

❝In the 60’s and 70’s Irish bands were a dime a dozen in these parts (Canada), and left a rich legacy. It’s great to hear someone updating that connection, and adding well-worthy songs to the canon.❞

– BOB MERSEREAU, CBC

For several years, nomadic troubadour Elaine Ryan has been pouring her heart out and hustling to get her songs heard around the world, playing in locales as far-flung as Vancouver, Montreal, Maui and San Francisco. Her seventh year playing out proved particularly lucky, with a generous fan and patron supporting her latest release, Sunsets & Twilights. The funding enabled her to collaborate with respected Vancouver producer Winston Hauschild, and engineer and mixing wizard Shawn Cole to create the type of top-notch, quality recording that used to be the sole preserve of artists signed to a large record label.

Ryan has organized four successful tours, including a west coast US tour, a cross-Canada tour with Melissa Bandura and a BC/Alberta tour with fellow Lilith Fair contest runners-up, Aspen Switzer and Genevieve Rainey. As well as placing in the top-ten of a contest to perform at Lilith Fair, she placed in the Shore Song Search’s top 20 in its first year.