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Recorded live at Liverpool Philharmonic
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The Liverpool Irish festival has recently released the first ever Irish Sea Sessions concert recorded live at Liverpool Philharmonic on Friday October 22nd, 2010, part of Liverpool Irish Festival 2010.
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THE ONLINE SONG WRITING COMPETITION IN AID OF PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
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Music4you.ie are running an online songwriting competition to raise much-needed funds to support the work of the Parkinson’s Association. The Parkinson’s Association is a charity supporting people with Parkinson’s, their carers, and families.
This exciting project will raise much needed awareness of the condition. It will put Parkinson’s out onto the airwaves where more people will talk about the condition, to reach new patients who need support.
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A major musical concert is being staged at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on Saturday 26th November, 2011, featuring Phil Coulter and special guests the Cross Border Youth Orchestra of Ireland, Una Hunt, Kintra and Liam O’Connor. This special musical concert is to mark over thirty years of north south co-operation by the Downpatrick and Listowel Linkage Group.
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Since 1982 the Downpatrick and Listowel Linkage Group has engaged many thousands of people of all ages and from many walks of life in cross-community/cross-border exchanges, promoting social, cultural, educational and economic links. It encourages participants and the wider community to identify areas of common interest and uses these as a means of addressing the barriers that exist between North and South. Today the group is the longest running and most successful north south co-operation body in existence and its work continues to be of relevance as it was in 1982.
Coulter enjoyed his greatest success as a writer after teaming up with collaborator Bill Martin; together they wrote some of the biggest pop hits of the period, including Sandie Shaw’s Eurovision-winning Puppet on a String and Cliff Richard’s Congratulations.
Other performers on the evening include one of Ireland’s leading pianists, Una Hunt, accordion player, Liam O’Connor, the Cross Border Youth Orchestra of Ireland and Kintra, a traditional group who appeal to lovers of Irish and Scottish music, song and dance.
The Ulster Bank, Ulster Scots Agency and Foras na Gaeilge are proud sponsors of the concert.
Tickets for this event are available from the Ulster Hall Box Office, Telephone: 028 9033 4455 or check out the website www.ulsterhall.co.uk
Once again Sligo’s dynamic musical heritage was celebrated over the October Bank Holiday weekend at SLIGO LIVE FESTIVAL, Ireland’s folk, roots and indie music Festival bringing leading Irish and International Artists to Sligo. The Festival had an attendance of over 40,000 people at the 100 different Concert, Festival Club, Sessions, Café Culture, and market events that made up the festival weekend. It is the biggest crowd in Sligo since the All Ireland Fleadh in 1991. The Festival has grown considerably over the last 7 years and brought an estimated €4.5 million into Sligo over the 6 days.
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Belfast song writer Padraig Lalor’s new album Ismay’s Dream evocatively uncovers the Irish dimensions of the Titanic. Weaving the life stories of Irish victims and survivors into a moving account of the most famous voyage in history.
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A major musical concert is being staged at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on Saturday 26th November 2011, featuring Phil Coulter and special guests the Cross Border Youth Orchestra of Ireland, Una Hunt, Kintra and Liam O’Connor.
Composer, producer and performer Phil Coulter was the reigning king of contemporary Celtic music, becoming the best-selling Irish artist of his generation. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1942, Coulter began his career while studying music at Belfast’s Queens University, writing the Capitol Showband’s 1963 hit “Foolin’ Time” and later penning the ensemble’s 1965 Eurovision Song Contest entry “Walking the Streets in the Rain.”
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ONLINE SONG WRITING COMPETITION IN AID OF PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
Music4you.ie are running an online songwriting competition to raise much-needed funds to support the work of the Parkinson’s Association.
The Parkinson’s Association is a charity supporting people with Parkinson’s, their carers, and families. This exciting project will raise much needed awareness of the condition. It will put Parkinson’s out onto the airwaves where more people will talk about the condition, to reach new patients who need support.
“All funds raised through this competition will go directly towards running Information afternoons for patients. We need to educate the patients so they will empower themselves to manage their approach to living with this condition.” (more…)
Session with the Pipers
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Tuesday 1st November 2011
Traditional Music Recital
Cian Talty (Uilleann Pipes)
Gerry O’Connor (Fiddle)
Martin Quinn (Accordion)
Nuala Kennedy (Songs/Flute)
The Cobblestone Bar, 77 North King Street, Dublin 7
Starting at 9:30pm (Doors 9.00pm)
Admission: €12.00 (concession €8.00)
Supported by
The Arts Council
About the Musicians
Cian Talty (Uilleann Pipes)
From Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare eighteen year old Cian Talty began playing the pipes at the age of twelve. Up to that point he didn’t show any interest in music, but ironically from a very young age he was always to be found sitting on the pipe case - this was his special seat. Cian is the third generation of pipers in his family. His father Seán and grandfather Martin being great pipers before him. Cian’s style of playing is the style associated with his locality in years gone by. He also possesses a particular affection for slow airs which is not found among the younger generation these days. Cian has performed at festivals and events countrywide and is currently studying music in Waterford.
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Wexford native Michael Londra is a star on the rise across the USA, his show ‘Beyond Celtic’ is currently reaching a mass of households on US TV, Michael is also due to commence his 50 date tour which sees him travel from West to East across the US. beginning with a three week residency in downtown San Francisco.
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New Cultural Event for Carlingford.
This Halloween sees a new cultural event take place in Carlingford.
The Carlingford Canadian/Irish Cultural Day, which has been organised by those cultural trailblazers Carlingford Community Development, examines the cultural links between Carlingford and Canada. The highlight of this inaugural cultural event will be the Carlingford premier of the play “Griffintown”.
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