www.sligolive.ie

Ireland’s Folk, Roots & Indie Festival
23rd – 28th October 2013

Celebrates THE GATHERING WITH

COLEMAN’S CALL

This is a very special year for Sligo Live, the cream of Irish Traditional musicians from across the world will be in Sligo this October Bank Holiday to celebrate the Gathering at Ireland’s folk, roots and indie Festival. Mark the dates, 23rd to 28th October in your diaries.   Sligo Live celebrates The Gathering with Coleman’s Call – Calling back the music from the US to the mother land.  The first known recordings of Irish Music in the US were made in the 1920’s.
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- musical gatherings hosted by GAEL LINN
Central Hotel, Exchequer Street
6p.m. – 8p.m.

( Doors open from 5.45p.m. )
TUESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2013
An evening with Westmeath musicians
ENDA SEERY
( whistle, flute, keyboard, songs ) and JOHN BYRNE ( banjo, guitar ),
in celebration of the recently released album
‘Síocháin na Tuaithe: Peace of the Countryside’,
featuring traditional and  newly composed tunes.
ADMISSION: €15 ( includes complimentary finger food )
Bar open/tea and coffee available
BOOKING ESSENTIAL ( LIMITED SPACE ! )
087/2547574/niamh@gael-linn.ie

www.corkfolkfestival.com

103 musicians played for 2 hours in the Largest Céilí Band in the World. The record will be submitted in the coming months to the Guinness Book of Records for approval as an official world record.

The event produced by William Hammond of the Cork Folk Festival was held at the Cork City Hall on Sunday 13th of October and it was free to the public.  The Cork City Council Tourism and Arts Department supported the Céilí as part of the Gathering 2013. The Céilí band featured musicians and 400 dancers from 10 different countries who travelled to Cork to take part. Guest musicians included TG4 Gradam Ceoil award winner, Seamus Begley, Jeff Moore from the Texas Band ‘Aidan’, Ger Murphy accordion player with the Abbey Ceili Band, Martin Leahy drummer with the band North Cregg and Seán Ó Sé singer with Ceoltóirí Chualann.
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www.thisiscavan.ie/fun/article/international-rules-game

An exciting weekend ahead in Cavan Town with the Irish Daily Mail International Rules 1st Test taking place in Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday evening October 19th. To celebrate, Cavan town presents some great entertainment from Thursday to Sunday including great traditional music song and dance.
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www.sligolive.ie

Ireland’s Folk, Roots & Indie Festival

23rd – 28th October 2013

OVER 80 PERFORMANCES FROM 300 PERFORMERS

OVER 6 DAYS, 80% FREE. ALL INDOORS

Now in its 9th year, SLIGO LIVE 2013 welcomes the best in Irish and international artists to Sligo for 6 days of music from 23rd - 28th October. Headliners include Dublin’s very own rockabilly queen IMELDA MAY, the Choice Music Prize nominated VILLAGERS and Texan rock band MIDLAKE. With 80% of all festival performances free of charge and all in fantastic indoor locations across beautiful Sligo town, event goers will be treated to the full festival experience without ever having to get mud on their boots.
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‘Ar Thóir an Cheoil’ is a new series starting on TG4 on the 27 October which explores the musical influences of six of the finest bands in traditional Irish music. Producer Méabh O’Hare, a fiddler from Belfast, focussed on six modern Irish music trad bands to discover how their own sound has been influenced by other musicians.

This series features some of the finest bands in the Irish music scene today such as The Bonny Men, Lumiere, We Banjo Three, Buille, Caladh Nua and Beoga, who have all gained a huge following in Ireland and overseas. As well as a live performance from each band, we will follow band members as they meet the musicians that have influenced them. Musicians such as Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Mickey Dunne, Gino Lupari, Na Casaidigh, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Neil Lyons, Bobby Gardiner, Tom Doorley, Mairtín O’Connor, Mel Mercier, Cathal Hayden and Gerry ‘Banjo’ O’Connor are among some of the renowned musicians taking part in the series.

Ar Thóir an Cheoil, explores the variation of styles and influences within traditional Irish music and looks at how different genres such as Jazz, classical, folk and blues have also impacted the bands’ musical sound.
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www.musicnetwork.ie

OVER €1 MILLION INVESTED TO DATE ASSISTING 45 PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND 103 NON-PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS

Music Network today welcomed the announcement by Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht that he has allocated capital funds of €210,000 for the Music Capital Scheme 2013.

The Music Capital Scheme, supported by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and managed by Music Network, provides funding for the purchase of musical instruments to both non-professional performing groups/ensembles and professional performing artists.
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October 4th – 6th, 2013, Nobber, Co. Meath
www.carolanfestival.com
Barco and The Chronicles of Meath to play at O’Carolan Harp,
Cultural & Heritage Festival Nobber, Co. Meath.

Barco – The DeBarra Brothers, a family steeped in traditional Irish music. Individually these young men lead amazing musical careers, but it’s when they come together as a family musically that the sparks fly. You are guaranteed an unforgettable night of dance-music, gorgeous airs and evocative old songs.
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www.returntocamden.org

On Sunday 27th October, over twenty of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians are coming together for a special concert and launch of The Leitrim Equation 3 CD. The concert, which is supported by Waterways Ireland, is part of the 2013 Return to Camden Town Festival in Camden’s London Irish Centre. It is the culmination of a residency by leading traditional musicians Dónal Lunny, John Carty and Séamus Begley in the county of Leitrim over the last eighteen months.

In 2006, Leitrim County Council Arts Office, with the support of the Arts Council of Ireland, devised a programme called The Leitrim Equation. Ireland’s most respected and talented traditional music groups were invited to spend time in the county working with musicians and groups, culminating in the recording of a CD. This process would celebrate music in Leitrim and of Leitrim, contribute to the professional development of musicians and act as a focal point for the development of music in Leitrim generally.
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www.oaim.ie

OAIM’s is pleased to announce the release of a new Bodhrán course taught by maestro percussionist Jim Higgins. In this course Intermediate Bodhrán Technique, Jim presents a range of rhythmical accompaniments to cover a variety of tune types - Reels, Jigs, Slip jigs, Slides, Polkas and Hornpipes.

Over the course of  the 13 tutorials, Jim discusses and demonstrates many techniques that the learner Bodhrán player can add to his  palette of techniques – rolls, backhand motion, the use of syncopation, the Bo Diddley Beat, and rim techniques to name but a few. As a drummer, he frequently discusses how to apply what can be done on a drum kit to the Bodhrán.

The video tutorials are in a split screen format, so the learner can view the back hand as well as the forehand at all times. Jim Higgins, who hails from Renmore, Galway has been a member of The Stunning and The Saw Doctors. He spent four years touring with Riverdance and is a member of The Mairtín O’Connor Band and also of Donegal band, Altan. He has also played with Lúnasa, Paul Brady and Christy Moore. Lessons also available for flute, whistle, fiddle, accordion, concertina, guitar, bouzouki, song, uilleann pipes, banjo, bodhrán and piano, mandolin and harp.

Join OAIM’s global community of Irish musicians, log on to www.oaim.ie and sign up today!