STEP BY STEP SLOW AIRS
www.glensmusic.com
Denis Sweeney’s course of books and CD’s ‘An Fhidil - Céim ar Chéim’ (The Fiddle - Step by Step) is now available. There are 4 home-study Units plus an extra unit of 40 Slow Airs which may also interest experienced musicians. The books are available from Seán Quinn, who also produces Traditional Recordings from the Glens of Antrim at www.glensmusic.com
CALLING ALL YOUNG TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC GROUPS
Music Network, the national music development agency, invites young traditional Irish music groups to apply for the Young Musicwide award 2008.
Young Musicwide is a unique professional development scheme designed to assist some of Ireland’s brightest young musicians at the beginning of their professional career. The award this year is open to traditional Irish groups of any instrumentation of between two and five people. The closing date for completed applications is 5 p.m. on Friday 13th June 2008. Through an audition process in September, an Irish or Ireland-based traditional Irish ensemble, with a proven interest in performance, will be selected to participate in the Young Musicwide Award programme for three years.
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BEWLEY’S @ 6!
……….evening gatherings hosted by GAEL LINN
Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton Street
6p.m. – 8p.m.
(Doors open 5.45 p.m.)
Tuesday 20 May 2008
A rare Dublin performance from popular
Cork balladeer, Jimmy Crowley !
Don’t miss it !
ADMISSION: €15 ( Incl. finger food ! )
Bar open/tea and coffee available
Booking essential ( limited space ! ): 087-2547574
And after the summer break………………
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin,singer/songwriter extraordinaire !
ELEANOR MCEVOY - LOVE MUST BE TOUGH
www.eleanormcevoy.com
The new album, releasing May 16, 2008 on MOSCODISC
Eleanor McEvoy’s latest record typically strikes out in a new direction. Love Must Be Tough is an album that explores the ebb and flow of romance through distinctly non-rose tinted glasses. These are not songs of innocence but songs of experience.
McEvoy is renowned for bucking the norm, consistently defying categorisation. Reflecting on her six previous offerings, a distinct pattern emerges. It’s quite simple really – she weaves between musical styles as a rite of passage, her life, thoughts, loves and losses recorded over fifteen years. A musician who records consistently over such an extended period is simply registering their walk through life. Listening back on her records is akin to an evening spent reminiscing over dog-eared family photo albums.
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CELTIC FUSION…STIRRING UP A WHOLE NEW MIX OF MUSIC
www.celticfusion.co.uk
Celtic Fusion returns for the seventh consecutive year, bringing the County Down town of Castlewellan to the forefront of musical diversity for eight days in July. From 13-20 July some of the biggest names in Celtic music from the past and present will perform at the prestigious festival. Festival goers are offered more than ever before with world-class artistes performing at concerts spanning the eight day period. The concerts are focused in bars throughout Castlewellan, providing more intimate venues, so visitors can enjoy an intensified atmosphere and get closer to the festival. In addition to the concerts, the festival will feature a Traditional Music Session Trail featuring up and coming names from the Irish music scene, combined with almost non-stop music over the final weekend in the Festival Bar, Mulhollands.
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THE IRISH FESTIVAL OF OULU
October 2nd-5th, 2008
Oulu, Finland
www.irkku.fi
Come visit the northern frontier of Irish music and join us for the 3rd annual Irish Festival of Oulu from October 2nd-5th 2008. Organized by The Irish Music Society of Oulu, the festival celebrates the richness of Irish culture including dance, poetry, story telling, Irish Wolfhounds parade, puppeteering, and plenty of world class traditional Irish music.
The City of Oulu, Finland’s 6th largest City, lies on the Gulf of Bothnia 200 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, home of Santa Claus. Oulu is a historic, 400 year old City of 131,000 inhabitants, known for high technology, Ice Hockey and more recently recognized as an Irish music centre.
Although very young, the festival has made an impact locally and nationally with past performers like Paddy Keenan and Tommy O’ Sullivan, as well as the band RíRá in 2007. The 2008 line-up continues on that goal of establishing a respectable Irish Festival and we welcome legendary Andy Irvine headlining the festival and the multi-talented, energetic band- Gráda.
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RTÉ RAIDIÓ NA GAELTACHTA CELEBRATES 35 YEARS OF WILLIE CLANCY SUMMER SCHOOL WITH FIRST EVER CD OF SCHOOL RECORDINGS
www.rte.ie/rnag
RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta launched the first ever CD album of Willie Clancy Summer School recordings; ‘Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy – Ceol agus Foinn’ at the Celtic Media Festival in Galway. RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta has been recording at the Summer School in Miltown Malbay since its foundation in 1973.
Launching the CD at the Celtic Media Festival this evening Director General of RTÉ Cathal Goan said; “It gives me great pleasure to launch this RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta – Willie Clancy Summer School production. I’ve had the opportunity to experience the talent of musicians at Miltown Malbay first hand and am delighted now that we can give listeners everywhere the opportunity to share in the rich tradition of the Summer School.”
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EDEL SULLIVAN WITH DONNCHA MOYNIHAN
www.edelsullivan.com
An Acoustic Concert of Traditional and Original Fiddle Music featuring:
Edel Sullivan – fiddle
With Donncha Moynihan – guitar & Brian Hanlon – bodhran
A rare solo performance by the musician whose debut solo album,
“In The Time Of” (2006) was described as:
‘Spellbinding’ – Siobhan Long (The Irish Times)
‘ ….a rarity to be championed.’ – Earle Hitchner (The Irish Echo)
‘The most astonishingly beautiful recording I’ve heard in years.’
– (Sing Out!)
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THE GREAT SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF IRELAND
www.cfstours.com
Chicago’s CFS Tours is proud to announce that it has reached agreement with Irish Music Magazine’s Bill Margeson to conduct a very special musical tour, November 1-10, 2008. The tour is called, The Great Sights and Sounds of Ireland. Starting in Dublin, the tour will also include Westport, Galway, Dingle and Ennis in a comprehensive daytime schedule of the great sights and experiences of the Irish capitol and west coast. There will be nightly musical sessions planned by Margeson, including private evenings for the Tour with button box legend, David Munnelly in Westport, five-time All-Ireland banjo champion, Enda Scahill in Galway, and Female Vocalist of the Year, Eilis Kennedy in Dingle. The Tour will conclude with the final evening being at the closing night of the annual, Ennis Traditional Music Festival in Co. Clare.
CFS Tours President, Bev Chesterfield, states, ” We are thrilled that Bill is with us to direct the musical portion of this tour. There are so many musicians joining David Munnelly, Eilis Kennedy and Enda Scahill at each of our sessions that it will truly be a magical experience. Bill seems to know everyone, and it also seems they are all coming to our special sessions! We are so proud to offer the Great Sights and Sounds Tour featuring the real, true music of Ireland’s heart and soul, as well as many of the Isle’s wondrous sights.”.
Details can be reviewed at www.cfstours.com or by calling the Chicago firm at 815-351-1355.
PORTLAOISE LOCALS ACQUIRE RIGHTS TO THE WORLD FLEADH
www.TheWorldFleadh.com
The World Fleadh is recognised as Ireland’s biggest Irish traditional & Celtic music festival. The events’s main attraction is its large scale marquee concerts and theatre performances featuring the best Irish traditional, contemporary & celtic music performers in the world. In addition, it plays host to a number of Ireland’s top céilí bands, a scheduled session trail, world title competitions in Irish traditional music, song & dance and master classes & demonstrations in various performance styles. To add to the aforementioned, the festival organisers have planned an incomparable range of family street and fringe activities to occur during The World Fleadh 2008 in Portlaoise.
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