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HAYSEED DIXIE
Thursday, 27th – Monday, 31st October 2011
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Bluegrass Rockers HAYSEED DIXIE will join ELVIS COSTELLO and KT TUNSTALL at this year’s folk, roots and indie music festival SLIGO LIVE, as part of an exciting programme spanning 6 days over the October Bank Holiday Weekend. HAYSEED DIXIE will headline a live stand up gig on Friday, 28th October at 11.00 pm (Doors 10.00pm) in the Festival Club @ The Model.
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July 18th – 30th
www.skibbereenartsfestival.com
Now in it’s third year the Skibbereen Arts Festival continues to expand in exciting ways and once again they have put together an amazing programme that is sure to thrill lovers of art, film, comedy and music.
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Harpers and Traditional Musicians are expected in large numbers to the picturesque Village of Keadue on the shores of Lough Meelagh for the 33rd. O’Carolan Harp Festival which takes place from July 29th.. to August 1st. The Summer School in Traditional Music, Song and Dance precedes the Festival from July 24th. To July 29th. Students attending the classes at the Summer School can avail of the following workshops in Harp, Flute, Tin Whistle, Fiddle, Banjo, Button Accordion, Concertina, Bodhran, Traditional Singing, Set Dancing and Sean nos Dancing. A number of Instrumental Music Competitions, Ceilis and Lectures will also be held.
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Eclectic “Fleadh Band” to wow audience at Cavan Town Hall Show, Saturday 20th August
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Fleadh goers with a soft spot for music with plenty of flare and spontaneity should mark the 10pm slot on Saturday 20th August in their diaries, and be sure to book tickets for the ‘Arts Council Eclectic Concert’ — a must-be-seen show with American bluegrass wizard Tim O’Brien, flute and pipes maestro Mike McGoldrick, and a top-notch “Fleadh Band” made up of multi-genre guitar genius Arty McGlynn, widely acclaimed upcoming singer Heidi Talbot, revered bodhran specialist John Joe Kelly and Scottish fiddling firebrand John McCusker.
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A project has been launched to help in securing Hamish Henderson’s papers for the nation. Hamish Henderson, a Scottish poet, soldier, pacifist, political activist, songwriter and the leading folklorist of his generation also co-founded the School of Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1951, which has gone on to record 12,000 hours worth of oral tradition reflecting the lives and cultures of the Scottish people.
IASCA is a new organisation which aims to foster a community of songwriters, composers and authors, and to lobby and campaign on their behalf. Board members are Cathy Davey – Chair, Joe Chester, Fiachra Trench, Luka Bloom, Luán Parle, Moya Brennan and Shay Healy.
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Based in Milford, Co. Donegal, Mulroy Music opened its doors to contribute to the regeneration of the culture of playing Irish music. Mulroy Music sells an extensive range of traditional instruments with the comforting backup of an excellent repair and tuning service. They also offer tuition on a wide range instruments.
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Free Summer Youth Traditional Arts Concerts in Killarney
Spraoi Chiarraí is a Killarney based Irish Traditional Music, Song & Dance performance collective presenting the finest young local performers. They had great success over the last six summers. The first of this seasons concerts was on Saturday, June 11th at St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Killarney. The talented Kelleher Family from Fossa, opened the proceedings followed by a fiddle duet Padraig Creedon from Glenflesk and his partner Catherine Carey from Kinsale along with Director/Producer Tim O’Shea on guitar and vocals. Open to all, this family entertainment is sponsored this year by Killarney Arts (Town Council) Main Sponsor, Kerry County Arts Office and Killarney Chamber of Commerce (print sponsor). These free Concerts will take place in two venues in the town.
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The ITMA is curating an exhibition of Scrapbook Images from the Ballad Boom, 1950’s–1970’s. The ballad boom, was a period of about twelve years which began at the end of the 1950’s. There was a movement in Ireland for the singing of (mostly) Irish songs in English by ballad groups: small vocal groups accompanying themselves with guitar, banjo and mandolin, and sometimes including a whistle player or other melody instrumentalist. This was the Irish expression of a wider folk movement where mainly English speaking people rediscovered their own folk music and began to make their own music for themselves in what would become known as the folk revival, it was anti-Tin Pan alley and anti-commercial in its initial stages.
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www.sixfm.co.uk www.q101west.fm
Produced & presented by IMM’s Josephine Mulvenna, this is an Irish traditional, folk and Celtic music radio programme now into its 3rd year and broadcasting each Sunday from 8-9am Irish time on SIX FM & Q101.2 FM and online at www.sixfm.co.uk, www.q101west.fm.
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