Mick McConnell performs The Ballad of Lidl and Aldi – a cracking good yarn written by himself about retail shopping and the effects it can have on ones marriage and living conditions. Mick is the brother of Cathal McConnell and the world is a richer place for the fact that traditional music, balladry and story telling courses through the veins of these lads.
As was reported in the Irish Examiner on Saturday September 28, 2013, “If you’ve ever gone into a certain German discount retailer on a Thursday morning and emerged with more than you intended, here’s the tune for you.”